Now you’re ready to begin… First we need to clean up the photo…I like cleaning up the color noises that are in the picture by doing the following: Image ->Adjustments > Photo Filter -> In the Use drop down menu box, select Cooling Filter LBB  and set the Density to 29% and check mark the Preserve Luminosity box.

Click ok and check the effect… Neat, eh?

 

 Next we are going to adjust the contrast to make the roughness stand out more and tone down the brightness. Back image ->Adjustments -> Brightness/Contrast: adjust the brightness to -9 and the contrast to +15.

 

Now it’s time to reduce the noise inherent in almost all digital photos.

 

Filters -> Noise -> Reduce Noise.

On the Basic tab use the following input

Strength: 8

Preserve Details: 100 %

Reduce Color Noise 74 %. This one you can adjust to taste and judgment.

Sharpen Details 74 %

Make sure Remove JPEG Artifact box is checked.

Click ok and you’re done….

Now we can go to the next steps that AgentSmith mention which is Median and Gaussian Blur (I used the value of 1 for each of those steps)

And we end up with the one above: Nice, eh?

   

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OS: Windows 11 64-bit
Poser: Poser 11.3 ...... Units: inches or meters depends on mood
Bryce: Bryce Pro 7.1.074
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