Sky Noise

[drdan]

I edited (mostly darkened) the sky here but it increased the noise quite a bit. I already used the noise filter some but it only helped a little and much more (the way I was using it) made the the sky too blurry.

Any suggestions on how to approach this one?

 

[canonrebel]

Drdan,
To open up shadows in photoshop….
1. Dupe the image
Click [Image] on the menu bar
Select [Duplicate] from the drop-down-dialog box
Name the duplicated image “Mask”
Click OK

2. Click [Image] on the menu bar
Click [Mode] in the d-d-d (drop-down-dialog) box and then click [Grayscale]. Click OK

3. Click [Filter] on the menu bar
Click [Blur] in the d-d-d box.
Click [Gaussian Blur] in the next d-d-d box
Move Radius slider to the right until the shadows are blurred. Click OK.
The amount of blur determines how much of the shadow area will be opened up.

4. Click [Image] from the menu bar
Click [Adjustments] from the d-d-d box and select [Invert]

5. Click on the original image to make it active

6. Click [Select] from the menu bar
Click [Load Selection] from the d-d-d menu box
select “Mask” from the [Document list] in the next d-d-d box. Click OK

7. Type CNTRL + J to make a copy layer of the background

8. Click [Select] from the menu bar
Click [Load Selection] from the d-d-d menu bar
From the resulting d-d-d box, select “Mask” from the [Document list]

9. Select [Edit] from the menu bar.
Click [Fill] from the d-d-d box
From the resulting d-d-d box, select 50% Gray from the [contents list]
Set [Blending Mode] to [color dodge]
Set [Opacity to 100%]
Click the check box for [Preserve Transparency]
Click OK.

10. To open the shadows up even more from this point…
Select [Edit] from the menu bar.
Click [Fill] from the d-d-d box
Click OK

If there is more noise after this technique, it will be from re-compressing the JPG--not from the photoshop technique

 

[drdan]

Thanks for the detailed instructions, I appreciate the time you spent on it.