Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

Hi Aflundi, I responded to your post above on page 3. Bottom line is it must have appeared during pp, but haven't determined where.

aflundi Loc: Albuquerque, NM

Yes I saw the response, but was curious what PP step(s) might have caused it. It seemed like an interesting learning opportunity.

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

I agree, but for the life of me I can't figure it out and I am quite surprised I did not notice it prior to posting. I cropped the photo, selectively sharpened the flower, messed with levels a bit, but did practically nothing to the background. It's a mystery to me Aflundi and after I took the original and did, I thought, the same routine pp, the noise did not appear. So........who knows?? I do not notate my pp anywhere and usually do not do anything major unless it is a special photo to me. Sorry I could not be more helpful.

aflundi Loc: Albuquerque, NM

I don't make side notes either so I completely understand.

I will note though that depending on the editor and how you work in it, it can be somewhat self documenting -- if the tool stores edits in an XMP file with history you can step through the history until the phenomenon occurs thus revealing the cause, or with layers and masks, you can simply turn off visibility of higher layers to see where the oddness occurs.

However, that only works for specific tools and practices.

Some things will just never be known. Thanks for entertaining my question though.

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

Thank you for the discussion. Enjoy your day.