image cleaning

Posted by Winterhawk on 2003/11/12 15:13:01

Here is a trick i just learned to remove pixellation (aka blochyness) from a picture. I got this off of Dperceful of c2f Fame.
TRICK # 1
step 1: open picture with photoshop
2: make a duplicate layer of the original image
3: now go to filters>other>maximum and put a setting between 2 and 6
4: then go to filters>blur>glausen blur with a setting between 2 and 6
5: set the opacity of this layer between 50 - 65
6: change the layer mode to overlay
7: then merge the visible layers
now this will remove alot of pixellation from the image. a generally clean it up.hope it helps. please note this is done to the image before you manip it. you may have to adjust the brightness and contrast as this tends to brighten the image up.
break time have a drink. now back to work

now if you are scratching you head saying "what the f**k" try the next trick

TRICK #2
you can just take the smudge tool and set it to between 10%-30% and wiggle it slowly around the picture avoiding the detail areas like eyes, nose, edges, etc.. it takes longer then the above trick but it is not complicated even a little. and if you do it right the image will look very nice.

You can use either trick or both on a image to clean it up. Trick #1 works best before you start to manip. Trick #2 works before and after.

Winterhawk