On 12 September 2011 06:01, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 11-09-11 1:07 PM, Anthony Farr wrote:
>>
>> Here's a photograph with some serious shadow banding:
>>
>> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/UZHmptXW4qsffklRS3lX_aAuqTB9pnndhHCi9-Fvgfs?feat=directlink
>>
>> Here's my repair:
>>
>> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/a75LaelivUllMwgs9RCR56AuqTB9pnndhHCi9-Fvgfs?feat=directlink
>
> My hat's off to you, Anthony! You did a really remarkable cleanup on that
> image. A great shot too.
>
Thanks for the compliment, Bruce.
The concept of the cleanup is simple, but the execution can be
tiresome. I select the subject elements of the picture, the parts
that I don't want to blast with extreme editing, that is, and past
them as a new layer, above the old. It'd be nice if it was as easy as
clicking the magic wand once or twice, but anything complex will
probably need to be selected by hand. Thank God for graphics tablets.
Then I ran "surface blur", IIRC, on the background layer. It was the
smoothing effect that didn't cause the tones to spread and mix, which
would cause haloes and shadows to spread out from the untreated parts
of the image. FInally, I tweaked the levels, reintroduced some
artificial noise on the backgroung layer so it would match the
untreated top layer, flattened the layers and saved as jpeg.
regards, Anthony
"Of what use is lens and light
to those who lack in mind and sight"
(Anon)
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