Thanks for taking the time to check this out Basically, I am attempting to enhance some images. ya know, clean em up, get rid of jpeg effects, sharpen and so on, so I can use them in wallpapers and sigs. and from what I have read on the forums, Topaz filters are at the top of the list for this sort of job. So I went and got Topaz Vivacity & Adjust. Im a total newb when it comes to topaz filters though.. :censored: This is what I have been able to do so far.. I hope Naej doesnt mind, but, I used his render as an example.. Naej's Original render(before): http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6771/ag...overeignoj7.png Topaz Viv Clean - settings: Main tab Threshold: 4 Clean Radius: 4 Sharpness: 1 Advanced tab Sharpness Radius: 1 Line Accent: 0.8 Iterations: 1 RGB Adjustment tab: R Threshold vs.: 1 B Threshold va.: 1 After clean-up with Topaz Vivacity/Topaz Clean: http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/2172/ag...ynaejtopbt4.png As you can see, its cleaned up, but, it looks a little I dont know .. vectorized ..for lack of a better word? Should I use different settings or another selection altogether? Denoise/EQ or Sharpen? Thanks in advanced to everyone, for any help with this.
I've never used those filters, but the few times I've touched up pictures for resizing (which is never good to begin with) or even just making a crappy picture look presentable; I use the blur tool and sharpen tool and zoom in a little bit . This hopefully will reduce the stray pixels that don't fit with the surrounding ones. ---------------- Now playing on Winamp: Svartsyn - Children Of Plague via FoxyTunes
i hate topaz it's kinda overused imo anyway, i just blur the things that needed to be blurred with low opacity with the blur tool play with the the opacity and fill and lahh
I just do it all manually. You can use gaussian blur or noise reduction to get rid of the pixelated spots, apply a layer mask and hide the blurred layer where there's details. Create a new layer, ctrl(?) click on the layer mask, invert your selection, create a layer mask on the new layer, then pull out the good ol' high pass filter and sharpen. Set that layer to overlay and then fine tune your layer mask. That method has always served me well. It takes time, but the results can be pretty amazing. Sometimes I even repaint areas. I'm far too picky to have a program do it all for me, especially since it looks like you don't actually have that much control in it. My recommendation: blur her chin, and where the hat comes down to her face. The edges with high contrast are too sharp. The eyebrows were also over-sharpened. Basically: you want smooth, not sharp.
