A346Dude From Canada, joined Nov 2004, 1200 posts, RR: 8 Posted (8 years 1 month 3 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 1018 times:
Hi all,
I keep having problems with borders when I edit my photos. I am using Photoshop LE 5.0. I cannot seem to edit this photo without getting a small thin line along the bottom, but it is not visible until I upload it:
Does anyone have any ideas what I should try? I am nearly certain it doesn't have to do with feathering and the crop/resize (all one step) is the final thing I do before I save an image.
Thanks for the help.
Dustin
You know the gear is up and locked when it takes full throttle to taxi to the terminal.
C133 From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 225 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (8 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 1008 times:
Quoting Newark777 (Reply 1):
Not sure if this is the problem, but cropping and resizing should be done towards the beginning, with sharpening usually done last of all.
Second that. I'm no expert, but I level 1st, and crop/resize (with the crop tool) 2nd. Then go through image corrections etc., with sharpening the final step before saving. I just looked in CS and don't see any feathering option on the crop tool, but maybe it's there someplace. And why would that thin line only show up on the bottom? Good luck fixing it........
Terry
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DRAIGONAIR From Netherlands, joined Oct 2000, 708 posts, RR: 6 Reply 3, posted (8 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 1008 times:
Dustin,
the problem probably is the you are not using the correct tool. When you get your photo fir adjust the angle etc. Then use the CROP tool. Then resize it and make final adjustments (light sharpness etc) and then save. This should not leave any borders behind!
C133 From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 225 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (8 years 1 month 3 weeks ago) and read 1000 times:
Quoting Newark777 (Reply 4): I'm guessing that the border is on all sides, but is only visible on the bottom because of the black a.net bar.
Harry
Yes, probably so.
Quoting DRAIGONAIR (Reply 3): Then use the CROP tool. Then resize it and
I've seen that some guys prefer to resize as a separate step, but I enter my desired size in the crop tool Height & Width boxes and do it in one step. Without problem, as far as I know.
Terry
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A346Dude From Canada, joined Nov 2004, 1200 posts, RR: 8 Reply 6, posted (8 years 1 month 3 weeks ago) and read 993 times:
Thanks for all the suggestions guys.
Here's the thing though. I have had this problem before and someone suggested that I crop the photo at the end because sharpening the photo may cause a border to appear. In any case, cropping as the first step probably wouldn't suppress the borders as they would just appear in the photo earlier rather than later.
You know the gear is up and locked when it takes full throttle to taxi to the terminal.
C133 From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 225 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (8 years 1 month 3 weeks ago) and read 992 times:
But why are they there? The 'line', or 'border' is being introduced somehow. Experiment with different methods of cropping and resizing to see if you can eliminate it. I dunno........
Edit: And, sharpening should not be the culprit here. Doesn't make sense, to me.
[Edited 2005-05-01 08:04:00]
2nd Edit: OK, skip sharpening and see if it happens. That's easy.
[Edited 2005-05-01 08:07:58]
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Psych From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 2976 posts, RR: 60 Reply 9, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 974 times:
Dustin,
Just to add to the debate, my understanding is that these borders are usually to do with the tool that it used to crop, and there being some feathering going on, as was suggested above - e.g. using a marquee tool with the feathering at anything other than zero. You shouldn't get this effect with the crop tool itself.
I would also concur with the others above that you should do your editing on your resized image - i.e. cropping/resizing should be in the first few steps of your editing workflow. Though this is less crucial for things like brightness and colour adjustment, sharpening different sized images using the same sharpening settings will produce different results. For example, getting your photo just right in terms of sharpening and then reducing the size of it will have the effect of exaggerating the sharpness (as you now have less pixels that make the photo) and so you are more likely to get jaggies.
Apologies if I am preaching to the converted here, but I think this factor does make a difference to the final quality of the image.
A346Dude From Canada, joined Nov 2004, 1200 posts, RR: 8 Reply 10, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 961 times:
Thanks again everyone.
I will have to play around a little more with Photoshop, keeping in mind what has been pointed out here. If I can't figure it out I may just switch to another photo editing program.
You know the gear is up and locked when it takes full throttle to taxi to the terminal.
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