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Post by laurenjay on Jul 28, 2015 15:48:28 GMT
I have a photo taken at a family event of two people dancing. Unfortunately, it is blurry. Is there anything in PSE that I can to to remedy this?
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Post by hmca on Jul 28, 2015 16:03:54 GMT
Hi laurenjay. To give people a better idea of just how blurry your image is you might want to add a picture to your post. Often an amount of blur is acceptable, and sometimes the desired effect, when taking pictures that include movement. You can find info about attaching an image via postimage here if you would like to post it. |
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Post by Sepiana on Jul 28, 2015 16:12:59 GMT
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Post by rammi on Aug 1, 2015 6:58:04 GMT
hi laurenjay. Unfortunately you cannot actually improve focus or remove blur digitally after the photo has been taken. But the good news is that if the blurring or out of focus is only slight, you can do a pretty good job of "faking" the improvement. All sharpening tools just increase the contrast between adjacent/nearby pixels on edges thus creating an illusion that the blurring has been removed or that the focus has been improved. My favourite sharpening tool is the Unsharp Mask but the others will do a good job as well.
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Post by drjoerogers on Aug 11, 2015 3:50:57 GMT
Try this to fake picture sharpness:
1. Duplicate photo.
2. Go to Filter>Stylize>Emboss
angle: 135 degrees
height: 5 pixels
amount: 100 %
3. Change blend mode to 'Overlay' and alter opacity to taste.
This isn't perfect, but as good as any other method I've tried.
Let me know how it worked out for you.
Joe ( drjoerogers )
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Post by Tpgettys on Aug 11, 2015 5:01:20 GMT
This is very cool Joe! I have never seen this technique before; thanks for sharing it.
I tried it out on one image and found that the Linear Light blend mode worked best, but that may have to do with the specifics of the image, height, etc.
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Post by Madame on Aug 11, 2015 7:40:48 GMT
Maybe increasing the blur may add some artistic touch?
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Post by ritage on Aug 11, 2015 16:40:50 GMT
Joe, that works amazingly well. I added an extra step, reducing the color noise. Thanks for posting it. If none of this works you can download a trial version of Focus Magic. It's an excellent plugin, although of course it does not work equally well on every image. I have owned it for years. It's $65 to purchase, but you can try it out free for 10 pictures. www.focusmagic.com/Rita |
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Post by drjoerogers on Aug 11, 2015 17:46:57 GMT
This is very cool Joe! I have never seen this technique before; thanks for sharing it. I tried it out on one image and found that the Linear Light blend mode worked best, but that may have to do with the specifics of the image, height, etc. |
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Post by drjoerogers on Aug 11, 2015 17:57:31 GMT
I like 'linear light' very much since I tried it with another blurry photo. The oversharpened halos it creates can be masked out or reduced by lowering the opacity, or both.
Thanks for the tip.
Joe
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Post by hmca on Aug 11, 2015 18:05:33 GMT
Thanks for this tip, Joe! Have some photos from this weekend that I'd like to try it on.....although they may actually need a miracle!
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Post by hmca on Aug 11, 2015 20:24:23 GMT
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