[MacDV] Need help - still photo software

[Richard Gilmore]

It depends on how blurry your photos are. I use Photoshop everyday and currently
use the latest version CS (8) for Mac. The Mac version is fully loaded and has
everything the PC version does.

The sharpen filter is the obvious choice for what you're trying to do but it
only goes so far. If the picture is too far out of focus/blurry there's nothing
that can be done. Original information that is not there cannot be recreated.
But I would suggest a filter called genuine fractals which as far as I know is
the best at restoring blurry images but even it has a limit. I can't tell a
huge difference between the sharpening filter in Photoshop 6 vs CS so I'm not
sure spending any extra money would be worth it. Also Photoshop CS would not
run too well on G3 400 with 192 MB of RAM. I'd recommend any G4 with 512MB RAM
minimum. If you've got Photoshop 6.5 for PC I'd say you're near the limit of
the technology.

Richard





Quoting "Dr. M. Burek" <mrwitch at tampabay.rr.com>:


> 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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Richard Gilmore
Media Production Centre
Faculty of Education
University of Western Ontario
519-661-2111 x88634
rgilmor at uwo.ca