[MacDV] Re: Need help - still photo software

[Richard Brown]

As it happens, I am rather an expert in Photoshop, a user since the 
fastest way to run Photoshop was using an ATARI emulating a MAC, long 
before color was a concern in computing. That makes me not so young. I 
also know a lot of "glow in the dark" (as in, so bright, smart, etc.) 
computer graphics nerds. Email one of your images, if you like, and 
I/we will take a look to see if Photoshop, or another tool, or two, 
might help. I can take any size email on my server. You might have 
trouble sending it, though, so I could give you FTP info if needed. 
I'll send back your revised image, or if too large for your email, make 
it downloadable from one of my sites (hidden, of course, to others.) 
Plus, I'll give you the how-to of it. Maybe even simply give you a rate 
to just fix the stuff... But seeing is knowing what's what in this 
case.

Just letting off steam after a huge DVD project... so get while the 
getting's good!

Put PHOTO FIX TEST in your email subject line. I'd rather not hunt 
through the 15,000  unread emails in this account.

Richard Brown
richard at go2rba.com



On May 19, 2004, at 2:01 PM, Jeff Carruthers wrote:

> Photoshop is what you are looking for, although I wouldn't guarantee 
> it will do the magic you need. Or, to put it another way, if anything 
> can solve the problem Photoshop would do it.
>
> Not being the Photoshop expert in our family, I'd also suggest either 
> finding someone who is or getting a good book on Photoshop and digital 
> photography. There's a steep learning curve to Photoshop.
>
> Jeff Carruthers
> On May 19, 2004, at 4:41 PM, Dr. M. Burek wrote:
>
>> I've never been much of a photographer, so I've not needed "special" 
>> photo software, until now. I have 50+ photos in digital format, that 
>> were taken with a regular film camera. I also have the negatives, and 
>> the prints. However, 90%+ of the photos are out of focus, and blurry.
>>
>> These photos are of work on parts that I did (not computer related), 
>> that cannot be re-shot. They are irreplaceable. So, I'm willing to 
>> spend money to get a software package that will (hopefully) enhance 
>> the pictures enough to be usable. But, I don't know what to get - 
>> hence, this request for help.
>>
>> I have iPhoto, but it's useless for this. I've thought about getting 
>> Photoshop, but I don't know if the Mac version is the same as the PC 
>> version, with the same or similar features (I have Photoshop 6.5 for 
>> PC).
>>
>> I need suggestions on what software to get. It MUST be able to 
>> enhance very blurry photos, and sharpen up the enhancement, enough to 
>> be able to see what's on the photo. Extreme enhancement to the point 
>> of "normalizing" the photo would be better. It must be able to run on 
>> either OS 9.1 or better, up to OS X 10.2.6 or 10.2.8, on a G3 400 
>> MHz, with 192 MB RAM. Disk space is not an issue.
>>
>> Would Photoshop be good enough for this, or do I need something else? 
>> All suggestions are welcome.
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