Re: Can Photoshop Enhance Cell-Phone Photo?

<midwest_46@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote: (clip) I have done some experimenting 
(Gaussian Blur, Despeckle, and other
> things), but I don't get the desired results, and I don't know what to
> do.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Did you try Reduce noise?  This filter gets rid of noise at the cost of
some 
sharpness.  You can play with the balance between the two, and MAYBE find
an 
acceptable compromise.  One trick you can try:  Make a new layer.  In the 
bottom layer, reduce noise a little too much, so that sharpness suffers. 
Then go into the upper layer with the eraser (set to maybe 30% density,
and 
with a blurred brush), erase the parts of the image where sharpness
doesn't 
matter (like the broad areas of your suit, and your cheeks and neck.)  By 
spending some time, you can probably get an image that looks reasonably 
sharp and not too grainy (noiisy.)

However, it sounds to me like you may have an underexposed image.  I'm
sure 
your cell phone doesn't have a flash. This makes a noisy picture,
especially 
in the dark suit.  Could you reshoot it in better light?
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