Chris,
What is the biplane on the top or your home page? It sure doesn't look anything
like a Stearman.
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From: "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2019 4:49:42 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Focus Magic
In Capture One I find myself using much more of the Clarity sliders than
Sharpening ones. I think that it’s a LCE adjustment, but the result is more
pleasing lighting as well as sharpness (apparent, I’m sure).
This example has +34 of Clarity and Structure sliders applied, for instance:
https://show.cbimages.uk/Photography/Blipfoto/i-kk2rzN6/A
I am probably less discerning than some on the List, but it works well for me,
as in this example as well:
https://show.cbimages.uk/Photography/Blipfoto/i-zNGBtxT/A
Chris
> On 17 Sep 2019, at 22:00, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 9/17/2019 1:57 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>> PESO:
>>
>> I recently had to reinstall Windows 10 and all of my Photoshop plug-ins had
>> to be reinstalled, too. The only one I've had problems with is Focus Magic
>> which I use a lot. I get a runtime error:
>> Runtime Error (at 5:198):
>> Internal Error: Failed to expand shell folder constant "userdocs"
>>
>> The software company is no help just saying that they've never seen that
>> error before and have no suggestions. I'm tired of messing with it and
>> started looking for a similar program. I downloaded SmartDeblur but it is
>> awful and nothing like Focus Magic.
>
> It's important, well, useful, to understand the differences in these
> programs.
>
> 1. The vast majority of sharpening programs/apps use UnSharp Mask, a
> technique inherited from film, where it was a physical technique. While
> powerful and useful in some ways, unsophisticated applications easily lead to
> troublesome artifacts. I have not used an USM for sharpening for a long time.
>
> 2. Deconvolution is another approach to sharpening that works by recreating
> detail lost in the aberrations on the lens. There are quite a few specialized
> versions that work from knowledge of the characteristics of specific lenses.
>
> Canon does that in their Raw conversion program. DPP. Some speculate that DxO
> uses deconvolution in their sharpening.
>
> The only generalized versions that I know are Focus Magic and Topaz InFocus.
> I did this comparison for another purpose, but it does provide some idea that
> Topaz IF will do pretty much what FM does, albeit with a different interface
> and settings.
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/tech/Focus_Magic/_B003950fpACRvsPlugin.htm
>
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/tech/Focus_Magic/_B003950fpACRvsPlugin.htm>>
>
>
> 3. The newest approach is AI, in the form of a trained neural network. Topaz
> Sharpen AI does this. It's both almost magic, and frustrating.
>
> Like other Topaz AI products, when it works, which is most of the time, it is
> head and shoulders above anything else I've seen. Also like their other AI
> apps, where it doesn't "understand" the subject, or some part of it, it can
> fail. I've also had an image where it didn't do anything obviously wrong, but
> it wasn't as nice a result as FM.
>
> It is also a machine eater, taking what seems forever to do a whole frame.
> Because it's slow, even at showing previews, getting to know the settings is
> also slow.
>
> How Sharp Moose
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