Restoration Plug-ins

davet · #1 03-13-2008, 06:32 AM

Are there any effective Photoshop CS3 plug-ins for removing dirt and dust marks from old pics rather than doing manually using the history brush and gaussian blur?

Thanks

janie · #2 03-13-2008, 05:08 PM

I've had good luck in the noise area - dust/dirt feature tool thing.

skydog · #3 03-13-2008, 07:16 PM

I haven't used this but I have purchased some of their other products...
http://akvis.com/en/retoucher/index.php

there is a trial period...the bummer is that it is only 10 days

davet · #4 03-14-2008, 04:08 AM

It's worth a try...thanks Skydog.

skydog · #5 03-14-2008, 04:20 AM

Lets us know your results

Kraellin · #6 03-14-2008, 10:16 PM

welcome to RetouchPRO, Davet.

two of the most used here are Polaroid Dust and Scratch Removal and Neat Image.

davet · #7 03-17-2008, 06:11 AM

Thanks guys I'll give all these a try.

Dave

plugsnpixels · #8 03-17-2008, 10:01 PM

Craig, I used to use Polaroid Dust & Scratches! Got rid of your choice of either white or black specs. It was free, too.

Since you mentioned it I just fired up the installer, and it worked on my Intel Mac and Leopard! I never did use the standalone version, but it works (takes a bit of experimentation though, since there doesn't seem to be a live preview).

Photoshop CS3 doesn't seem to recognize it as a plug-in, not surprisingly.

rpsparks · #9 03-18-2008, 07:43 AM

Quote:

Photoshop CS3 doesn't seem to recognize it as a plug-in, not surprisingly.

Phew... thought that I was going crazy trying to get CS3 to recognize it...

Kraellin · #10 03-18-2008, 10:55 PM

hi plugs,

glad to hear it works on those systems. i'm a little surprised. this little app has been around for a long while now. and no, there is no live preview in stand-alone mode, but it's pretty easy to work with, nonetheless.

i wish polaroid would upgrade this and do a formal mac version as well.

ummm, i'd be very surprised if cs3 didnt recognize this. as far as i recall, it's a standard .8bf file in the child/parent mode. do remember that when using within an editor, there is a pixel limit on image size. that may be why you're having trouble.

plugsnpixels · #11 03-19-2008, 10:09 PM

I just did a search and you can still download it from here.

Kraellin · #12 03-20-2008, 12:10 AM

ah, good.

maybe i'll write polaroid.

davet · #13 03-20-2008, 04:47 AM

The background was badly marked as well as overall dust so I still ended up using gaussian blur for the background.

http://bp0.blogger.com/_9Tc7X1GI-AM/.../Edwardian.jpg

amica999 · #14 03-20-2008, 11:08 AM

well, I did install a version just the other day and it DOES show up as a plugin in CS3....