I really like the ISO blending trick, thank you Sean, I will give this a go as soon as I can locate a decent waterfall near Montreal 🤣 however, after trying PureRaw, I feel I would process the Raw using DxO first before the blend. I am fairly confident the noise won’t be too much of an issue and dealt with better than in Lightroom. Great tutorial as always, 😊
Sean I think you left the hard part out of this editing video. Bottom of the image where leaves were most blurry water texture now don't match the long exposure photo. Problem is that blurry leaf is bigger than sharp leaf and this technique alone doesn't work. How I usually deal with this problem is cloning out the edges of blurry leaf in long exposure photo first and then mask sharp image on top. I'm sure you know how to do it but I think it would be important for us viewers to learn how to do the tricky parts too. I watched this video to learn how you deal with blurred leaves and was a little dissapointed when it ended with an unfinished image. Good tip with blending different exposures in the waterfall itself to get some texture in smooth water!
Great tutorial. Nice to see your Favorite Ps Techniques in action. Any reason not to rasterize the noise image and send it through Topaz Denoise AI before blending?
Not as long as exposure and white balance match. Or, to maintain flexibility, leave it as a smart object and apply Topaz as a smart filter. Then you can readjust both the raw settings and the demo use setting if needed.
Most excellent Sean! I assume in both examples you did not change the focus point? Also I guess in PS there is no way to Align Layers that are Smart Objects? Some wonderful ideas here, and I liked the very minor and artistic blending on the water in select places in the 2nd example. I had not thought of that! Way cool. Best, Paul
Thanks Paul. Yes, did not change focal point and no Auto align with smart objects. Focus stacking with moving objects is almost impossible anyway so I avoid it in such situations.
I really like the ISO blending trick, thank you Sean, I will give this a go as soon as I can locate a decent waterfall near Montreal 🤣 however, after trying PureRaw, I feel I would process the Raw using DxO first before the blend. I am fairly confident the noise won’t be too much of an issue and dealt with better than in Lightroom. Great tutorial as always, 😊
Sean I think you left the hard part out of this editing video. Bottom of the image where leaves were most blurry water texture now don't match the long exposure photo. Problem is that blurry leaf is bigger than sharp leaf and this technique alone doesn't work. How I usually deal with this problem is cloning out the edges of blurry leaf in long exposure photo first and then mask sharp image on top. I'm sure you know how to do it but I think it would be important for us viewers to learn how to do the tricky parts too. I watched this video to learn how you deal with blurred leaves and was a little dissapointed when it ended with an unfinished image. Good tip with blending different exposures in the waterfall itself to get some texture in smooth water!
The trick in the smoothness at the end of the video is very creative and surprising 👌
Thanks Sean
super useful video!
Always perfect teacher....thanks from Greece...I can't understand why only a few likes....
Try using a Wacom Pen it helps tons when doing stuff like this. The last technique is one I’ll add to my arsenal thanks Sean
Great tutorial. Nice to see your Favorite Ps Techniques in action.
Any reason not to rasterize the noise image and send it through Topaz Denoise AI before blending?
Not as long as exposure and white balance match. Or, to maintain flexibility, leave it as a smart object and apply Topaz as a smart filter. Then you can readjust both the raw settings and the demo use setting if needed.
Most excellent Sean! I assume in both examples you did not change the focus point? Also I guess in PS there is no way to Align Layers that are Smart Objects? Some wonderful ideas here, and I liked the very minor and artistic blending on the water in select places in the 2nd example. I had not thought of that! Way cool. Best, Paul
Thanks Paul. Yes, did not change focal point and no Auto align with smart objects. Focus stacking with moving objects is almost impossible anyway so I avoid it in such situations.
@@SeanBagshaw thanks, Sean! Excellent point above moving objects, makes a lot of sense.