Thanks, Igor. I do use the Clarity slider in Camera Raw but have only used
the noise reduction & de-speckle filters in the Elements editor up to now.
I'm going to try the Google Nik stuff too. I'll post a GESO when I'm done. I
really hope it all works out, maybe even at ISO 1600, because I can't see
myself upgrading from the K7 anytime soon.
Alan C
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From: Igor PDML-StR
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2016 5:23 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Spookvoël (Wrap Igor)
PS. I just played with the Camera Raw (I could access v 7.0, yours is
slightly older, - but I suspect major features should be very similar).
And I'd say that most of the processing I do in LR is present in the
Camera Raw. So, just in case you haven't been doing so, - try most of the
adjuastments right there, in Camera Raw, to take the full advantage of the
RAW format.
On Thu, 17 Nov 2016, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
Alan, I am glad that my "persistance" in sharing the knowledge did
something better than annoying the recepient. :-)
Please excuse me for two more hints related to sharpening in Camera Raw
tool that you might find useful with noisy images:
In the same Camera Raw, try playing with "Clarity" slider - it will
sharpen the appearance of the images where needed. (I haven't used it in
Camera Raw recently, but under LR, numbers in 20-30s are reasonable on
many photos, and I just took a look, it seems very similar in Camera Raw)
From what I understand, this slider does equivalent job to the "unsharpen"
sharpening filter in PS.
Also, for the "high noise" photos, I use sharpening tool in LR (again, it
is the same as in Camera Raw, under "Detail" tab), with choosing Masking
such that the details are not sharpened.
My workflow in that is as follows:
1. While holding Alt key (Option on Mac), move the slider "Radius" to see
which details become visible. (Depending on the photo, you might just
leave it at the "default" 1.0.)
2. While holding Alt key (Option on Mac), move "Masking" slider to see
which elements will be sharpened. Move it to the position where noise is
not, and only the desired details (sometimes only the "main" contours)
remain in that edge preview).
3. While holding Alt key (Option on MAc), move the Amount slider to the
position where image details do not go unnatural. (In this "masked"
scenario, I frequently bring that Amount to 50s-60s.)
This type of sharpening highlights just the "right" edges that you choose
in 2 without amplifying the noise. While it is not about your recent image
in question, but this type of sharpening helps when the image has
less-than-perfect focus.
Hope that helps,
Igor
Alan C Wed, 16 Nov 2016 19:33:35 -0800 wrote:
Thanks Igor. You taught me something there. It works like a charm. I'll
have to try reprocessing some of my older shots.
Alan C
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