Comments on: Precleaning (High Pass Sharpening Filter)

By: chiresakura

chiresakura — Tue, 11 May 2010 22:07:53 +0000

Ah, I’m familiar with this after all XD

It’s definitely one of the best denoise filters out there! I still think Neat Image + diffuse filter (maybe high pass) makes the line art better, but I think most people like how Topaz gives the grays a tone pattern. And I have to admit that i love how it inks the blacks, too :3

One terrible tragedy I saw with Topaz Denoise, however, was a tank raw that had been denoised. Such a horrible waste T_T

By: Elaine

Elaine — Tue, 11 May 2010 01:34:07 +0000

Another example, zoomed in to 100%
before: http://screencast.com/t/NzdkNWFh
after: http://screencast.com/t/ZGRmNzRkZTg

By: Elaine

Elaine — Tue, 11 May 2010 01:20:06 +0000

before: http://s387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/greenpeppers311/?action=view¤t=HDBF32_p6_dirty.png
after: http://s387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/greenpeppers311/?action=view¤t=HDBF32_p6_topaz.png

By: chiresakura

chiresakura — Fri, 07 May 2010 21:55:04 +0000

Can you post a couple raw + denoised examples? I know a bunch of people who use Denoise, but I don’t specifically remember seeing it with a LQ raw…

By: Elaine

Elaine — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:25:48 +0000

PS seriously, have you seen Topaz Denoise 3 on a bad scan? Because if not, I can give you my personal assurances that you will s**t bricks.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Fri, 07 May 2010 00:33:58 +0000

Ah gutter shadows. What a pain. I’ve had to deal with some really nasty ones so I developed a decent technique for it. I select it, feather the selection until the feathering just about reaches the outer edge, and then level it. You probably know this, but the reason you do feather so much is so you can level the darker parts without the light parts getting too light, so it blends in nicely. Give it a try. It’ll be lighter, but of course there will still be little to no detail in that area.

I found a nice way to fix that when dealing with patterned areas. Download a pattern generating plugin (I don’t remember where I got it), and use that to make a pattern from the cleaner area. Then lay the pattern over it using a layer mask.

By: chiresakura

chiresakura — Thu, 06 May 2010 23:01:25 +0000

I’m still a purist and I think that the denoise filters destroy the gray tones. And the detail in the gray tones. I will concede that some people have become very VERY talented at denoising, however.

Someone else left a comment about gutters, so I’ll refer you to that response: http://senbonzakura.kageyoshi.net/2007/12/17/intro-to-leveling/comment-page-1/#comment-5706

There’s only so much you can do with a LQ raw. I think when that is the case, you should focus on super awesome typesetting because THAT is something you have full control over.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Thu, 06 May 2010 22:49:08 +0000

Ever tried Topaz Denoise 3? What it can do is shocking. It’s a life-saver when you have low quality raws.

Speaking of low quality raws… It’d be nice to see some guides about taking care of gutter shadow and other things that show up on bad scans. Unfortunately, most manga guides are put up by sites that are well-established enough to get the best raws, so you don’t see much of that kind of thing.

By: chiresakura

chiresakura — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:32:07 +0000

Yeah, I think a lot of the new scan groups only do denoising. I like this method because it helps darken line art in gray tones (which usually gets destroyed when denoised…). I’m glad it helped ^_^

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