How can I improve this photo ? Looks alright to me.
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Originally posted by fallingeeseWell it also appears to be a victim on JPEG compression. The sky seems very pixelated to my eyes.
I'd recommend starting from scratch, not applying as much sharpening, and only masking the aircraft. After this save at the highest quality JPEG file.
Excuse my ignorance.
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Here Adam, guys:
1.Open the image ( I usually do this prior to resize, but didnt here to save time) and select the magic wand tool. Above there is a box that reads "Tolerance", set it around 15-20. More tolerance means more of a similar color will be selected, less means...less!
2. Click the wand on a blank portion of sky, free of noise if you can (otherwise it will only select a dot). In my first run I noticed that it failed to differentiate between the top antennae and some of the upper fuselage.
3. I thus decrease the Tolerance to around 10 and try again. (clicking within an area you have already selected will unselect it) This time I have more upper fuselage and the antennae, although a few pixels have not been selected under the wing. (no big deal)
4.Now go to SELECT->MODIFY->CONTRACT and click "CONTRACT". You will see this. Set it to 4 pixels.
5. The entire selection will now be contracted from the subject by 4 pixels. This way if you wanted to blur the sky to remove grain (use guassian blur @ radius 2 pixels) you could do so without blurring edges of the subject.
6.Now, head to SELECT, and hit INVERSE. The selection will be inversed from sky to subject. You can now USM the subject without touching the sky.
I used to do this alot with the C-730 before I discovered NeatImage
-Clovis
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Originally posted by PT737SWAGreat instructions Clovis! You da man!
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