eliminating noisy background

photodoug

playing with filters to lessen noisy backgrounds

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original





filter applied and history brush to remove from foreground subject...all the way to the edges





another filter applied to foreground subject but allowed edges to morph into background's filtered effect

Awais Yaqub

: Great work i really loved all version
and very cute girl !

Nikolai

Doug,
Another thing you may wanna use is to create an artificial vignetting.
To achieve this, create another layer, darken it by multiplying or applying b/w, blur it of course, and then create a mask and apply radial gradient, using manual adjustment (brush) or free transform on the mask.

HTH

photodoug

Nikolai wrote:

Another thing you may wanna use is to create an artificial vignetting.
To achieve this, create another layer, darken it by multiplying or applying b/w, blur it of course, and then create a mask and apply radial gradient, using manual adjustment (brush) or free transform on the mask.

HTH

like this?

Nikolai

Yeah, somewhat like that...

photodoug wrote:

like this?

I would probably cleaned up the girl completely out of the blur (with a soft brush), but the effect is there...:-)

photodoug

settled on this

Twisted Image

good choice....cute girl

Skippy

photodoug wrote:

playing with filters to lessen noisy backgrounds

click any photo for larger size
original
filter applied and history brush to remove from foreground subject...all the way to the edges
another filter applied to foreground subject but allowed edges to morph into background's filtered effect

I like the effect on the Second shot, you could have a lot of fun with that.
The more you play around the more you learn, I am learning new things too and enjoying every moment, even it if is only Elements 3
Thanks for sharing......... Skippy (Australia)