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Nice video Dave! That little trick with the blend mode of the tool is a gem. This technique really showed me how clean an image can be if you pay attention to those little details like halos; especially if you do lots of print work. The other technique using the edge masks you did a couple of videos back is another nice one also. Thanks again.
@The Joy of Editing with Dave Kelly , I personnally really prefer to work on a blank layer everytime it is possible. That's why with this kind of method I keep the stamp tool in normal blend mode and set the blank layer to the desired blend mode instead. Sure, this way you can't work with only one layer for both darks & lights halos ; but having two separate ones is great to work back an forth without having to change the blend mode for the tool. This also helps keeping project file size smaller. Thank you for the videos and keep on the great work :)
Thank you so much Mr Kelly. This is by far the best video I have ever come across for cleaning up halos. Up until now, I have strictly used Lightroom Classic as my photo editor, but your video makes this a straightforward enough process that I feel confident to push photos from Lightroom to Photoshop to work on halos. Your video is quite timely as I just got back from a winter trip to Yellowstone.
Another fabulous video! I have many older photos taken with inexpensive cameras. The files are jpgs and the cameras probably over sharpened and compressed the photos. Your technique removes halos like magic!
Thanks for posting this video/tutorial Dave...This is a huge time saver and it will go a long way in reducing my periods and liberal usage of colorful adjectives when having to rid these halos from my edited files!
Thank you for this excellent tutorial. I'm a AP user & it worked exactly the same. I understand how the halos got there but am surprised with todays AI & Selections that they are there in at all. Good to see you have to work a little at something since I enjoy the process of doing so when in the mood. Signed, the lightweight post processor.
Great tip - and oddly, this is my preferred method of removing halos. Less convoluted and gives plenty of control. As mentioned, not always perfect and time intensive but I find it by far the easiest solution. Never thought about dak halos. Something to look out for in future.
Hi Dave, I might give a bit of a word of caution I learned the hard way. There is a "darken" and a "darken color" mode for cloning. "Darken Color" is the one you want to remove light halos. I used the Darken Color mode to great satisfaction a time or two. Then there was a long period of time where I did not have to remove halos. All I remembered was "darken" and it did not work. Diddled around with it to no avail. Then by pure chance I stumbled on "Darken Color" a bit lower on the drop down and I was back in business. Thanks again for your video. Once again I learned a little gem.....had no idea there were dark halos. All the best.
Dave, great tutorial!!!! I had been using a blank layer in Dark Mode & a brush tool. I just did some experimenting & your method is FAR superior and maintains textures. Plus (as mentioned by Geoffrey), I had never thought to using the Lighten color of dark halos. Not to mention, all can be done on one layer. Now I'm just wondering, if I do this in the beginning in PS, just after sharpening,(that way I could flatten the layers- to reduce file size), will I get more halos after further processing?? Nothing better than learning something new (at least to me)!! Thanks, as usual!!!
Great tip! But how do you retain the texture of the area being sampled? I find this technique often over-smoothes the edge if the tool is dragged/painting along the edge rather than tapping and tapping along it. So how to keep the texture?
Thanks Dave, another very useful tutorial. Below Markr5073 said he is using your method of the clone stamp tool, combined with edge masking & intersection. Would this work? Is it better? If yes, could you teach it in the near future. Also Dave, when cloning, is there a way to restrict where the clone stamp tool can get its sample from. I'll admit, I need help when it comes to some things in PS. Thanks again!
Hi Dave. Right after your previous video on halo removal, I stumbled on using the clone stamp in the darker color mode as you describe here. However, I think I paired it with the technique you used with the edge masking and intersection. Then I used that as a selection and, this was two weeks ago so I may not be recalling correctly, was able to use the clone stamp somewhat faster due to the selection. I'll test this later but wonder if you think my memory is correct and that it could speed up this process.
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Thank Dave - also appreciate you showing the reason why halos are created.
Thanks Dave for sharing this quick & easy tip.!
Dave, that was to the point and very simple. Thanks.
Those were precious tips. Thanls for that, Mr. Kelly.
Best regards from Rio de Janeiro/Brazil.
Good Tip. Thank you. I enjoy your videos.
Outstanding, this tip will be very handy indeed thanks Dave
Thank you Dave for this great tip, it's very useful!
This is an easy technique to follow. Time consuming of course. But results are worth the effort. Thanks Dave!
Great tip, Dave.
Thanks 😉
Good tutorial, I already use this method and it is great.
Nice video Dave! That little trick with the blend mode of the tool is a gem. This technique really showed me how clean an image can be if you pay attention to those little details like halos; especially if you do lots of print work. The other technique using the edge masks you did a couple of videos back is another nice one also. Thanks again.
Thanks Dave.
@The Joy of Editing with Dave Kelly , I personnally really prefer to work on a blank layer everytime it is possible. That's why with this kind of method I keep the stamp tool in normal blend mode and set the blank layer to the desired blend mode instead. Sure, this way you can't work with only one layer for both darks & lights halos ; but having two separate ones is great to work back an forth without having to change the blend mode for the tool. This also helps keeping project file size smaller.
Thank you for the videos and keep on the great work :)
thank you
Thank you so much Mr Kelly. This is by far the best video I have ever come across for cleaning up halos. Up until now, I have strictly used Lightroom Classic as my photo editor, but your video makes this a straightforward enough process that I feel confident to push photos from Lightroom to Photoshop to work on halos. Your video is quite timely as I just got back from a winter trip to Yellowstone.
Another fabulous video! I have many older photos taken with inexpensive cameras. The files are jpgs and the cameras probably over sharpened and compressed the photos. Your technique removes halos like magic!
Thanks for posting this video/tutorial Dave...This is a huge time saver and it will go a long way in reducing my periods and liberal usage of colorful adjectives when having to rid these halos from my edited files!
Thank you for this excellent tutorial. I'm a AP user & it worked exactly the same. I understand how the halos got there but am surprised with todays AI & Selections that they are there in at all. Good to see you have to work a little at something since I enjoy the process of doing so when in the mood.
Signed, the lightweight post processor.
Hi Dave Method very effective to delete halos. Thanks.
Great tip indeed! I often use the minimum technique (filters, other, minimize).
Great tip - and oddly, this is my preferred method of removing halos. Less convoluted and gives plenty of control. As mentioned, not always perfect and time intensive but I find it by far the easiest solution. Never thought about dak halos. Something to look out for in future.
Hi Dave, I might give a bit of a word of caution I learned the hard way. There is a "darken" and a "darken color" mode for cloning. "Darken Color" is the one you want to remove light halos. I used the Darken Color mode to great satisfaction a time or two. Then there was a long period of time where I did not have to remove halos. All I remembered was "darken" and it did not work. Diddled around with it to no avail. Then by pure chance I stumbled on "Darken Color" a bit lower on the drop down and I was back in business. Thanks again for your video. Once again I learned a little gem.....had no idea there were dark halos. All the best.
Wow ThankYou :) :) :)
Dave, great tutorial!!!! I had been using a blank layer in Dark Mode & a brush tool. I just did some experimenting & your method is FAR superior and maintains textures. Plus (as mentioned by Geoffrey), I had never thought to using the Lighten color of dark halos. Not to mention, all can be done on one layer. Now I'm just wondering, if I do this in the beginning in PS, just after sharpening,(that way I could flatten the layers- to reduce file size), will I get more halos after further processing?? Nothing better than learning something new (at least to me)!! Thanks, as usual!!!
You’re welcome John. If more halos develop you can just stamp the layers together and use this method to remove those halos.
Great tip! But how do you retain the texture of the area being sampled? I find this technique often over-smoothes the edge if the tool is dragged/painting along the edge rather than tapping and tapping along it. So how to keep the texture?
For light halos and working from the sky it is pretty easy but when removing dark halos it is important to sample from an area with similar texture.
Thanks Dave, another very useful tutorial. Below Markr5073 said he is using your method of the clone stamp tool, combined with edge masking & intersection. Would this work? Is it better? If yes, could you teach it in the near future. Also Dave, when cloning, is there a way to restrict where the clone stamp tool can get its sample from. I'll admit, I need help when it comes to some things in PS. Thanks again!
That does sound interesting. I will have to check it out and maybe do a video.
Hi Dave. Right after your previous video on halo removal, I stumbled on using the clone stamp in the darker color mode as you describe here. However, I think I paired it with the technique you used with the edge masking and intersection. Then I used that as a selection and, this was two weeks ago so I may not be recalling correctly, was able to use the clone stamp somewhat faster due to the selection. I'll test this later but wonder if you think my memory is correct and that it could speed up this process.