It's far better to create a blank layer, set the layer to darken, the clone tool to sample all layers, and carry on from there. It allows you to erase mistakes and gives a smaller file size.
@SeanBagshaw4 жыл бұрын
You are correct Dave, that is better. Didn't think to change the mode of a blank layer instead of changing the mode of the clone stamp tool. Brilliant!
@deanimator4 жыл бұрын
@@SeanBagshaw Yep...that's how I do it. When you have a tree, with branches and leaves etc against a bright sky it can be hard work, but then I use a much bigger clone stamp and pick a suitable area of the sky and do one large area at a time, resampling from the same or similar area each time
@jazzman16263 жыл бұрын
The blank layer worked a treat, so thanks for the tip. It didn’t take me long to get rid of the halos round loads of leaves.
@L.Lyubomirov2 ай бұрын
When i started using Flat/Linear Picture profile...never have edge problems,because the transitions are very very smooth and realistic.
@rlfisher2 жыл бұрын
Hey Sean - I searched back in my history to find this gem. It really saved an otherwise poor image! The separate layer blend darken is a bit easier I think, and then the cloning is isolated onto a separate layer - just in case. This also works "in reverse" for parts of the image where the misalignment caused a DARK halo, easily removed by cloning with lighten blend. Another Sean Bagshaw Lifesaver!
@MyFriendlyGiant3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I have spent the past couple of hours adjusting an image that had been pasted in another and just when I thought I was done, I saw there was now haloing. I used the clone tool and spotted another inconsistency whilst removing the halo. I am so glad I found your video.
@2mcarp2 жыл бұрын
Sean, thanks. I know I watched this in the past, but forgot. Today, I had an image that I ran thru Topaz Noise AI, and all the light/dark edges had terrible halos. So, I'm glad I was able to find this to help me fix my photo. Thanks.
@GBB703 жыл бұрын
Thanks for keeping this video up because I am always referring to it. Don't need it most of time but it is a life saver.
@MarkDenneyPhoto4 жыл бұрын
Super helpful video Sean! Appreciate you sharing this👍
@SeanBagshaw4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mark! You can pay me back with a video showing how to never get halos in the first place. Haha!
@MarkDenneyPhoto4 жыл бұрын
Sean Bagshaw lol! I’m on it🤣
@mibreit-photo4 жыл бұрын
Great video. I also do this but a little different. I just put an empty layer on top and set the mode of that layer to darken. Then I clone stamp and sample from below.
@SeanBagshaw4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing that Michael. Someone else commented that they do it the way you do it. I hadn't thought of setting the mode of an empty layer for this instead of the clone tool itself...but I think it is an even better solution than the way I have been doing it. It keeps file size down and is more flexible and easy to reverse or adjust.
@scottfenton11452 жыл бұрын
Like magic this works! Thanks Sean.
@ChrisKoehn4 жыл бұрын
Oh... this could really clean up some of my lightning landscapes this coming season... thanks for the tip!
@envolvedbn10 ай бұрын
Hi Sean! this video is asome! thanks for your kindness
@bodywise0072 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. simple and effective. That is the trick that works.
@JoostDaniels4 жыл бұрын
This is brilliant, and the improvement suggested in the comments by Dave Stokes is great too. Thanks Sean, Glen and Dave!!
@tonyb27604 жыл бұрын
This is the way I have been removing halos for years. I do try to avoid them, but sometimes you can't. Thanks for sharing
@SeanBagshaw4 жыл бұрын
Right on! It's amazing how well it works. I was blown away when my buddy first showed it to me several years ago too.
@tonyb27604 жыл бұрын
@@SeanBagshaw Using different blend modes is handy for other cloning operations, not just halos.
@MrFotoFool4 жыл бұрын
This is incredibly helpful. I have been using Photoshop Elements for a few years now and always use the clone stamp tool in "normal" mode. I didn't even know it had all these other modes but I just looked and there they are! Thank you!
@stephencarmickle3 жыл бұрын
So first...instant subscribe. Your tutorials have helped me greatly recently. I am in a situation, somehow, where actually using “lighten” instead of “darken” is what’s working for me. So if you somehow found yourself in a position where your foreground is lighter than the background, switch it to lighten. In my case I think it’s just because my foreground is snow and ice, which is causing it to be lighter....
@SeanBagshaw3 жыл бұрын
Yes! You are totally correct. Use Darken to paint a darker color into a lighter area and use Lighten to paint a lighter color into a darker area. I have less success with Lighten, but when it works it is great.
@toddaophoto4 жыл бұрын
Ditto on the comment by Mike Clasen II. Occasionally, I find those dark edges on the white tail feathers of eagles in flight. As always, thanx Sean for your informative videos.
@SeanBagshaw4 жыл бұрын
That sounds like the perfect place to use the Lighter Color mode.
@sarahfranklin24804 жыл бұрын
This worked a treat for me, thank you. I also used the Lighten version for the other side of the halo.
@ArnieStein Жыл бұрын
Thank you Sean!!! Wow, that solved a major headache for me. 🍻
@davidholdstock4 жыл бұрын
Hello and thank you for this tip. I recently discovered another VERY effective way to deal with the same issue. Simply use the 'minimum' filter on a layer mask and the edge fringe disappears completely! Once again though, thank you very much for showing us this other method. :)
@SeanBagshaw4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I'm not particularly familiar with the minimum filter so I'd love to see a demo of what you are talking about. I can see how it could be used to refine a mask that was the cause of an issue, but not sure how to remove a halo that is already cooked into the image itself.
@davidholdstock4 жыл бұрын
@@SeanBagshaw Hello again. As you rightly suggest, removing a halo (fringe) already "cooked into" the image with the 'minimum' filter option, doesn't actually seem to work. It does however remain a great way to remove one from an image in other situations, particularly if you do it through the layer mask, rather than the image itself. I am of course still very grateful to you for showing us the other method. Looking forward to whatever else you can teach us! Thank you again. :)
@user-rw5ly2rl5r3 жыл бұрын
wow thanks man - this is very useful
@gordroberts534 жыл бұрын
Hi Sean, I have your favourites courses 1 & 2 but this served as a great refresher. Thanks for sharing!
@SeanBagshaw4 жыл бұрын
Awesome! A refresher is always nice.
@alexfurer3 жыл бұрын
WOW! What a live saver - thank you for sharing this!
@mikeclasenii65674 жыл бұрын
You can also use this trick to clone out dark edge halos, switch to "Lighten" mode with the clone tool. ;-)
@SeanBagshaw4 жыл бұрын
Yes! Thanks for mentioning it. I find that it doesn't work quite as well as using Darker Color for the light halos and I also find light halos are more common for me, but it's still worth giving it a go if the situation presents.
@mikeclasenii65674 жыл бұрын
@@SeanBagshaw Same for me, I have occasionally seen some dark halos appear on edges after sharpening or pushing the image after applying clarity etc., and sometimes using the clone tool with lighten mode can clean it up halfway descent, but it is more difficult to make it work in the lighten mode, if at all, unless the clone source is actually lighter than the dark edge halo area. Awesome tip you shared, one I use quite often!
@clintonjohnson4242 жыл бұрын
Where in your workflow should you do this? Before or after sharpening? Great video!
@SeanBagshaw2 жыл бұрын
Good question. See my video on the three types of sharpening. Probably after creative sharpening but before output sharpening. However, if a halo appears in my output file then I would also do it there before going to print.
@clintonjohnson4242 жыл бұрын
@@SeanBagshaw Thanks for the reply! I'll definitely check out the vid. If it's anything like your others I'm going to be learning gold. Thanks for what you do!
@emilebaudot904 Жыл бұрын
Excellent tip Sean… As usual!
@evenaicantfigurethisout2 жыл бұрын
You mentioned perform better masking as one of the ways to avoid this. Do you have a video on that? I'm trying to merge two images by doing s channel mask. One with the subject properly exposed (sky blown out) and the other with sky properly exposed. After making the mask there is a halo around subject. I could not see how to improve the mask
@PaulBeiser4 жыл бұрын
Most awesome, Sean - thanks! And your Summary at the end is awesome, I like the way you do this. Thanks again, Paul
@guillermogiannini4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much
@lukebrouwersphotography4 жыл бұрын
This is such a helpful tutorial Sean. Thank you.
@duffyhunter4 жыл бұрын
Excellent tip that I will be using for sure. Thanks Sean for sharing 👍
@skizaak3 жыл бұрын
Great tip!!
@kenfallu7274 жыл бұрын
Thank you Sean for this tip. Very useful!
@DavidRDay4 жыл бұрын
I needed this one. Thank you. I have pretty much that exact image from your fantastic workshop.
@SeanBagshaw4 жыл бұрын
Right on! Those sea stacks at sunset can be a killer. Man, just a month ago but a world away. Stay well my friend.
@DavidRDay4 жыл бұрын
@@SeanBagshaw Oh, so true. I was headed to Stanley today, but they have shut it down. Sun Valley has been hit hard. Yes, stay safe.
@matssandquist92584 жыл бұрын
Just tested it. Works brilliant!
@jan.eigil.m4 жыл бұрын
A very useful tips. Thanks a lot for sharing.
@swirly_magnolia4 жыл бұрын
Cool little fix. Thanks
@mamari_ph4 жыл бұрын
Incredibly useful! Thank you!
@NabilAbdulla074 жыл бұрын
Another great & helpful tutorial :) Thanks for the video.
@AlexFeldstein4 жыл бұрын
Nice to learn about Blending Mode-Darker Color which I never used. Good tip. Like the jacket but I can see you are not a bird photographer like I am. That bright red would scare the birds away. LOL
@SeanBagshaw4 жыл бұрын
Definitely not a bird photographer 😆 But my office sure gets cold in the winter. Ha!
@GillmanStudio2 жыл бұрын
There was a british youtuber photographer who claimed these halos were 'natural phenomena' and argued this with viewers. I think it was James Popsis ... those who said otherwise and pointed out it was his editing mistakes were laughed at by his loyal audience.
@SeanBagshaw2 жыл бұрын
Classic. Natural or not...I prefer them not to be there.
@melindapryor4 жыл бұрын
Awesome Sean, thanks for sharing 🙏
@lukaszw76084 жыл бұрын
It was bothering me for years o_O You just made my processing better, thanks!
@SeanBagshaw4 жыл бұрын
Glad that will make your life easier! Make sure to check the pinned comment at the top for another approach I actually like even better now. :-D
@lukaszw76084 жыл бұрын
@@SeanBagshaw I've seen it, thanks! :D
@pauldomsten83314 жыл бұрын
I've found if i globally sharpen the image I often times get halos, especially seen in blue hour cityscapes. I have stopped globally sharpening some of my images and mask it in manually and staying away from the edge of the buildings or horizon if I find it's a problem.
@SeanBagshaw4 жыл бұрын
Sharpening is definitely something that can create or enhance this issue. Your method of selective sharpening is a good solution. 👍
@davidd337 Жыл бұрын
Good info, although it doesn't appear to work on straight edges.
@SeanBagshaw Жыл бұрын
Really? Wonder why?
@rajeshs19784 жыл бұрын
Great tip Sean
@bartsmith99874 жыл бұрын
Great tutorial! Thanks.
@PaulthomsonphotographyUk4 жыл бұрын
Great video Sean this will definitely help my processing many thanks man😀✌👍
@SeanBagshaw4 жыл бұрын
Right on Paul! Another tool to add to the kit. :-)
@kubagornowicz3 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot! :) (ps. why in jacket?)
@SeanBagshaw3 жыл бұрын
Haha! Because my office is freezing in the winter.
@Mackymcd3 жыл бұрын
Hi Sean, this is a clean up process I have used on halo a good few times and it has an amazing result. I was wondering is there any possible way this can be done on the reverse edge. I have a star trail image with a lower iso foreground image of a tree blended in and the outside edge of a tree is much lighter, really stuck trying to find a way, if possible, to darken down the edge pixels of the tree?
@rohitgurung90911 ай бұрын
Nice!!
@b.a.p.47184 жыл бұрын
Sean, I've noticed a similar effect in my photographs after removing strong chromatic aberration. I never knew how to remove it until after watching your video! Thank you. Have you also used this technique to remove the white (colorless) line left behind after removing chromatic aberration? Or is there a different technique not mentioned here?
@SeanBagshaw4 жыл бұрын
Brendan...if you have used another method for removing chromatic aberration and that has left behind a thin white outline, then this is probably the best solution.
@Lilcrunkgy4 жыл бұрын
I assume the technique volume 2 will talk about sample the mountain and darken the Halo.
@kenowens90214 жыл бұрын
Can this be done in camera or only in Photoshop?
@SeanBagshaw4 жыл бұрын
No in camera option I know of.
@MattJonesYT4 жыл бұрын
Awesome idea!!!!!!
@Raging__Savage3 жыл бұрын
good vid bro
@jorgbehrendt6954 жыл бұрын
Top ,Thanks.
@mariolopez.photographer4 жыл бұрын
Awesome!! Thank you. BTW where did you get your jacket?
@SeanBagshaw4 жыл бұрын
Very welcome! It's a Patagonia. I think I ordered it online a few years ago. I didn't imagine wearing it indoors at the time but it sure cuts the chill in my cold office. Ha!
@mariolopez.photographer4 жыл бұрын
@@SeanBagshaw Thank you!! Love the information you cover in your videos! Love your photography as well!!! But while watching the video I just kept thinking; I need that jacket!! LOL
@SeanBagshaw4 жыл бұрын
@@mariolopez.photographer Haha! It is quite cozy. I'm pretty sure Patagonia thinks you NEED that jacket too. Too bad I'm not on their payroll.
@andywilk384 жыл бұрын
It’s extraordinary just how many purportedly ‘pro’ images on Instagram, FB and other platforms display haloing, yet they are ‘accepted’ by hundreds, or more, ‘likes’. Are we letting the threshold of acceptable quality for photography slip in the ever present rush to get stuff out there?
@SeanBagshaw4 жыл бұрын
It's a fair and good question. In the end I guess it is up to each of us to set our own expectations and attention to detail.
@nikolatesla93844 жыл бұрын
Is the red jacket part of the color theory influence🤔 it is very distracting somehow
@SeanBagshaw4 жыл бұрын
It was all carefully orchestrated to have just that effect. 😁 Actually I was just freezing in my office and forgot I had it on. 🤣🤣
@Mrbluesplayer434 жыл бұрын
Must be really cold in your house?
@curtis.strange4 жыл бұрын
great tips but are we just going to ignore that he's wearing a down jacket indoors?!
@SeanBagshaw4 жыл бұрын
Haha! No. Nobody is ignoring that. More comments on the jacket than anything else I think. What can I say...my office is freezing in the winter.
@chumcool2 жыл бұрын
Your coat looks like Twizzlers.
@senior_ranger4 жыл бұрын
Why are you wearing a coat?
@SeanBagshaw4 жыл бұрын
Because my office is a freakin’ icebox in the winter 🥶 🤣
@kevinp91102 жыл бұрын
so much talk get to the point.
@MoxxMix4 жыл бұрын
Sitting in winter jacket could not result in anything else but talking crap.
@kustrogallery84134 жыл бұрын
What about stop using Photoshop and taking the shot perfect as possible... oh dont be silly i can hear you all say....
@SeanBagshaw4 жыл бұрын
Kustro Gallery Well, that would just take all the fun out of it. 😆 Like telling Ansel to ditch his darkroom. 😁
@jaychristianson4 жыл бұрын
Sorry u cannot afford any heating
@SeanBagshaw4 жыл бұрын
Haha! I was going to comment about wearing my jacket in the video. It's true...my office is freezing in the winter.