Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On the next...and speaking off...I have to disagree a tad with Peter. I downloaded the trial version and ran it on some images that I would normally run CS sharpening on. What I found was not a miracle treatment, but a routine that made the entire image look a tad weird. I'll keep trying, but my first impression wasn't a good one. On 6/25/06 10:30 PM, "joelct" <joelct@singnet.com.sg> wrote: > 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >> information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information