Operation Photo Rescue's Online Community

OPR Workshops => Easy => Topic started by: philbach on July 09, 2018, 08:21:00 AM

Title: Noisy Photo
Post by: philbach on July 09, 2018, 08:21:00 AM
Hi.  Here is the original photo.  It has a lot of multicolor noise in it.  I suspect this was in the original photo possibly due to the camera being set at a very high iso value.  So should I try to deal with this problem or just ignore it.  Thanks.
(https://s19.postimg.cc/ebtpk77hb/Noisy.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/ebtpk77hb/)
Title: Re: Noisy Photo
Post by: Lynnya on July 09, 2018, 09:51:39 AM
Hi phil..I would check with your distributor or Margie but if I were doing it I'd attempt to get rid of it. Good luck and look forward to your final  :up:
Title: Re: Noisy Photo
Post by: philbach on July 09, 2018, 02:58:52 PM
Thanks Lynnya.  I did check with my distributor and she thought it would be a good idea as well.
Title: Re: Noisy Photo
Post by: Bambi on July 09, 2018, 03:27:49 PM
I selected the girl, Expanded the selection by 33 and Feathered 30, selected the Inverse. It looks like Reduce Color Noise at 100 and Reduce Noise 3 smooths it out so it's not so distracting, but not too blurry.

(https://s22.postimg.cc/4id05wbr1/Screen_Shot_2018-07-09_at_11.24.22_AM.png) (https://postimg.cc/image/4id05wbr1/)
Title: Re: Noisy Photo
Post by: Hannie on July 10, 2018, 02:46:38 AM
Nice!
Title: Re: Noisy Photo
Post by: philbach on July 10, 2018, 09:03:03 AM
Hi.  Before I read Bambi's post, I copied the layer and added a layer mask to select the background.   I then used the Camera Raw/Detail/Luminance and color filters to blur the background.
(https://s19.postimg.cc/iwyq19rb3/Blurred.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/iwyq19rb3/)


Title: Re: Noisy Photo
Post by: Hannie on July 10, 2018, 09:37:28 AM
Worked great!
Title: Re: Noisy Photo
Post by: Shadow on July 10, 2018, 09:49:03 AM
Really nice Phil.  :up:
And thanks for showing your process Bambi.
Title: Re: Noisy Photo
Post by: philbach on July 11, 2018, 08:10:33 AM
Thanks, Shadow.  In both cases Bambi and I used photoshops filters.   I did try Neat Image and Nik's Define first but I got the best results with Photoshops filters.