Funny that you asked that Herm, because I was just messing around with
Chris' shot in PS 5.0 and trying different settings with the Smart Blur.
The one problem I've had with Smart Blur is that you can "posterize" your
image if you're not careful. I've had some success using both the "Despeckle"
and "Smart Blur" options in combination with Unsharp Masking. I think the
key here is subtlety.
Glenn Ray
Cypress, Texas
-----Original Message-----
From: hermperez@worldnet.att.net [mailto:hermperez@worldnet.att.net]
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 11:32 AM
To: astro-photo@seds.org
Subject: Re: [APML] A smoothed IC4604
Is there a difference between Axel's Bgsmooth and Smart Blur in PS 5?, I think
Bgsmooth does a better job but I'm not sure.
Herm
"Chris & Jennifer Cook" <ccjd@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>Thanks to the explanation by Jim Janusz of Axel's bgsmooth grain reduction
>utility, I ran my IC4604 image I posted earlier through Axel's program. I
>used a Radius of 5 and a Max of 20. I am very impressed. The image has
>been smoothed out along with bringing out much more of the really faint
>nebulosity that is found in the background.
>
>Axel, you're a god!! ;-)
>
>Reworked image: http://www.abmedia.com/astro/current/ic4604.html
>
>Chris
-- APML Archives at <http://www.system.missouri.edu/apml/> ---
Unsubscribe at <majordomo@seds.org>