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Re: [OM] Dust and Scratch Removal

Subject: Re: [OM] Dust and Scratch Removal
From: Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 09:20:53 -0400
My film mounting and cleaning station ;-)

http://www.pbase.com/image/157229879

Tina


On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 10:09 PM, Robert Adler <rgacpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Low tech; PEC?
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 6:42 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Exactly. Thanks, Moose.
> >
> > Tina
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 9:12 PM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > On 9/1/2014 8:30 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> > >
> > >> The best dust and scratch remover is hardware and not software...
> > >> scanners that employ a 4th color channel using infrared. Unfortunately
> > they
> > >> don't work with B&W silver film although B&W chromogenic is OK. They
> > also
> > >> work poorly with Kodachrome but some scanners seem to be able to make
> > the
> > >> IR channel work to some degree.
> > >>
> > >
> > > I think it's not the scanners, but the software. Both VueScan and that
> > > other product that Tina wrestled with for so long, the name of which
> > > escapes me, have claimed recently a much improved processing of
> > Kodachrome.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >> The problem with software dust and scratch removal is that the
> software
> > >> has no way of determining whether what looks like a scratch or speck
> is
> > >> actually a a small bit of important detail. The software tends to
> soften
> > >> the image as well as reducing the dust and scratches.
> > >>
> > >
> > > I think Tina knows all this. As I recall, she applies PD&S to a layer,
> > > then paints it in or out, to clear up sky, etc. without blurring
> > important
> > > detail. Something like that at least. Not a bad solution to a difficult
> > > problem.
> > >
> > > What she is asking for is a lead to something as good or better than
> the
> > > long abandoned Polaroid software that will run 64 bit.
> > >
> > > Many Bits Moose
> > >
> > > --
> > > What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
> > >
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