 Erin Tyler |
Order of editing? I am fixing some photos for a friend. The issue is BIG NOISE, darkness, and color correction. What is best to do first? Color correction, then darkness, then noise? Or is there a better way? Or does it matter? The noise is HORRIBLE and the main reason for fixing them, I can't stress how bad the noise is, lol. Any tips? I'm very familiar w/Photoshop CS, so its ok if you need to get "technical". Thanks! Erin
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chrisbudny.com - Chris Budny Contact Chris Budny Chris Budny's Gallery |
Have you tried NeatImage (specifically for noise reduction)? You can download a free version (only saves as JPG) and it may help...
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Erin Tyler |
Yup, I have the pro+ version of Neatimage. My friend has tried other ways, but Neatimage seems to be the only one that can "save" these photos. :)
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Jagadeesh Andrew Owens |
I do color correction and light correction last, as the noise removal tends to give a blended or smudged look to the photo. I like to have those pixels "smudged" first so that I can correct them after they've been mixed. Does that make sense?? Then I do all my color and contrast/levels/HSL/Histogram adjustments. Lastly, I run a high pass sharpen on a different layer or an unsharp mask.
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Erin Tyler |
Awesome! Thank you so much, that helps a ton! :)
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anonymous A. |
With severe noise I'd suggest you split the channels, examine the noise in each, and apply the appropriate amount of correction to the red, blue and green channels before recombining them. You will retain maximum detail and sharpness when only one channel needs a lot of correction, but in any case, it seems to help in extreme cases.
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Pete H |
Erin.... All good advice above. Just to save you some time; nearly all noise is in the Blue Channel. Pete
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Jagadeesh Andrew Owens |
Hey - thanks, David and Pete! I had no idea this was true! I can't wait to get home and split some photos and see what happens!
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