Blue Tit Worked

[Steve Ashton]

Guys following on from some comments from Mr M about clean BG and adding canvas I have worked and played around with this image. How does it look? Were can I find more info on blurring BG and some of the more advanced PS stuff you guys are doing.

[Arthur Morris]

Guys following on from some comments from Mr M about clean BG and adding canvas I have worked and played around with this image. How does it look? Were can I find more info on blurring BG and some of the more advanced PS stuff you guys are doing.

Hi Steve, You can find info on the basics of using Quick Masks to make selections in our Digital Basics file and more detailed QMing techniques in Robert O'Toole's APTATS PDF.

Axel uses this to reduce BKGR once the BKGR had been selected:

For BG noise reduction I use the Reduce Noise Tool in CS3. My standard settings are:

Strength: 5-10 depending on the amount of noise
Preserve Details: 45%
Reduce Color Noise: 45%
Sharpen Details: 0%
and Remove JPEG Artifact is checked

Thanks Axel! And later and love, artie

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Nice pose captured. I might sharpen the bird a bit more and it might also work as a vertical crop.