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Old 07-02-2008, 12:19 PM
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Noise Problem

Hello all,
I have been playing around with this photo of my Grandmother. The attached fil is exactly how the photo looks I have not enhanced it in any way Everything I try produces a very noisy photo, I have tried aggresively removing all the noise from all channels and just the blue channel, noise ninja didn't help much OnOne intellihance failed me (or rather I am not using the right settings in either plugin) could someone please explain the best way to go about fixing this kind of problem? (I have a lot of similar photos in an old tin found in the loft that have the same problem) I know the experts on this site can point me in the right direction you have never failed me yet!
Thanks


P.S for added fun does anyone know how to enlarge an image of this type to print to A3 mainly what resolution would I need to scan the photo in at?
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Old 07-02-2008, 05:45 PM
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Re: Noise Problem

I'm not a pro or anything but here's my stab at it!

Workflow:

Adjust Levels to get tones right
Remove spots and damage with patch tool
Desaturate the picture
Select background, make new layer and lens blur it
run imagenomics noiseware pro @ stronger luma settings on background layer


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Old 07-02-2008, 10:25 PM
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Re: Noise Problem

Digiboy,

See this calc;

http://www.scantips.com/calc.html
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Old 07-03-2008, 02:06 AM
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Re: Noise Problem

Spot Healing, Patch and Turning this photo in Photoshop CS3 via b/w command will produce a very high end result.

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Old 07-03-2008, 04:35 AM
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Re: Noise Problem

Levels
Shadow/Highlight
Sharpening
Cloning/healing
Noise removal (harder on background)
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Old 07-03-2008, 08:02 AM
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Re: Noise Problem

Good grief so many different options to try that I never even th=ought of Thank you all so much I will spend the weekend playing with all the photos. (my favorite passtime) I knew I would get all the help I needed here.
thank you all so much
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Old 07-03-2008, 08:09 AM
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Re: Noise Problem

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Digiboy,

See this calc;

http://www.scantips.com/calc.html
This is now one of my favorite links thanks
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Old 07-03-2008, 09:20 PM
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Re: Noise Problem

This method will eliminate the noise: duplicate the layer run gaussian blur about 10 pixels
change blend mode to color DONE!
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Old 07-04-2008, 12:09 AM
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This method will eliminate the noise: duplicate the layer run gaussian blur about 10 pixels
change blend mode to color DONE!
Thank you With all the different methods here I am going to have a lot of fun this weekend
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Old 07-05-2008, 01:34 AM
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Re: Noise Problem

Hi

I've had a go, tough one mucked about with levels, shadow/highlights and blend mode to multiply. haven't had time to restore, i have the original size if you want. i don't think it's so much noise, the pixels are blown out in some areas, hence the extreme lightness.

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Old 07-06-2008, 12:09 PM
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Re: Noise Problem

Very nice thank you.
The main problem with this photo is the fact that it was a copy of an old photo that no longer exists., The shop it was copied at produced the appalling version I labeled "original" so it is all I have to work with. I have played around with it this weekend but it is still no better. Your try however looks very nice, if you send it to me I would be inclined to go with your version and I would not learn so, I will continue playing with it until I get results at least as good as the ones I have seen here. I am definately learning a lot about what not to do to a photo.
Thank you all so much
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Old 07-07-2008, 01:24 AM
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Re: Noise Problem

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Very nice thank you.
The main problem with this photo is the fact that it was a copy of an old photo that no longer exists., The shop it was copied at produced the appalling version I labeled "original" so it is all I have to work with. I have played around with it this weekend but it is still no better. Your try however looks very nice, if you send it to me I would be inclined to go with your version and I would not learn so, I will continue playing with it until I get results at least as good as the ones I have seen here. I am definately learning a lot about what not to do to a photo.
Thank you all so much

Digiboy,

I am not sure whether you are referring to my version, as mentioned you are welcome to have the larger size. I couldn't post the image over 100kb size. Please pm me with your email address.

thanks

regards

helen

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Old 07-07-2008, 05:13 AM
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Re: Noise Problem

whats wrong with a little noise. Older images are ok to have noise, looking at the examples so far, all are way over edited. Yes its ok to get rid of small smudges and dirt marks, but remember photos have grain. People try to over correct an image, because they want it to look flawless. Its ok to have a little grain. when you get rid of grain the image losses all its charm.
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Old 07-07-2008, 05:22 AM
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Re: Noise Problem

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whats wrong with a little noise. Older images are ok to have noise, looking at the examples so far, all are way over edited. Yes its ok to get rid of small smudges and dirt marks, but remember photos have grain. People try to over correct an image, because they want it to look flawless. Its ok to have a little grain. when you get rid of grain the image losses all its charm.
Hmm I never thought of it like that, I will deffinatley consider that when I am dealing with all the photos in the box. Thanks
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Old 07-07-2008, 08:51 AM
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looking at the examples so far, all are way over edited.
I'd like to know what is over edited at my example. So i can improve my skills....
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