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Troy Piggins - 28 Nov 2007 09:10 GMT

Trying to learn a little more about processing images and wanted
to learn about getting rid of haze. Started playing with some
photos from Paris where the haze was quite bad. While searching
around I somehow also came across this tutorial about faking
tilt-shift effects and making scenes look like models etc.
Here's what I came up with:

http://piggo.com/~troy/photos.php?img=photos/2007_10_06-Paris/img_3601-model.jpg

This was the original image taken from top of Eiffel Tower:

http://piggo.com/~troy/photos.php?img=photos/2007_10_06-Paris/img_3601.jpg

I thought it made a fairly dull snap look a little more
interesting/different.

What method do you use to get rid of haze like that?

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Poxy - 28 Nov 2007 11:50 GMT

> Trying to learn a little more about processing images and wanted
> to learn about getting rid of haze. Started playing with some
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> What method do you use to get rid of haze like that?

Just Photoshop Levels - one pass to get rid of most of the haze (hit "Auto"
as a starting point, then adjust each channel), then an effect layer with
heavier Levels (crushing the shadow end) to knock down the haze in the
distance, then apply a vertical gradient to the Layer Mask so it only
applies to the top portion of the image.

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Troy Piggins - 28 Nov 2007 19:47 GMT

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* & my replies are inline below :

>> Trying to learn a little more about processing images and wanted
>> to learn about getting rid of haze. Started playing with some
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> distance, then apply a vertical gradient to the Layer Mask so it only
> applies to the top portion of the image.

Sounds similar to what I tried. THanks Poxy.

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googlegroups@sensation.net.au - 28 Nov 2007 15:13 GMT

I'm not into the complex hardcore modifications but I find that an
unsharp mask of about 30%, radius 250px, thresh 0 works fairly well.
Vary the percentage to vary the effect.

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Troy Piggins - 28 Nov 2007 19:47 GMT

* googlegroups@sensation.net.au is quoted
* & my replies are inline below :

>> Trying to learn a little more about processing images and wanted
>> to learn about getting rid of haze. Started playing with some
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> unsharp mask of about 30%, radius 250px, thresh 0 works fairly well.
> Vary the percentage to vary the effect.

I haven't tried that. I will. Thanks.

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Annika1980 - 30 Nov 2007 14:33 GMT

> What method do you use to get rid of haze like that?

Duplicate the layer and use the Overlay Blend Mode.
If that is too much try Soft Light.
Season to taste.

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Troy Piggins - 30 Nov 2007 20:55 GMT

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>> What method do you use to get rid of haze like that?
>
> Duplicate the layer and use the Overlay Blend Mode.
> If that is too much try Soft Light.
> Season to taste.

Thanks! Hadn't seen that method. I mucked around with it a bit,
and it seemed to enhance the pic if I'd already done some of my
method, so maybe a combo gives a better result.

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