mrrgy 0 Posted June 18, 2008 I am new to Aperture and have been through many of the tutorials but cannot find a way to eliminate backscatter without having the background turn out splotchy. After removing with the brush I would like to even the background color out. I am working with RAW images. Any suggestions ? Will I need to change to Photoshop? Also does anyone have a working order for adjusting images that works for them? Where do you start and where do you finish with the image? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loftus 42 Posted June 18, 2008 I find the new Aperture tools with repair and clone to be pretty good and pretty similar to PS spot healing brush and clone tool for most things. Are you making sure that the radius of your brush is just big enough to cover the particle you want to conceal? Having the brush too large can tend to make things more patchy. Also try experimenting with the softness and opacity sliders of the retouch tool. I think if you have a lot of backscatter though, Photoshop will give you more control both with the healing brush and clone tools and also the ability to work with blur, dodge and burn tools even on a separate layer if necessary. In Aperture you may want to try the new dodge and burn tool as well to even out the background, once you are done eliminating the backscatter. I think the sequence of adjustments panel of Aperture is also quite logical (changed in 2.1) for most things. The only thing that may be different would be if I had an image that needed noise reduction, I would do this early on in the sequence so as not to intensify any noise with any sharpening. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrrgy 0 Posted June 19, 2008 I find the new Aperture tools with repair and clone to be pretty good and pretty similar to PS spot healing brush and clone tool for most things. Are you making sure that the radius of your brush is just big enough to cover the particle you want to conceal? Having the brush too large can tend to make things more patchy. Also try experimenting with the softness and opacity sliders of the retouch tool. I think if you have a lot of backscatter though, Photoshop will give you more control both with the healing brush and clone tools and also the ability to work with blur, dodge and burn tools even on a separate layer if necessary. In Aperture you may want to try the new dodge and burn tool as well to even out the background, once you are done eliminating the backscatter.I think the sequence of adjustments panel of Aperture is also quite logical (changed in 2.1) for most things. The only thing that may be different would be if I had an image that needed noise reduction, I would do this early on in the sequence so as not to intensify any noise with any sharpening. I will give it a try. I am also going to look for a training program for A2.1. Do you know of any? Thanks for your help. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loftus 42 Posted June 19, 2008 This may be a place to start. http://apertureprofessional.com/index.php I have not done any of their programs, just started with Apple's Training Book by Orlando Luna with Version 1, and went from there. Once you get into using Aperture I think you will really like it. Whether or not it will replace photoshop really depends on how much you like to work on your images. I happen to enjoy working on my images, printing etc, for me it's half the fun, so I use Photoshop, NX and a host of other plug-ins and standalone programs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
