Rob wrote:
>FWIW another technique which I have tried is resampling the image to twice
the original size, using the median filter on the area I want to smooth,
then resampling back to the original size. This will lose detail, but is
very effective with things like the sky.
Your're right, that technique *does* work quite well in isolated areas. And
it *beats up* on detail pretty severely, so it *does* have to be isolated.
>Does Photoshop have the ability to "feather" the edges of effects like
Paintshop Pro? Using most effects on a selected area instead of the whole
image usually ends up highlighting the area that wasn't treated, and it
tends to look ugly.
I haven't yet invested in the Jasc program--I'm told it's an excellent
program, and it's not so much the $$$s as it is the time-investment in
learning it. :-)
Photoshop *does* have the "feather" ability, but I'm not very adept at using
it. I find Micrografx PP8 to be much easier in isolating areas and
feathering the edges, which do in fact look particularly "ugly" when they're
not blended properly. The masks and feathered edges in PP8 can be controled
numerically. The down side is that PP8 filters can't do many of the moves
that PS filters can. For me, it's often the difference between a rock and a
hard place. :-)
Best regards--LRA
------Original Message------
From: "Rob Geraghty" <harper@wordweb.com>
To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
Sent: April 10, 2001 4:37:41 AM GMT
Subject: RE: filmscanners: Grain Aliasing & Noise, revisited
Lynn wrote:
>Intuitively (using "non-linear logic," that is), I can see that a "Mix
&
>Match" approach will probably produce the best results for retouching,
since
>every "problem picture" has its own idiosyncrasies.
FWIW another technique which I have tried is resampling the image to twice
the original size, using the median filter on the area I want to smooth,
then resampling back to the original size. This will lose detail, but is
very effective with things like the sky.
Does Photoshop have the ability to "feather" the edges of effects like
Paintshop
Pro? Using most effects on a selected area instead of the whole image
usually
ends up highlighting the area that wasn't treated, and it tends to look
ugly.
Rob
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