Thanks, Olaf. That's just what I need- specific instructions, lol! I will work on it this evening. I am using Photoshop 4 so I may have to adjust what you are telling me to do but I think I can figure it out. Thanks so much! ~Sharon
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14-Nov-2005 06:05
Sharon, I do see a difference. The noise in the sky is softer now. If you want to remove it altogether use a blurred layer:
1. Layer>Duplicate Layer... (if you do this on a file that is already layered, do this instead: Add new empty layer at the top, Ctrl-alt-shift-E (PC) or Cmd-Option-Shift-E (Mac) to make a flattened copy of the previous layers).
2. Filter>Noise>Median... and set radius to 5px
3. Choose the eraser tool and set it to brush mode, choose a soft brush and set its size to about 40px, then erase the parts you don't want blurred, like the entire foreground and the edges of the clouds. (In Photoshop I'd use a mask instead).
4. This may seem strange, but for a more natural looking image add a little noise to the blur layer. Filter>Noise>Add Noise... Amount:0.5%; Distribution: Gaussian.
Voilà, even less noise in the sky.
Here is the new image, posted above, and a link to the old one for comparison.http://www.pbase.com/elips/image/52126790 I am sure I didn't do this correctly as I can't see much difference. It was a very grainy image to begin with as the light was going with the sun. Thanks for the help! ~Sharon
Thanks for your comments, Olaf. I will try your suggestion and post the results later. ~Sharon
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12-Nov-2005 14:55
A second thought: there is quite a bit of noise, especially visible in the sky. I wonder if some of this could have been avoided with selective sharpening - that is sharpening only the parts of the image with detail necessary to sharpen and not in the sky?
