[filmscanners] Digital ICE

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> Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 17:54:56 -0800
> From: Arthur Entlich <artistic-1@shaw.ca>
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> Digital ICE is an infrared scan that "sees" materials opaque to Infrared
> light.  This includes dust, dirt and some types of surface damages,
> which lower the frequency of the light during transmission.

Two questions: what does it replace the pixels that the dust is covering
up? does it attempt to fill in those "holes" that would otherwise be
created by the particles with a color of some sort? if so, which colors?
does it copy adjacent pixels? can anyone be more specific about how this
works?

Also, what are the drawbacks to ICE (in a nutshell). I remember when
photoshop came out with it's dust and scratches filter, everyone oo'ed
and ah'ed about how great it was, but it turns out that it blurs your
image pretty badly to the point where it's not really useful in a
practical sense. (You still have to use the clone tool to maintain a
consistency in the pixels.)

Lastly, does the polaroid 120 have ICE and if not, does the new SS4000+
have it? If not, when will their line of products have it?


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