Moire

[Julie Brock]

Need help with the moire near dad's elbow please.

[Damien Symonds]

Hi Julie, I need to see it at 100%: https://www.damiensymonds.net/2013/09/grabbing-700x700px-100-crop.html

[Julie Brock]

Sorry about that! Here it is. Thank you! 

[Damien Symonds]

Not quite the right size, sorry.  Can you read over the instructions again?

[Julie Brock]

Thank you Damien. Try 2.

[Damien Symonds]

May I see a screenshot of your Detail (noise) panel in raw for this photo?  I fear you've applied much too much sharpening.

[Julie Brock]

Sure thing! The jpg file had a levels mid tone bump, a touch of sharpening with the Total Rad's set called Boutwell Glasses with the layer at 20%, and Portraiture at a low opacity.

[Damien Symonds]

3 hours ago, Julie Brock said:

Sure thing! The jpg file had a levels mid tone bump, a touch of sharpening with the Total Rad's set called Boutwell Glasses with the layer at 20%,

Ah.  Well, take that rubbish off, and post the 100% crop again.

[Julie Brock]

Rubbish removed.....Thanks. 

[Julie Brock]

Here's the shoulder area:

[Damien Symonds]

Ah bummer.  No, still too much sharpening.  You'll have to re-do the raw file with the Sharpness slider on 0.

[Julie Brock]

Now I'm interested. I was in your class with 2010 settings (so it's been a while). This is Adobe's level of sharpening upon opening a RAW file. Should I be setting it all at 0 and then making adjustments for each image?

Here is the updated RAW and a 100%.

[Damien Symonds]

Gosh, this is really stubborn, isn't it?

Do you mind sending me the raw file?  Send it via https://spaces.hightail.com/uplink/BellePhotography

[Julie Brock]

Will do! Thank you.

 

[Damien Symonds]

Hmmm ... odd.  It's nowhere near as strong when I edit it.

Can you click on the blue link at the bottom of ACR.  In the window that pops up, there's a "Sharpen for" option.  That should be set to "None" at all times.  I'm wondering if yours isn't set to None?

[Julie Brock]

Here's that screen shot, and one of my basic adjustments:

[Damien Symonds]

5 minutes ago, Julie Brock said:

Yep, unchecked is just as good.  This should be fine.

5 minutes ago, Julie Brock said:

PLEASE don't wait any longer to take a class refresher.  This makes me cry a little.

[Damien Symonds]

Well, I'm stumped.  When I edited your raw file, the moire is much less, and it's really easy to remove.

But for yours, we'll have to do it the hard way.

First, add a Dodge and Burn layer.  Don't do anything to it yet, just let it sit there.

Next, add a Solid Color layer of the good shirt colour.  Set that layer's blend mode to "Color", then mask it to the shirt.  That should take care of a lot of the moire, but a few visible stripes will remain in the worst areas.

So return to the D&B layer and gently correct those striped areas.

[Julie Brock]

Thank you as always for your time and expertise. I appreciate it!

Here's the start. Still working on my dodge and burn layer. Sending beer money to offset the tears.  

[Julie Brock]

Looking for the link to send beer money.....

 

[Damien Symonds]

No!  No beer money!  PLEASE put it towards joining the Raw Class again.  As a previous student, the price is significantly lower.