[filmscanners] Re: Polaroid Dust and Scratch Removal

["Arthur Entlich" <artistic-1@shaw.ca>]

Yes, that's true, I just tried it with a Minolta Dual II scan, and it
picked up on a scratch I could barely even see on the image, and by
manipulating the parameters I was able to remove some high frequency
elements like dust dirt, and even grain/noise.

Gee, don't tell Polaroid ;-)  This thing could be worth money!

Art

Kapetanakis, Constantine wrote:

> By appropriately selecting the mask parameters one can aslo reduce image
> noise and grain.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arthur Entlich [mailto:artistic-1@shaw.ca]
> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 9:38 AM
> To: KAPETAC@polaroid.com
> Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Polaroid Dust and Scratch Removal
>
>
> The way the software stands now, it should work on any image that has
> dirt or dust or scratches.
>
> Since it is a post scan operation, and Polaroid has chosen, at least for
> now, not to tie it directly to their product line, you're getting a free
> dust and scratch filter that is much more sophisticated than the one
> that comes with PS.
>
> I don't see why everyone wouldn't download it, quite honestly.  SInce it
> has a stand alone version, you don't even have to own Photoshop, and the
> plug in might even work with other programs which accept the PS filter
> standard.
>
> I never really had the time to use it with other scanners, but there is
> no reason why it wouldn't be great with scanners like the Minoltas.  I
> will have to give it a go soon and report back.
>
> It does not rely on any hardware or firmware, and it has a negative and
> positive mode.
>
> Art
>
> myles wrote:
>
>
>>Date sent:            Wed, 22 May 2002 03:37:24 -0700
>>Send reply to:        filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
>>From:                 "Arthur Entlich" <artistic-1@shaw.ca>
>>To:                   dryden@mgt.gla.ac.uk
>>Subject:              [filmscanners] Re: Polaroid Dust and Scratch
>>Removal
>>
>>
>>
>>>I have not installed the release version of this software yet, but I
>>>worked with it in several versions in beta for months, and spent many
>>>long nights helping it along to its final version 1.0.
>>>
>>>This software is not a replacement for IR cleaning, but then again it
>>>doesn't really need to be on a Polaroid scanner.  After all, Polaroid
>>>scanner simply do not suffer from the problems that Nikon's manifest
>>>
>>>from dust and scratches, so why should it be designed to fix Nikon's
>>
>>>problems?
>>>
>>>I think it is rather nice of Polaroid to have decided to give this plug
>>>in/stand alone for free to anyone who downloads it, regardless of the
>>>scanner type (of course, that could change if too many non-Polaroid
>>>clients start downloading it, who knows)  I can tell you that a lot of
>>>time and effort went into coding, beta testing and debugging it.
>>>
>>>
>>Does it make any sense for  Epson Flatbed scanners ?
>>
>>Myles
>>
>>
>>
>>>The principle advantages of this over dICE, are:
>>>
>>>1- it's free, and added no cost to the scanner, and retrofits to all
>>>previous scanners
>>>2- once you get to understand it, it is faster than dICE
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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