Anyone have experience turning 2D photos into 2.5 / 3D? I've seen some tutorials using Adobe AE but then others using 3DMax and C4D. I was just wondering which software, in your opinion, is more preferential, and why? I haven't looked into whether there are any trial versions but save me downloading several large programmes, I thought I'd ask here first, just in case. Cheers.
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Jonah
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Jonah
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Sunset 4th September 2015 by bigbluewolf, on Flickr
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Migrants by bigbluewolf, on Flickr
Nice variety of aerials there.
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Ecker
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Can you point us at any web sites which will show examples (e.g. before and after)
of what it is you want to do?
Ecker
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Many thanks for that Sir BoD and yes, it's a very impressive example.
Listening to what he had to say, he mentioned both Adobe Photoshop and After Effects and,
they are fairly expensive pieces of software so I can understand why you would want to try
trial versions of them or others. But, they are also samples of "Bugger it" software which
translates to: You need several years experience of using them before you start using them.
There is clearly a tremendous amount of work and experience gone into this example and my
advice to you would be: Don't Do It. Good luck if you do.
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Jonah
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Jonah
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Morning mist by bigbluewolf, on Flickr
biccies
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Got you waders on then @bigbluewolf ? Another great pic!
wmrcomputers
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By drone per chance? 
Jonah
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@biccies @wmrcomputers Dry feet, taken with Nikon D7000. The canal curves just where I stood so I was standing on the bank.
wmrcomputers
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Crackin picture. It's got a real old "working canals" feel about it. 
kyoto49
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I took a really great shot using my old Panasonic Lumix of the skyline over Warsaw at sunset. I love the feel of it, but it's really grainy. I probably asked too much of the Intelligent Auto feature. Is there a way to reduce the graininess and increase the clarity and sharpness of the image using free software then anyone can recommend please? Thanks
Mikinton
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A different situation (action shots in failing light), but I used to override the camera's automatic settings and deliberately take an underexposed photo. Then I'd increase the brightness etc when editing the photo on my computer. (The camera would be wanting to shoot at 1/250sec so I'd set it to 1/400sec.) Not perfect, but it gave acceptable results.
Laurie61
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It depends on how bad it is, there is software that can reduce grain/noise but at the expense of losing detail. Reducing the scale of the image and displaying at a smaller size will also disguise it to some extent.
I use Image Analyzer for doing this.
http://meesoft.logicnet.dk/
shoes
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I'm an avid user of Adobe Lightroom. It has some superb filters which can help deal with grain and noise whilst still maintaining some level of detail. Alas it's not possible to do it with zero loss, but lightroom is by far the best I have used for it. If you want me to kick it through for you then drop me a PM and I'll send you my email address.
I can't promise anything but will give it a shot
shoes
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Argh how did I miss these? Fair to assume these are long gone?