[Leica] Focus Magic question

[joelct at singnet.com.sg (joelct)]

How / where does one find or buy Focus Magic?

Joseph 


--- Peter Klein <pklein@2alpha.net> wrote:

> I've been trying Focus Magic out today.  After a bit of
> experimenting, I'm 
> a believer.  I was able to touch up some slightly misfocused or 
> motion-blurred old Kodachrome scans from the 50s, and the difference
> is 
> remarkable.
> 
> But not only that.  I've found that a small application of Focus
> Magic to 
> digital camera pictures seems to sharpen them cleanly and recover a
> bit of 
> detail. It appears to do this better than unsharp mask or in-camera
> 
> sharpening. With less artifacting and less "fake digital"
> crispy-crunchy 
> look.  A big thank-you to Sonny Carter for getting me thinking in
> this 
> direction.
> 
> Picture Window Pro is my image editor, and it doesn't run Photoshop
> 
> plug-ins.  So I've been running the Focus Magic plug-in out of 
> Irfanview.  In Irfanview, the processing is applied to the entire
> image--no 
> selection is possible.
> 
> Which leads to my question:  In Photoshop, can you apply the Focus
> Magic 
> plug-in through a mask?  The purpose would be to use it to sharpen
> the 
> in-focus portion of the picture only, leaving the rest untouched. 
> Or, to 
> apply a small "blur width" to the subject, then reverse the mask and
> do a 
> second pass to bring a slightly out-of-focus background into better
> 
> focus.  Is this possible in Photoshop, PS Elements, or other plug-in
> 
> compatible programs?
> 
> Thanks!
> --Peter
> 
> 
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