Looking for photo image cleaner software

John Varela <OLDlamps DeleteThis @verizon.net> wrote:

> > I've read that some of the scanner software that come with scanners can
> > remove dust specks from the scanned images. Does anyone know of
> > shareware or freeware that can do that? I've looked at a bunch of s/w
> > on versiontracker.com but haven't found any. I'm running OS X Leopard.
>
> Photoshop has a noise filter that claims to do that, but I have found it to
> be ineffective and besides that it unsharpens the image.

Dust and scratches aren't noise, so you should try the 'Dust &
Scratches' filter rather than the 'Noise' filter. No software solution
is perfect, though, because software can't distinguish between small
details and dust.


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On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 05:39:00 -0500, Johan W. Elzenga wrote
(in article <1ic1k8u.jin9t010xahhsN%nomail@please.invalid>):

> John Varela <OLDlamps.RemoveThis@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>>> I've read that some of the scanner software that come with scanners can
>>> remove dust specks from the scanned images. Does anyone know of
>>> shareware or freeware that can do that? I've looked at a bunch of s/w
>>> on versiontracker.com but haven't found any. I'm running OS X Leopard.
>>
>> Photoshop has a noise filter that claims to do that, but I have found it to
>> be ineffective and besides that it unsharpens the image.
>
> Dust and scratches aren't noise, so you should try the 'Dust &
> Scratches' filter rather than the 'Noise' filter. No software solution
> is perfect, though, because software can't distinguish between small
> details and dust.

Errr... In PSE the menu item is Filter > Noise > Dust & Scratches

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On 2008-02-09 14:03:03 -0800, TH O <tho.TakeThisOut@tho.23.invalid> said:

> In article
> <chainyanker60-FEEF64.17205608022008.TakeThisOut@newsclstr02.news.prodigy.com>,
> The Man <chainyanker60.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've read that some of the scanner software that come with scanners can
>> remove dust specks from the scanned images. Does anyone know of
>> shareware or freeware that can do that? I've looked at a bunch of s/w
>> on versiontracker.com but haven't found any. I'm running OS X Leopard.
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> The Guy
>
> I recall a few years ago that Kodak had a free standalone program which
> could clean up images. It was popular among scanner users whose scanners
> didn't have built in dust repair. Now for the bad news -- I don't
> remember its name and I don't remember if it was for Mac or PC.

It was the Polaroid Dust and Scratch Removal application and plug-in,
located here:

http://www.versiontracker.com/php/dlpage.php?id=17686&db=mac&pid=34007...nd=&lnk

or

here:

http://tinyurl.com/2cvb4k

It is also located here:

http://www.polaroid.com/service/software/poladsr/poladsr.html

I have not used this software under Leopard or Photoshop CS3 so I don't
know if either one is compatible. I would guess that the plug-in does
not work with CS3; almost none of the old plug-ins do. And installation
is a bit clunky.

However, the standalone application appears to run under Leopard. It
has not been updated since 2002, but if you want to see how well it
works there is an example here:

http://kenrockwell.com/tech/photoshop/polaroid-dust-filter.htm

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> <chainyanker60-FEEF64.17205608022008.TakeThisOut@newsclstr02.news.prodigy.com>,
> The Man <chainyanker60.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've read that some of the scanner software that come with scanners can
> > remove dust specks from the scanned images. Does anyone know of
> > shareware or freeware that can do that? I've looked at a bunch of s/w
> > on versiontracker.com but haven't found any. I'm running OS X Leopard.

I assume you are looking for the ICE software. It is not free.

Polaroid had a free "dust and scratches" filter some years ago that may
still be available. IIRC it was available both as a PS plugin and
stand-alone. And, had adjustments that allowed quantitation of effect.
Worked better than the filter available in PSE.

OTOH, if you have bought a scanner you might already have the ICE filter
in the provided software. Did you look? It came "free" with my Nikon
film scanner.

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Ockham's Razor <Mencken.RemoveThis@pdx.net> wrote:

> > > I've read that some of the scanner software that come with scanners can
> > > remove dust specks from the scanned images. Does anyone know of
> > > shareware or freeware that can do that? I've looked at a bunch of s/w
> > > on versiontracker.com but haven't found any. I'm running OS X Leopard.
>
> I assume you are looking for the ICE software. It is not free.
>
> Polaroid had a free "dust and scratches" filter some years ago that may
> still be available. IIRC it was available both as a PS plugin and
> stand-alone. And, had adjustments that allowed quantitation of effect.
> Worked better than the filter available in PSE.
>
> OTOH, if you have bought a scanner you might already have the ICE filter
> in the provided software. Did you look? It came "free" with my Nikon
> film scanner.

Digital ICE is a combination of hardware and software, not just
software. If your scanners has the necessary hardware built in (like
Nikon filmscanners do), the scanner software will include a setting to
turn it on or off. If your scanner does not have that hardware, the
software option would be useless.


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On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 16:53:18 -0500, Vladimir wrote
(in article <100220081053180153%Vladimir@RedSquare.ru>):

> However, I prefer to clean the slides before scanning. Works much better! (As

> an olfactory bonus, I use aftershave to clean them!)

Weird. I use canned air and one of those anti-static brushes with the
radioactive Polonium in it and still the slides have dust, most of it issuing
from the cardboard frames as fast as I can remove it.

As for scratches, those are on old prints (by old I mean 50 to 125 years) and
the scratch filter doesn't begin to do the job.

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On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 16:53:18 -0500, Vladimir wrote
(in article <100220081053180153%Vladimir@RedSquare.ru>):

> use the dust and scratches filter every day, nearly all day. It does a good
> job and, if used correctly, does nothing to the overall sharpness of the
> image.

Have you seen the demo in C J Campbell's post?

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