LoriL Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Hi- I photographed a local HS theater dress rehearsal. The noise on the background is pretty bad. I've gone through the noise tutorial. I am wondering if there is anything else that can be done or is this just what it is? Most images were shot over 1600 ISO, some much higher. I am seeing extra artifacts, blotches on the background. How high is too high to go with the luminance slider? I feel like the people get too soft and then worry about sharpening for print adding noise. These two images are SOOR, with some noise reduction. The shadowing on left, top corner shows banding and noise... and the light blue artifact gets worse. Thanks in advance for any advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christina Keddie Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Can you post some 100% crops, please, so we can see the noise clearly? http://www.damiensymonds.net/2013/09/grabbing-700x700px-100-crop.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoriL Posted April 21, 2016 Author Share Posted April 21, 2016 Oh gosh. Sorry. I totally forgot about the crops. These have about a luminance of 25 done in ACR. I am afraid any editing will worsen the banding/noise in background or make faces too soft. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha LaRue Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 How does it look when you remove all of the noise as Damien describes here: http://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/07/raw-noise-removal.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 ALL NOISE MUST GO. http://www.damiensymonds.net/2015/10/noise-reduction-and-sharpening-leap-of.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoriL Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 Thanks Damien. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoriL Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 Ok- I went through the tutorial better and here is the result. I don't think I can do anything about the banding/shadowing in top left corner where light dropped of. Sliders - went as high as 74 for lum and 38 for color. There was no significant difference in overall photo color from 0-34 so I went higher with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoriL Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 Uncropped photo ... Would this be ok to share now with the theater members? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha LaRue Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 I actually think your luminance can go even higher still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Yes, a little higher with the Luminance slider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoriL Posted April 29, 2016 Author Share Posted April 29, 2016 Thank you. I am sorry for the super slow replies. We are in the middle of buying and selling a house. Computer time has been cut short. I will go higher with luminance. Thanks for the advice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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