Photoshop

[Rita]

John, here are a couple of samples of the shake reduction.

1. The original



2. A good result with shake reduction applied



3. Before shake reduction



4. After shake reduction....didn't look so good on this one.

[Shadowman]

Rita,

Definitely an improvement on the bookcase. Thanks for posting the examples. Do you recall where the sharpening was applied on the second image? Can the algorithm be applied to two or more positions?

[Manfred M]

John, it's a global effect found under the "sharpening" tab. This tends to make sense as camera shake will be seen throughout the image and is not localized. You could achieve what you are thinking about by making a duplicate layer, using shake reduction on it and then using a layer mask to blend the shake-reduced and original images.

I've played with the tool a few times but have never been particularly happy with the outcome. The algorithm, as talented as it is, plays with areas where dark and light elements meet (much like sharpening) and I find that the image starts looking a bit grainy quite quickly.

[Shadowman]

John, it's a global effect found under the "sharpening" tab. This tends to make sense as camera shake will be seen throughout the image and is not localized. You could achieve what you are thinking about by making a duplicate layer, using shake reduction on it and then using a layer mask to blend the shake-reduced and original images.

I've played with the tool a few times but have never been particularly happy with the outcome. The algorithm, as talented as it is, plays with areas where dark and light elements meet (much like sharpening) and I find that the image starts looking a bit grainy quite quickly.

Manfred,

As Rita has shown, it is easy to market such a tool (happily this one is free) when the right image is used in the demonstration. I tend to get that grainy effect even using the standard sharpness tool, unsharp mask works much better for most of my images.

[Manfred M]

Agreed, John. The unsharp mask is still my "go to" tool for most of my sharpening work.