one for sury

[mikehawthorne]

hi Sury
i promised i would upload original image of Yosemite for you to adjust it is straight from scanner with no adjustment done.

[MickH]

Good morning Grand Caliph.

Am I missing something or have you posted the same image twice?

MickH

[sury]

Mick,
Here is the post Polaroid scratch and dust removal and a bw treatment of the same. It took all 1 sec for
the Polaroid filter and I leave it to you to judge if it worked since you know what to look for, in the image.
I certainly see a white spot go away and the foreground tree to the left has been improved.



B&W treatment

[MickH]

Hi Sury,

I can see what you have done and agree that there's an improvement. I can also see (obviously) that your second file is in mono. Am I missing something because Mike's original two files look identical to me.

Sorry if I'm being blind or dumb!

MickH

[mikehawthorne]

hello Sury
i can see improvement and i do like the mono version best as there was too much blue and green dominating the original image.
and yes MickH there are two the same and no you are not dumb or blind, i had got up early and uploaded while not quite awake, i should have had my cup of char first, all the best.

Mike Hawthorne

[sury]

I think I should have stopped after the second drink last night.
I should have addressed my reply to Mike. My apologies. I thought the
same image was posted twice so I took the first one, fixed the scratches
and removed dust using the Polaroid filter, saved it and then proceeded
with a B&W treatment. On the B&W treatment, I did not simply desaturate
the image but took the red channel version. I felt that one was better.
Hope it helps clear the confusion, MikeH and MickH.

[mikehawthorne]

thanks Sury
good night or good morning, going to bed gave up on scanner for the night.

al the best mike hawthorne

[sury]

Mike,
Before I flog this one dead, I thought I give it one more try and worked on the color one
and the B&W version of the color. I did PWL (painting with light) to improve shadows and highlights,
removed "haze", boosted the image. It was fun and did not take any time at all.

With best regards,
Sury

[Birma]

Looking good Sury I think the last colour one is my fav so far.

[mikehawthorne]

hi Sury
seen and approved.
mike hawthorne

[mikehawthorne]

hi Sury
seen and approved.
mike hawthorne

[sury]

Mike,
You may want to get that Polaroid utility. That works under Photoshop too as a filter.
Best of all it is free.

With best regards,
Sury

[Dr. Harout]

Mike,
You may want to get that Polaroid utility. That works under Photoshop too as a filter.
Best of all it is free.

With best regards,
Sury

Sury, could you give me a link, I'm having trouble finding it (in fact it's bringing something totally different from what you're describing).

[sury]

Doc,
Looks like Polaroid does not have it on its site.
Try this one and see. If not, I may have the installer (I lost quite a bit when my old computer died a year ago.)

http://polaroid-dust-scratch-removal-so ... ownloading

Sury

[mikehawthorne]

hi sury
i did find it and installed as plug in, by the way i had chat with local processer shop they do not scan slides or negs with normal scanners but use a mask? and insert it in their machine. i had some slides done and they had no noise or no grain, i am thinking that perhaps my epson perfection v500 might be creating digital noise, i suppose it is just a form of digital camera after all.

any way thanks sury for the good dialogue.
mike hawthorne