Adam, that was so cool the way you handled the question. There is a whole lot to learn in this passion; pixelation? Now I have learned something to look for if ever there is a chance for me to take a moving water image. You are a very good teacher, because you make look and sound easy. You're comfortable explaining it. Thanks for taking the time. Bill.
Great tip Adam! You are the first person that has ever mentioned doing this on any focus stacking videos I have watched. You might have just saved me from having to re-shoot a focus stacking image to solve this problem, thanks!
Adam I rename the layers to prevent accidentally editing the wrong one, and it one less thing to keep in my little head, ie front, middle, back. I have been renaming layers for many things because it only takes a second.
Can this still be done? I have tried everything I can think of but I cannot edit the mask. Brush Black, White (tried both) Changed blend modes. Nothing I do let’s me edit the mask.
Thanks again for the efforts ✌🏻❤️ I like how you slightly applied the polarization, nice result 50/50 better than taking off all the light reflection 100%
Thank you Adam - I was disabling or deleting entire mask, once I had created a new layer from visible and masking out to reinstate areas from below, thinking (as you would) that it would be the same as reinstating areas with white brush - but no its not (which is a concern) - thankfully your more subtle fix does reinstate the troubled areas 🙂
That was really helpful Adam. Thanks for that follow up. I think it will be beneficial to really inspect the masks after we let photoshop do its thing. We might learn what its doing so we can fix the anomalies later. Thank you! ☺
Really enjoyed both parts Adam, thank you. I don’t want to appear to be a smart a***, but you can automatically fill a new mask with black by holding down Alt (Option on a Mac? ) and clicking the mask button. Not a big deal I know, but does save a bit of typing. Atb.
Thanks Adam, I get that pixelated look quite a bit in ON1 Photo Raw if I use that to focus stack so have tended to use Affinity Photo of Helicon Focus (not been able to buy it after the trial yet). Must try this technique.
Thanks Adam, It would be nice it next you cover the issues with out of focus areas very close to the camera hide the background objects. That happens a lot with wide lenses where some content is hidden when the correct focus is achieved at the given distance and there is nothing to fill in shows spots. I recall it was in one of your images with the 16-35 in the twisted forest. Love the t-shirt... is that a fototripper selfie? His face looks like linguine left after the water' in the pot has all boiled away.
I have found that Photoshop 2021 is fast and easy for focus blending, but it is sometimes confused and clumsy. It not only pixellates on occasion, it also sometimes picks from the wrong layer for part of the image. I prefer Helicon Focus because it tends to do a superior job of focus stacking. I just hate buying an annual license for Helicon Focus. You might consider a video that demonstrates using Helicon Focus.
The mask on the bottom layer can be completely removed. Upper layers will overwrite it anyway with their sharp (revealed) areas. One thing less to fix.
Good night Adam! I have a question, I take a lot of marine photographs generally between 1/6 and 1 second of exposure, I do focus stacking between 3 and 4 focuses and when I order them to stack in Photoshop it also causes problems because the movement of the water is different from one photo to another, what can I do to resolve this? thanks!
Probably the easiest way is to do the stacking by hand and use layers. Paint in the parts that you want changed in the frame; that's what I usually do.
This is really going to help with my focus stacked woodland images, clear and concise tutorial 👍
Adam, that was so cool the way you handled the question. There is a whole lot to learn in this passion; pixelation? Now I have learned something to look for if ever there is a chance for me to take a moving water image. You are a very good teacher, because you make look and sound easy. You're comfortable explaining it. Thanks for taking the time. Bill.
Great tip Adam! You are the first person that has ever mentioned doing this on any focus stacking videos I have watched. You might have just saved me from having to re-shoot a focus stacking image to solve this problem, thanks!
Thank you for showing this it will be very helpful and I'm sure I will watch it a couple of times till I have it memorized
Great follow up Adam. Thanks for sharing!!
I was struggling with this in images that I was working on. Thank you this was VERY helpful
Adam I rename the layers to prevent accidentally editing the wrong one, and it one less thing to keep in my little head, ie front, middle, back. I have been renaming layers for many things because it only takes a second.
Can this still be done?
I have tried everything I can think of but I cannot edit the mask.
Brush
Black, White (tried both)
Changed blend modes.
Nothing I do let’s me edit the mask.
Thanks, that's what I've been doing. Glad to get some validation that it was a good method.
Can't wait to try this out! Thanks for sharing this tip!
You Sir are an excellent teacher!
Thanks again for the efforts ✌🏻❤️
I like how you slightly applied the polarization, nice result 50/50 better than taking off all the light reflection 100%
Thanks Adam! Great quick hit video!
The perfect followup. Thanks
Another useful video. Thanks Adam.
Thank you for the solution Adam. Really generous of you. Take care and stay safe.
Nice explanation and rationale in the explanation - you hit a lot of good points for learners there.
Really useful Adam. Thanks
Nice response to the question.
Thank you Adam - I was disabling or deleting entire mask, once I had created a new layer from visible and masking out to reinstate areas from below, thinking (as you would) that it would be the same as reinstating areas with white brush - but no its not (which is a concern) - thankfully your more subtle fix does reinstate the troubled areas 🙂
Nicely explained Adam 👍🏽
Great tutorial Adam! Maybe it's worth to mention you can press Ctrl-Z and undo a mistake if you painted something in the wrong place.
Cheers Adam 📷👌🏻
That was really helpful Adam. Thanks for that follow up. I think it will be beneficial to really inspect the masks after we let photoshop do its thing. We might learn what its doing so we can fix the anomalies later. Thank you! ☺
That’s the most awesome image of Gavin on your t-shirt! ;)
Really enjoyed both parts Adam, thank you. I don’t want to appear to be a smart a***, but you can automatically fill a new mask with black by holding down Alt (Option on a Mac? ) and clicking the mask button. Not a big deal I know, but does save a bit of typing. Atb.
Thanks Adam, I get that pixelated look quite a bit in ON1 Photo Raw if I use that to focus stack so have tended to use Affinity Photo of Helicon Focus (not been able to buy it after the trial yet). Must try this technique.
Thank you, that was so helpful!!
Ahhh. The rest of the story. Well done, Adam.
Very useful, many thanks
Fantastico! Cheers, Adam! Nice workflow :)
Wow! Another weekday video. You certainly are busy this week. I'll have to catch it later. Off to work! 😉
Thnx Adam
Thanks Adam, It would be nice it next you cover the issues with out of focus areas very close to the camera hide the background objects. That happens a lot with wide lenses where some content is hidden when the correct focus is achieved at the given distance and there is nothing to fill in shows spots. I recall it was in one of your images with the 16-35 in the twisted forest.
Love the t-shirt... is that a fototripper selfie? His face looks like linguine left after the water' in the pot has all boiled away.
I have found that Photoshop 2021 is fast and easy for focus blending, but it is sometimes confused and clumsy. It not only pixellates on occasion, it also sometimes picks from the wrong layer for part of the image. I prefer Helicon Focus because it tends to do a superior job of focus stacking. I just hate buying an annual license for Helicon Focus. You might consider a video that demonstrates using Helicon Focus.
The mask on the bottom layer can be completely removed. Upper layers will overwrite it anyway with their sharp (revealed) areas. One thing less to fix.
Perfect. Thanks
Thanks again.
WOW... amazing use of the masks... Thank You
Thank you!!!
Thanks Adam, that's a real save! :-)
Most of the time, I prefer to blend the layers manualy. The software tends to choose inconsistent areas... I'm not 100% confident :/
Good night Adam! I have a question, I take a lot of marine photographs generally between 1/6 and 1 second of exposure, I do focus stacking between 3 and 4 focuses and when I order them to stack in Photoshop it also causes problems because the movement of the water is different from one photo to another, what can I do to resolve this? thanks!
Probably the easiest way is to do the stacking by hand and use layers. Paint in the parts that you want changed in the frame; that's what I usually do.
@@QuietLightPhoto thanks Adam!