Look ma, no plugins: the "Freaky details" effects, using of-the-shelf Gimp 2.10

[Krikor]

(01-19-2022, 09:29 PM)mathygreen Wrote: Sharpness highlighted in the main object of the image is welcome (it is actually the object of this technique), but at the expense of producing noise in the adjacent areas.

I try Wavelet-Denoise and Smooth Anisotropic under a mask created with the technique described at https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-How-to...3#pid25483 . Not a bad result, but I think there could be a better technique for reducing noise without compromising the desired sharpness.

I don't mean the technique of creating the mask, but the selective use of noise reduction filters.

Reading your comment reminded me of my opinion on this and that I should have commented something similar in this same topic.

Looking around I found my comment on post #9 and I saw that I was right. (In fact it is a quote from my post - "..." )

However, I still haven't found an ideal technique to overcome this side effect (production of extra noise).