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Home>DigitalImaging>ImageErrors>OtherProblems
OtherProblems
GraemeCookson
Herearesomeotherproblemsyoumightencounter.
Maskingdamage
Colourproblems
Maskingdamage
Acommonwayofcorrectingdigitalimagesistousemaskinglayers.Howthisisdoneisnotimportant
here,butitisworthnotingwhattheresultingeffectsareshouldthemaskingworkbedoneincorrectly.
Masksshouldblendsmoothlywiththeunmaskedareas,butifthisisnotthecasethenahightidemark
appearsaroundtheareasthathadpreviouslybeenmasked.
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FIGURE1Intheexampleontheleft,thehightidemarkrunsaroundtheborderbetweenthelightand
darkareas(indicated),wherethelightareahadoriginallybeenmasked.Intherighthandexamplethe
lightareasthathadbeenmaskedincorrectlyhavebecomeseparatedfromthebackground,outlinedbythe
samedarkline.
Colourproblems
Fringingiswhenopposingcolours,usuallyeitherMagenta&GreenorBlue&Yellow,appearon
oppositesidesofdetailinanimage.Itiscausedbylightdiffractingwhenpassingthroughlensesin
camerasorscanners,andismorelikelytoappeartowardsthecornersandsidesofanimage.
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FIGURE2Fringingisoftenseeninfiles,althoughnotusuallyassevereastheexaggeratedexampleon
theleft,butifitisnotnoticeablewhenviewedat100%thenthereisnoneedtoworryaboutit.
Noiseistherandomsignalsthatscannerscangeneratethroughoutanimage,althoughthisisnormally
onlynoticeableinthedeepshadowswherethelightisweakest.Itappearsasmulticolouredspeckling
whereyouwouldexpecttoseeeventones.Elsewhereintheimagethelightexposurefaroutweighsthe
noisesignal,thushidingit.Theproblemismostcommoninunderexposedcolournegativesasthetonal
rangeislargerthantransparencies,whichhavedensershadowdetail.Aswithfringing,ifyoucannotsee
theeffectviewedat100%thenthereisnoneedtoworry.
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