[Leica] Dust and Scratch Removal

Richard Man richard at richardmanphoto.com
Tue Sep 2 15:23:29 PDT 2014


That's the original trick discovered by Barry Thornton et al. the Polaroid
D&S, Healing Brush etc. are probably based on the same idea, just
implemented algorithmically.



On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 1:55 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:

> The D&S trick recommended by David works even better than Polaroids D&S
> software.  PSCC's D&S filter combined with the history brush in darken mode
> is perfect for the white spots on B&W negatives.
>
>
> http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2007/10/speedy-spotting.html
>
> It takes longer than Polaroid's filter, but the results are much better.
>
> Hope this helps somebody else!
>
> Thanks, David!
>
> Tina
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 6:41 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > PESO:
> >
> > I'm scanning some old B&W negatives and I have always used Polaroid Dust
> > and Scratch Remover for those impossible white specks and scratches that
> > show up all over my old negatives.  It did a pretty good job with some
> > artifacts that could be brushed out.  But it only works with 32 bit PS so
> > it doesn't work with PSCC.  I had kept an old copy of 32 bit PS just to
> use
> > that one program but I was trying to free up some space on my laptop and
> I
> > got rid of it.
> >
> > So my question is:  Is there anything similar to the Polaroid D&S that
> > will work with 64 bit?  What is the best dust and scratch remover around?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Tina
> >
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> >
>
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