[Serge P.]

Hi Tim

I have just attached the action.
This action works in Photoshop 5.x.

Regards,
Serge

[Ed_L]

Thanks to both of you, I now have an action that will work in 5.0 (it's been tried). I've had a lot of company lately, and haven't had much time. Thanks again.

Ed

[Serge P.]

Hi Ed

The action that I attached, is a set containing two actions.

The "Decrack" action is the same as the original. It has the MINIMUM filter activated, and is best used on white cracks.

The other action, I named "Decrack dark" and this one has the MAXIMUM filter active. It is best used on dark cracks.

I wish to thank Mr. Tim Edwards for sharing this action with us.

NOTE to Tim:
I hope you don't mind but I changed the "6.0" to "5.x" in your first STOP in the action. It reads:

"Decrack v1.0 Nov. 2001 - Photoshop 5.x (c) 2001, Tim J. Edwards Purpose: Auto-removal of high-contrast cracks and scratches when retouching photographs. (feel free to disable this dialog when you tire of it)"

Regards,
Serge

[Doug Nelson]

Will the 5.x version work just as easily in v6? Might be able to save some confusion if it does.

[Serge P.]

Hi Doug

To my knowledge, most actions created in PS5.x do work in PS6.0. There are very few actions (created in PS5.x) that do not work in PS6.0. I believe that this action should work in PS6.0. You would need to try it out. I have Photoshop 5.5 so I cannot confirm if it will work in PS6.0.

PS6.0 actions do not work in PS5.x.

[Tim Edwards]

I just downloaded the 5.5 action and tried it in 6.0, and it worked just fine! (Grandma Popo, 3 iterations at highpass 0.4 with other settings at their default values). Quite a bit of pervasive damage is removed, and you can even begin see the outlines of her hair and right eye.

Neato -- recovery of 'lost' parts of the picture!

Some judicious masking is required in high-contrast areas (eyes, hairline, blouse), and probably some work on the 'blocky' part of the background where the damage is the worst.

Comparing the 6.0 and 5.5 versions, there is a slight difference, but not in terms of the quality of the result.

Regards,
_Tim

[Tim Edwards]

Grandma Popo is the subject of Restoration Challenge #20...

_Tim