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07/21/2004 07:57:00 AM · #1 |
| is it my monitor, some splendid looking photos, but extremely grainy |
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07/21/2004 07:59:59 AM · #2 |
It's not your monitor there are some really grainy images. Some actually look very good with the grain. I am glad we are not hit with clean sterile images this time. :)
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07/21/2004 09:15:45 AM · #3 |
| My entry is one where the chocolate looks a little grainy. I had a couple comments suggesting that melting the chocolate a bit gives it a smoother appearance which is a really great idea. Wish I'd thought of that before! A couple others mentioned the grainy look but said that's just how chocolate is sometimes and they aren't deducting for it. Honestly I thought my photo would do worse than it is because of it (I have not invested in NeatImage) but I seem to be holding on to a respectable score so far. |
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07/21/2004 09:30:07 AM · #4 |
| My first submission...so, where can I find any comments made on my photo? |
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07/21/2004 09:34:34 AM · #5 |
Click on your submission and you will get a page with your image. Scroll down and you will see the comments (if there are any)
You can also check from the stats ..
Votes: ###
Views: ###
Avg Vote: #.####
Comments: #
Message edited by author 2004-07-21 09:35:42. |
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07/21/2004 09:36:01 AM · #6 |
in the top left of your home page
will be your entry with its number of votes,views,score,comments,etc
the number of comments (if any) is a link to the photos comments page
this will update every hour
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07/21/2004 10:00:41 AM · #7 |
thanks!
I'll have to go check it out! |
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07/21/2004 10:35:48 AM · #8 |
If you don't see it on your home page then go to your preferences. There's a check box to select if you want this information on the home page.
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07/21/2004 11:18:02 AM · #9 |
| There are a lot of noisy pictures too. I know noise tends to be amplified with a faster ISO. Grain can be a nice affect, but noise is annoying. |
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07/21/2004 11:20:43 AM · #10 |
Mine has a bit of grain, and people have commented on it, but being on a Mac, I can't use Neatimage. Oh well!
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07/21/2004 11:36:29 AM · #11 |
For non-challenge images, one way to make the noise more like film grain is to duplicate the background, apply gaussian blur to this duplicate and use the blending mode 'color'.
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07/21/2004 11:42:27 AM · #12 |
hey boomer, have you looked into Noise Ninja? It's latest release is for macs. I've used it with pretty good success.
//www.picturecode.com/ |
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07/21/2004 01:29:52 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by BooZon:
It's not your monitor there are some really grainy images. Some actually look very good with the grain. I am glad we are not hit with clean sterile images this time. :) |
"Clean sterile images" tend to do well in challenge voting. :(
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07/21/2004 03:41:49 PM · #14 |
| Awful lotta chocolate-covered strawberries in this challenge, some pretty good. Are people hopeing to get high votes cuz they show a kind of chocolate that is popular?? |
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07/21/2004 03:43:31 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by dinny:
hey boomer, have you looked into Noise Ninja? It's latest release is for macs. I've used it with pretty good success.
//www.picturecode.com/ |
Hey thanks for the tip! I'll look it up!
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07/21/2004 03:55:03 PM · #16 |
| Just get the free version of neatimage .. thats what I do. Anyway, I agree. I saw soo many grainy images, and for every grainy image there was at least another out of focus one. There were several great shots that stood out. |
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07/21/2004 03:58:27 PM · #17 |
Is there a free version? I admittedly didn't look too hard, but I did a quick search on it and only saw version that you had to pay for.
I'm getting a new computer in the next couple weeks so I'm waiting on that too. I'd rather just install it once (especially when I thought I was paying to do so.) |
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07/21/2004 04:01:06 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by turquoise919:
Is there a free version? I admittedly didn't look too hard, but I did a quick search on it and only saw version that you had to pay for.
I'm getting a new computer in the next couple weeks so I'm waiting on that too. I'd rather just install it once (especially when I thought I was paying to do so.) |
yup there is a free version |
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07/21/2004 04:03:27 PM · #19 |
cpanaoiti, you cannot use any blend modes for basic challenges. You probably knew this. I wouldn't want any new people to get confused.
From the basic rules:
Layers: Only adjustment layers may be used, and the layer must be applied in normal mode. All other types of layers and all other blending methods (modes) are prohibited. Layers may not be used to apply a prohibited effect to an image.
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07/21/2004 04:19:30 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by longlivenyhc:
yup there is a free version |
Note that the free version of NeatImage is intended to be a "demo" and entice you to buy the product; it only saves very highly compressed JPEGs which can show signs of compresison artifacts quite easily. The full version has more control over the output options, and you can also get a version that works as a plug-in from within Photoshop, to avoid the whole "intermediate file save" step. |
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07/25/2004 03:58:38 AM · #21 |
thought i would bring this up again, cant believe how many blurred,
grainy photos there are in the choc challenge, is it mostly because
of macro? i had a problem once with the zoom being max from a previous photo and used it for macro and the results were the same?
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