Hi everyone! I'm new to this site, so forgive me if this question has been answered a million times. But...I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice on how to get rid of halos. I double process some of my images, and when i blend them together I always get a halo between the subject (i.e., mountain range) and the sky. Not sure what the best way is to get rid of this. I work in Photoshop cs5. Thanks in advance for the help!
Nice image! ummm, but recheck your horizontal maybe, appears the ocean line is tilted. Or is that just me?!
Hope someone else will answer your PS question.
Posted by Carol Hyman on November 17, 2011 at 11:34 PM
Hi Natalie, When I've combined a couple of images, I've had this happen too. The only success I've had (and it's painstaking work) is to enlarge as much as possible; select the lighter color pixels and paint carefully. Worth it? I don't know. I don't know what you mean when you say you are double processing. Are you creating HDR images? And when you're shooting, are you using a tripod?
That's all I can think of.
Regards,
Carol
Posted by Guy Manning on November 18, 2011 at 1:02 AM
Some suggestions here: http://www.naturephotographers.net/imagecritique/bbs.cgi?a=vm&mr=67052&CGISESSID=63bd67ca5a524e336177606afb5e55fd&u=2737
Posted by dean hebert on November 18, 2011 at 2:12 PM
Halos suck and can be a real pain to get rid of. When blending I use several techniques, using a mask and painting at 100% image size for solid lines(rocks, water). Of course this can be very painstaking work but using a mask allows me to keep at it until I get it right. I also use the gradient tool and feather in tree-lines. Some can be done in minutes others can take over an hour. There are lots of tutorials out there. Good luck.
Dean
Posted by Guy Manning on November 19, 2011 at 3:08 AM
I discovered a technique today by accident. Create the knockout mask for the sky then go to the menu: Select, Refine Mask, and use a huge feather setting (over 125). You will see no lines because it gradates over 125 pixels. You will experience some lightening on one side and darkening on the other but on the three images I have used it on tonight it wasn't a problem if done early in the game.
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That's all I can think of.
Regards,
Carol
Dean
Let me know how it works.