20.08.2008, 20:27
That's an interesting tool :!:
Is it part of newer versions of PS or is it a plugin :?:
So, how do you typically make use of it :?:
Yeah, I added the antenna wires. Someone like you used to making images couldn't miss the telltale glitch I left, lol :!: :lol:
I usually capture the plane as large as I can without getting too much distortion. Then, most of the time, I have to reduce it for the image. As the plane becomes smaller any roughness along the edges becomes smaller and less noticeable as well. Hence, an enhanced appearance of edge smoothness.
Some say not to adjust the size of the plane but to adjust the background instead, however, some background photos can't tolerate being made larger. More often than not, the photos are grainy or have noise as it is. That can be fixed to a degree but too much smoothing makes the background look like mush. There are other ways to fix the background but I find them to be a pain in the butt. lol :lol:
One other thing: I find making the image into a .png file provides the best quality because it's less compressed than a .jpg file. Irfanview has the ability to compress .png files, which can be quite large if not compressed at all, to 9 different levels of compression which enables one to fit within the max size limits of free hosting sites like Image Shack. I haven't had to compress a .png more than to the first and lowest level of compression yet so most of the quality is still there.
Irfanview also has a nice selection of resizing filters. I find that the "Triangle Filter" works quite well and, in most cases, seems to yield a better looking image than the others.
Of course, I'm using the Smithsonian Museum version of PS. The newest versions probably don't require so much jumping through hoops to get a decent quality image, lol :!: :lol:
Is it part of newer versions of PS or is it a plugin :?:
So, how do you typically make use of it :?:
Yeah, I added the antenna wires. Someone like you used to making images couldn't miss the telltale glitch I left, lol :!: :lol:
I usually capture the plane as large as I can without getting too much distortion. Then, most of the time, I have to reduce it for the image. As the plane becomes smaller any roughness along the edges becomes smaller and less noticeable as well. Hence, an enhanced appearance of edge smoothness.
Some say not to adjust the size of the plane but to adjust the background instead, however, some background photos can't tolerate being made larger. More often than not, the photos are grainy or have noise as it is. That can be fixed to a degree but too much smoothing makes the background look like mush. There are other ways to fix the background but I find them to be a pain in the butt. lol :lol:
One other thing: I find making the image into a .png file provides the best quality because it's less compressed than a .jpg file. Irfanview has the ability to compress .png files, which can be quite large if not compressed at all, to 9 different levels of compression which enables one to fit within the max size limits of free hosting sites like Image Shack. I haven't had to compress a .png more than to the first and lowest level of compression yet so most of the quality is still there.
Irfanview also has a nice selection of resizing filters. I find that the "Triangle Filter" works quite well and, in most cases, seems to yield a better looking image than the others.
Of course, I'm using the Smithsonian Museum version of PS. The newest versions probably don't require so much jumping through hoops to get a decent quality image, lol :!: :lol: