Digital BW, The Print

Windoze.
Seems like they've reversed the feature list:-)
Many more options in the standalone vs plug-in

> 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@s...> 
>   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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