Shel, a while back I posted a photoshop action I named
Poor Man's Ice. Bill Owens, William Rob, and a few others
did some testing. If you like, I'll email you a copy.
The action itself is small, but the user manual makes the
zip file pretty big. It doesn't handle things automatically
and can
Hi Gang,
I've been working to eliminate spots, scratches, and imperfections on an
old BW negative that has not been treated well. Here's a sample section:
http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/sample.jpg (50K file size)
Thus far I've been fiddling with this using the clone tool, healing brush,
Wow indeed. Shel, I've had bad scans come out looking like this (in part
-- not the whole image). I don't know of shortcuts for this kind of
situation. It can take hours of retouching.
I would say try a scanner with Digital ICE, but I'm not sure that works
with BW film. I could be wrong.
Hi Joe ...
It's not the scan that's bad, the neg has suffered from poor processing and
drying in a dusty environment (one of my first rolls), crummy, scratchy
negative sleeves, poor storage, and the ravages of time.
ICE doesn't work on conventional BW. My scanner has ICE, BTW ...
Shel
Come to think of it, Shel, IIRC, some time ago Polaroid offered a
freebie that could do post-hoc dust and scratch corrections. Never used
it, so I cannot say anything about it. Memory could be faulty. Worth
searching for it?
You might try rec.photo.digital with your question. If the Polaroid
Hi Joe,
There's the Photoshop mailing list which is very helpful, and also the
Adobe User-to-User forums, both of which have been very helpful. There are
a few options that'll work on some parts of the photo, but, for the most
part, it's going to be a fully manual, spot-by-spot , area-by-area
Joseph Tainter wrote:
Come to think of it, Shel, IIRC, some time ago Polaroid offered a
freebie that could do post-hoc dust and scratch corrections. Never used
it, so I cannot say anything about it. Memory could be faulty. Worth
searching for it?
You might try rec.photo.digital with your
Think there's only hard work that can save that one, Shel.
Jostein
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From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 7:18 PM
Subject: WOW - Suggestions for Cleaning Up a Scanned Negative
Hi Gang,
I've been working
Polaroid's 'Dust Scratch Removal Software' is still available
from their website.
http://www.polaroid.com/service/software/poladsr/poladsr.html
Versions for Mac and Windows available.
Seems to do a reasonable job, but whether its heavy duty enough to
handle Shel's scan is doubtful.
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Hi Gang,
I've been working to eliminate spots, scratches, and imperfections
on an
old BW negative that has not been treated well. Here's a sample
section:
http
I really wasn't looking for automated tools. There are a number of
techniques that one may use in PS that go beyond the simple use of clone,
healing brush, and patch tool. I was hoping there might be some options
I'd overlooked or am not familiar with, like Katrin Eismann's Float and
Move
Please see my response to Patrick. I'm coming to the conclusion that just
slogging through this mess almost pixel by pixel (LOL) is the only way to
go.
Shel
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Think there's only hard work that can save that one, Shel.
Jostein
Shel, the most meaningful advice I can give is, get a Wacom tablet or
similar if you don't have one.
Doing such fix with a mouse would be a huge nightmare.
j
On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 14:57:06 -0800, Shel Belinkoff
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I really wasn't looking for automated tools. There are a
no matter how. :-(
Jostein
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From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: WOW - Suggestions for Cleaning Up a Scanned Negative
Please see my response to Patrick. I'm coming to the conclusion
On 8/12/04, Juan Buhler, discombobulated, unleashed:
Shel, the most meaningful advice I can give is, get a Wacom tablet
and looking at that scan again I'd swallow the tablet with a large Scotch :-)
Cheers,
Cotty
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While I'd like a Wacom (it's on my Hanukah list g) I'm not familiar
enough with it to know how much better it would be than a mouse for this
and similar projects. There are other scenarios where it's benefit is
quite obvious. Guess I just need to get one and see for myself which tool
is better
I have the Graphire, which I got several year ago. It was cheap (I
think around $100), and really, I can't imagine doing that kind of
work without it.
Haven't had experience with the Intuous.
j
On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 15:34:25 -0800, Shel Belinkoff
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
While I'd like a Wacom
It's actually coming along rather well, although it does require a lot of
detail work. Imagine scratches across faces, big white splotches on skin,
lots of specks on clothing, all combined with a poorly exposed (burnt
highlights, deep shadows, bright sun) and badly processed negative. 'Tis
quite
It, (digital ICE), doesn't work with BW. You might try using the
Polaroid Dust and Scratch Removal program from
http://www.polaroid.com/service/software/poladsr/poladsr.html
I think it's only supposed to be available to owners of Polaroid digital
products but I simply bypassed their survey page
of cloning and healing.
Cheers
John Poirier
Yellowknife
Northwest Territories
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Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 4:34 PM
Subject: Re: WOW - Suggestions for Cleaning Up a Scanned Negative
While I'd like
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It's actually coming along rather well, although it does require a lot of
detail work. Imagine scratches across faces, big white
Hi John ...
I have Vuescan, and maybe I'll give it a try on BW just for kicks. You're
ever so right that the interface is clunky LOL
One of the PS gurus at a lab I sometimes used suggested the graphire as
well, even though he uses the Intuos at work. He feels that it's more than
adequate for
On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 15:34:25 -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
While I'd like a Wacom (it's on my Hanukah list g) I'm not familiar
enough with it to know how much better it would be than a mouse for this
and similar projects. There are other scenarios where it's benefit is
quite obvious. Guess I
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From: Shel Belinkoff
Subject: Re: WOW - Suggestions for Cleaning Up a Scanned Negative
I really wasn't looking for automated tools.
Are you using a mouse or a tablet?
This took just a few minutes with a pen and tablet:
http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/PDMLtemp
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From: Juan Buhler
Subject: Re: WOW - Suggestions for Cleaning Up a Scanned Negative
Haven't had experience with the Intuous.
I just took delivery of an Intuos 3 6x8 tablet.
So far, I am pretty ecstatic with it.
William Robb
Why did you chose the Intuos over the Graphire?
Shel
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Date: 12/8/2004 5:59:17 PM
Subject: Re: WOW - Suggestions for Cleaning Up a Scanned Negative
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From: Shel Belinkoff
Subject: Re: WOW - Suggestions for Cleaning Up a Scanned Negative
Why did you chose the Intuos over the Graphire?
The intuos has twice the pressure levels and a much nicer pen. I
liked the idea of the buttons on the tablet, and am finding
On Dec 9, 2004, at 12:34 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
While I'd like a Wacom (it's on my Hanukah list g) I'm not familiar
enough with it to know how much better it would be than a mouse for
this
and similar projects. There are other scenarios where it's benefit is
quite obvious. Guess I just need
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