Remove Noise from Layer

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Hi Vee,  :)

"The problem I'm having is that I don't yet have the skills to clean up the 'noise' or stray spots that appear in my images. Just as an example, see the parameters below. I know there's a way to clean it up, but need a little direction on how to create the masks or use transparency to do so."

Any time you have a layer that is too busy, or has a lot of noise, the first thing you want to try is to lower the Bailout parameter on the Formula Tab. I'm sending a tweak with that done. On the top 3 layers I lowered the Bailout value: from 1000 down to 1. If it's too smooth now you can raise the bailout, but you probably want to keep it between 1-4 because by 4 it start to increase the noise again.

I also lowered the Maximum Iteration on the Formula Tab, because those were also a bit higher than they needed to be. That doesn't make a big difference in how the layers look, but having them set high increases the render time. Another thing I want to show you is what happens if the Max. Iteration is set too low. So if you select the bottom layer, "Layer 2". Turn off all the other layers and change the Maximum Iteration to 100 on that layer, you'll see black holes develop. That always indicates that the Maximum Iteration Parameter is set too low. So you just keep increasing that until the holes disappear. I hope this is helpful.  :)

Cindy

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Hi Vee,

I am not sure what you are trying to achieve in your image, but here are two small variants. In both of them I brightened up the gradient on the top layer and changed the Trap Mode to First on the second layer. On one of the variants I also changed the Trap Mode to First on the third layer.

Ron Barnett

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Thanks so much, Ron. The second version is closer to what I was going for.

V