ChrisC Posted July 4, 2007 Share #21 Posted July 4, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) John - My solution is easy. Did you try it? ................Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AlanG Posted July 4, 2007 Share #22 Posted July 4, 2007 John - My solution is easy. Did you try it? ................Chris Sounds good too. There are a lot of ways to skin this cat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barjohn Posted July 4, 2007 Author Share #23 Posted July 4, 2007 John - My solution is easy. Did you try it? ................Chris I hate to admit it but I couldn't figure out how to follow your steps. Maybe a step 1, step 2... with more details on each step. For example, I don't understand exactly what I get when I select from the layer menu, duplicate layer. On the right is shows background layer with one locked and the other copy of background layer unlocked. When I select the eyedropper tool and click it on a location should I be selecting the blue or one of the other colors in the moire pattern.. It gets worse from there. With PS Elements I thought I understood or at least could follow using layers but with CS3 things seem to be different and not at all intuitive. For example when I select clone stamp and pick an area to copy it keeps changing the sample location when I move the stamp to other locations. Very irritating. P.S. the help on CS3 is almost useless and the lack of a real manual on such an expensive piece of complex software is terrible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanG Posted July 4, 2007 Share #24 Posted July 4, 2007 Barjohn I hope someone can help you with Photoshop. That is one of the most complicated, dense, and unintuitive programs I've ever used. It requires a entire support industry to train users. I stopped using it at version 4 and have used Picture Publisher 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and now version 10 since and couldn't be happier. But as Picture Publisher was discontinued many years ago, I may be forced back to Photoshop before long. (It already has problems supporting some of the 16 bit formats I use although the program was almost entirely 16 bit a long time ago.) Like it or not I guess Photoshop is the "industry standard" and we all will have to use it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisC Posted July 4, 2007 Share #25 Posted July 4, 2007 I couldn't figure out how to follow your steps. John - That's OK. The technique requires a little experience of handling the Photoshop tools, I could try to explain again but I don't want to risk upsetting your confidence; but I will have a go if you want me to. We all start learning Photoshop in a state of ignorance, it has a learning curve which can be intimidatingly steep and it has now become an exceedingly well featured professional programme. That's why it is hard to know it well. Perhaps some instruction might ease you gently into Photoshop work, or maybe use another programme which suits your needs. I miscalculated your Photoshop skills, sorry for the presumption. Good luck. ..............Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanG Posted July 5, 2007 Share #26 Posted July 5, 2007 Well I made the lapels match. Sorry Barjohn, but you are just going to have to spend the time to learn a little retouching or find someone to do it. There isn't always an easy fix. Basically if you can't get it out with the Demoirize plugin, you use a brush to remove the color (desaturate) and then you use gray and black paint brushes (with some transparency) to color in the jacket to obscure the pattern. A smear brush could do it too. It's pretty easy and took me only a couple of minutes tops. A higher res file would probably be easier to work on. It is actually very easy because the pattern is confined to a black jacket. (Often moire patterns are on much more complex objects.) The main difference in the suggested techniques is how you mask or isolate the jacket (to avoid retouchng the face) and how you blend it. I can think of several other ways to do it, but I simply used a brush and painted part of the jacket dark gray and didn't use any layers or masking. And I used a smear brush to smooth it. But maybe they'll like this South Beach version and won't notice the lapels. ;-) I'm just having a little fun and not trying to make a joke of your plight but I think we've all taken this about as far as we can unless we do it for you. (Which would take less time than this post.) Good luck. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/28078-moire-removal/?do=findComment&comment=298503'>More sharing options...
barjohn Posted July 5, 2007 Author Share #27 Posted July 5, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thanks for the information and help. Having lived in Miami and gone to South Beach more than a few times I think I would go for the South Beach photo myself. Certainly lots of night life, good restaurants and fun places. Thanks again to all for your help and suggestions. I will just have to learn CS3 or say to hell with it and go to South Beach Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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