Digital BW, The Print

Frank

Are you using the Mac or Windows version.  In the standalone Mac version, all it seems to allow is a menu option to detect and remove dust and scratches.  Seems like much less control than in the plug-in version.

Simon
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: frankg_photo <fh.gross@...> 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 12:50 PM
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Polaroid's Dust & Scratches


  Thank you Simon. Working on a separate layer sounds like a good way 
  to go. Also, using the standalone version appears to give you much 
  more control than the plug-in filter. However, I always have my files 
  in PS's .psd format and the filter only works on .tif files - so it 
  means I have to save a copy as a tif , do the dust removal, then save 
  it as a .psd to overwrite the original - a bit of a clunky way to 
  work. But I may be missing someething.
  Frank

  <simon@s...> wrote:
  > Frank
  > 
  > I am using the Mac version but I guess the same would apply for the 
  Windoze version as well.  The first thing to point out is that I 
  nearly always have to tweak the sliders to get the right amount of 
  dust removal.  There doesn;t seem to be any good default setting.  I 
  use the image at 100% - 200% and then remove all the imperfections.  
  What you will find is that you will also lose detail and some 
  highlights by using this filter.  To overcome this, I create a 
  duplicate layer.  Then, with just the bottom layer visible, I apply 
  the dust & scratches filter to the extent that I need to.  Then, I 
  make the top layer visible and using the eraser tool, I work on the 
  areas where I want to remove the dust & scratches, and avoid the 
  areas where the highlights or detail would be lost.  When finished I 
  flatten the layers.
  > 
  > All in all this is a tool that works but it can take a long time to 
  get the best end result possible.  Long, but certainly less time than 
  doing the whole process manually.  However, it is not the same as 
  having dICE in the scanner software, which is definitely the best 
  approach for dust and scratch removal.  The upside with the dust & 
  scratches utility is that, by avoiding using dICE, you do not get any 
  softening of the image at scan time.
  > 
  > Simon
  >   ----- Original Message ----- 
  >   From: frankg_photo <fh.gross@s...> 
  >   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  >   Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 11:16 PM
  >   Subject: [Digital BW] Polaroid's Dust & Scratches
  > 
  > 
  >   I cant quite get the hang of using Polaroid's Dust & Scratches 
  >   program (free). Anyone using it that can offer a few tips, 
  pointers 
  >   or a tutorial ?



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