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Posts Tagged “Photoshop”

Topaz DeNoise AI

There seems to be a lot of noise on the internet (Sorry 🙄) about a new noise reduction package using AI (Artificial Intelligence), developed by Topaz Labs called, wait for it, Topaz DeNoise AI At the time of writing (October 2020) it’s not the cheapest software at $79.99 but with discounts to $59.99 and vouchers,…

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October 4, 2020 Kevin Agar
Birds, Blog, Lightroom, Photoshop, Post ProcessingNoise Reduction , Photoshop , Post Processing , Topaz , Topaz DeNoise AI

Processing for Birds – Revised Workflow for Noise Reduction using Neat Image

The preamble If you can’t be bothered with the whys and wherefores then you can click the links below to go to each section. The preambleThe test resultsThe conclusionThe resulting workflow This is a revised description of my noise reduction workflow using NeatImage.  Originally I was under the impression that I wasn’t doing any noise…

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November 29, 2019 Kevin Agar
Birds, Blog, Lightroom, Photoshop, Post Processing, WildlifeBirds , Neat Image , Noise Reduction , Photoshop , Post Processing

Processing for Birds – Dodge and Burn

Sometimes you get a shot of a bird that’s in focus with good light, good perch, and good background only to be spoilt by a shadow. The image below is ok except for the shadow of the bill.  Wouldn’t it be great if you could remove it. Well you can using the following technique. Download…

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September 10, 2018 Kevin Agar
Birds, Blog, Photoshop, Post ProcessingBirds , Dodge and Burn , Photoshop

Processing for Birds – Web Images

I first describe my workflow for processing images for posting on the web in 2010. I posted my revised workflow in November 2017. Since then I’ve changed a few things, so I decided that I needed to update my blog with my latest workflow, using my latest Photoshop Action, which can be downloaded from here…

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September 8, 2018 Kevin Agar
Birds, Blog, Lightroom, Photoshop, Post ProcessingPhotoshop , Web Images

Processing for Birds – Workflow for Noise Reduction using Neat Image

I decided to write a description of my noise reduction workflow in the hope that it helps someone.  I don’t do any noise reduction in Lightroom or Photoshop as I don’t think they are very good.  Just my opinion and others will probably disagree. I use the Photoshop plugin of Neat Image and this is…

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February 27, 2018 Kevin Agar
Blog, Photoshop, Post ProcessingBirds , Neat Image , Noise Reduction , Photography , Photoshop

Processing for Birds – Sharpening halos and how to remove them

  Whenever we sharpen images we run the risk of introducing halos, especially when there is a big transition from light to dark. This can be seen clearly in the following image There is a white halo that is particularly noticeable on the dark tail and the bill. This can easily be removed in Photoshop…

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February 5, 2018 Kevin Agar
Birds, Blog, Photoshop, Post ProcessingBirds , Photography , Photoshop , Post Processing , Sharpening halos

Processing for Birds – Cropping

I think I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve heard someone say they haven’t done any post processing because they don’t know how to. The usual comment is ‘I have a copy of Photoshop (insert version here) but when I open it the interface is very busy and I don’t know where to…

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December 15, 2017 Kevin Agar
Birds, Blog, Photoshop, Post ProcessingBirds , Photography , Photoshop , Post Processing

Processing for Birds – Replacing a blown sky

I was asked recently on one of my posts how I replaced a blown sky. Here is my solution to the problem. It’s not the perfect answer but is how I do it, and it could probably be done a number of different ways. Sorry this is for Photoshop, but if someone would like to…

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December 15, 2017 Kevin Agar
Birds, Blog, Lightroom, Photoshop, Post ProcessingBirds , Photography , Photoshop , Post Processing

Processing for Birds – Masking

Recently I was asked if I knew of a decent tutorial on Masking. I had a quick look via google but didn’t come up with anything related to bird photography Post Processing (Actually I didn’t look very hard)I decided that it would probably be easier if I tried to explain what I do in the…

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December 15, 2017 Kevin Agar
Birds, Blog, Photoshop, Post ProcessingBirds , Photography , Photoshop , Post Processing

Processing for Birds – Removing those unwanted distractions

In a perfect bird photography world the subject would be nicely composed, well exposed and sharp with a nice out of focus background. If only that was always the case. Usually there are distracting elements in the shot, such as these There are several ways to remove them, including cloning, patching and healing. I’ve tried…

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December 14, 2017 Kevin Agar
Birds, Blog, Photoshop, Post ProcessingBirds , Photography , Photoshop , Post Processing
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