Posts Tagged “Post Processing”
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Processing for Birds – Workflow for enhancing, noise reduction, resizing, and sharpening for the web
I was asked in 2010 to describe my workflow and tips for processing the images from the camera. This is my revised workflow, it’s not perfect and many will think it’s too much effort, but each to their own. This is written for Lightroom and Photoshop but could easily be done in other software packages. …