Posted by Cynthia Spence on December 19, 2010 at 1:10 AM
This may be a naive question...but is there a way to make a picture sharper? I have a favorite photo taken at night that because of the high ISO 400 it's a bit grainy...I did noise reduction, it helped but the focus point was off and the things in the far distance are blurred. It was on a tripod.
You could try creating a selection of the blurred area and then sharpen it awparately from the rest of the image. If the blur is minimal, this may work. The downside is, given the high ISO, any noise will be more visible.
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Posted by Brad Mangas on December 19, 2010 at 9:53 AM
Topaz Labs makes some nice plugins all at resonble prices. This is there newest offer In Focus. They have a free fully functional trial that you may want to check out. Might be a good test of it. I would even be curious of the results.
Posted by John Mumaw on December 19, 2010 at 11:08 AM
Download a trial copy of Focus Magic, which is a precursor to InFocus and is much simpler to use. I actually use it as a sharpening tool at the lower end of the scale. You get 10 free images with the trial version.
Posted by Cynthia Spence on December 19, 2010 at 1:07 PM
Thanks guys...looks like Topaz has other stuff too...unfortunately, can't do focus magic since I run 64bit.
Posted by David Bostedo on December 19, 2010 at 1:45 PM
You can run 32-bit apps in a 64-bit system with no problem Cynthia. In fact, if you have PS it should have installed both the 32-bit version and the 64-bit, so that you can run either.
That being said, if the blur is more than a few pixels, there's no way to really bring it back, but some of the advice above could improve it. If you want to send the file via email or post it (or part of it perhaps), I'd be curious to take a shot at it myself, as I'm sure some other folks would.
Posted by John Mumaw on December 19, 2010 at 2:43 PM
What David said.
I have a 64 bit computer and use FM on my 32 bit version of PS. It will not appear (along with the majority of other plug-ins) on the 64 bit version of PS.
Posted by Hali Sowle on December 19, 2010 at 8:59 PM
You could try Nik Sharpener Pro as well, their Raw Presharpener does a pretty good job of fixing Blur (and it comes in 64 bit!)
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7 repliesYou could try creating a selection of the blurred area and then sharpen it awparately from the rest of the image. If the blur is minimal, this may work. The downside is, given the high ISO, any noise will be more visible.
--P
That being said, if the blur is more than a few pixels, there's no way to really bring it back, but some of the advice above could improve it. If you want to send the file via email or post it (or part of it perhaps), I'd be curious to take a shot at it myself, as I'm sure some other folks would.
I have a 64 bit computer and use FM on my 32 bit version of PS. It will not appear (along with the majority of other plug-ins) on the 64 bit version of PS.