Is it worth it?
Jan 26, 2016 22:05:03 #
The original picture was taken in 1999 with a Sony Mavica.
I revisited the capture with PS CC 2015.
Is it worth it?
I revisited the capture with PS CC 2015.
Is it worth it?
Jan 26, 2016 22:55:55 #
It's difficult (for me) to see the difference between the two images. Downloading and opening in PSP and zooming way in, I can see that the "Final Product" has a little less noise, but has lost some detail in the shadows. Perhaps if you explain what your PP goal was.
Other than PP, what was your object in that particular composition?
Also note that early on, I used a Sony Mavica. It served me well for years.
Other than PP, what was your object in that particular composition?
Also note that early on, I used a Sony Mavica. It served me well for years.
Jan 27, 2016 00:02:27 #
Just to remove the color noise. Being a JPG and not such a good camera (compared to todays) the loss in the shadow is/was expected.
Jan 27, 2016 00:20:15 #
Jan 27, 2016 00:21:57 #
Jan 27, 2016 00:26:43 #
Removing noise from the dark areas seems to have had the effect of making these areas noticeably darker. Flipping between the two images makes this difference very obvious.
If darkening the dark areas is something desirable or not depends on what you want from the image. Personally, I don't find the digital noise in the Original overly irritating, necessitating additional noise reduction measures.
If darkening the dark areas is something desirable or not depends on what you want from the image. Personally, I don't find the digital noise in the Original overly irritating, necessitating additional noise reduction measures.
Jan 27, 2016 01:45:19 #
Jan 27, 2016 08:07:45 #
Rongnongno wrote:
So not worth it.
TY all.
TY all.
The question is, was it worth it to you? S-
- if it's a photo you love, then yes it was worth it
- if it was an experiment, then you learned something and that's always worth it
Jan 27, 2016 08:41:14 #
St3v3M wrote:
Yep, I'm with Steve and everybody else. Probably not enough gain (or loss of noise) to warrant the loss of shadow detail. I'm doing quite a bit of this myself lately since I subscribed to Creative Cloud and discovered that it can make a lot of difference with jpegs (I shot jpeg exclusively until just last year), but jpegs are still more limiting, especially in the highlights. The question is, was it worth it to you? S-
- if it's a photo you love, then yes it was worth it
- if it was an experiment, then you learned something and that's always worth it
- if it's a photo you love, then yes it was worth it
- if it was an experiment, then you learned something and that's always worth it
Incidentally, I don't think anybody has noted that this is a terrific picture! I don't know what the animal is, but there is a certain malevolence in that eye, a sense of "If you try to wake me I will chew your arm off and beat you to death with it.) :mrgreen: :thumbup:
Jan 27, 2016 12:45:05 #
Chuck_893 wrote:
.../... Incidentally, I don't think anybody has noted that this is a terrific picture! I don't know what the animal is, but there is a certain malevolence in that eye, a sense of "If you try to wake me I will chew your arm off and beat you to death with it.) :mrgreen: :thumbup:
These were my dogs... The black one was the nicest german shepherd I have been in contact with. A bit of a sissy too. A bit of of a 'clinger too'. Paradoxically she was the 'evil one' the 'escape artist'.
Jan 27, 2016 12:58:14 #
Rongnongno wrote:
These were my dogs... The black one was the nicest german shepherd I have been in contact with. A bit of a sissy too. A bit of of a 'clinger too'. Paradoxically she was the 'evil one' the 'escape artist'.
I like the additional light from the original. Wonderful shot man. I like it very much.
Jan 28, 2016 06:14:02 #
Rongnongno wrote:
The original picture was taken in 1999 with a Sony Mavica.
I revisited the capture with PS CC 2015.
Is it worth it?
I revisited the capture with PS CC 2015.
Is it worth it?
It's worth fixing if its sentimental value is greater than your effort to fix it.
You can do a more effective job with some freeware or inexpensive noise reduction tool like Neat Image ($40) or Topaz DeNoise ($80).
I used Neat Image on a couple of my own images to fix chroma noise and grain. Each fix took less than 15 seconds from the time I loaded the image, fixed it using only default settings and I saved it.
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