Software Needed to Scan Photos

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May 21, 2006
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I have Photoshop 7.0. I’m looking to buy a new scanner. Some scanners come with software bundles. I scan documents and have a separate OCR program. Don’t need another. I also scan ancient, decrepit old family photos and fix them up. I also scan photos from books and, god forrbid, old yellowed newspapers, and fix them up.

I need software that will get past the half-toning or moire. Is there any software that can fix scratches and dust without messing up the image?

What software would you recommend I get? Do you know of any scanners that come with that software?

Price range — under $500.

Rain
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Mike Russell
May 21, 2006
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I have Photoshop 7.0. I’m looking to buy a new scanner. Some scanners come with software bundles. I scan documents and have a separate OCR program. Don’t need another. I also scan ancient, decrepit old family photos and fix them up. I also scan photos from books and, god forrbid, old yellowed newspapers, and fix them up.

I need software that will get past the half-toning or moire. Is there any software that can fix scratches and dust without messing up the image?

What software would you recommend I get? Do you know of any scanners that come with that software?

Re halftone descreening.

Dan Margulis discusses a method of descreening using layers in his Professional Photoshop book that gives very good results. The best descreening methods all involve manipulation of the image’s Fourier transform.

Reindeer Graphics provides an excellent set of plugins that can deal with this issue and others:
http://www.reindeergraphics.com/index.php?option=com_content &task=view&id=176&Itemid=124

Another product, Descreen, has a Home version available at a modest price and does a good job. There is a pro version for somewhat more, but still well within your budget.
http://www.descreen.net/eng/soft/descreen/descreen.htm

There is a free plugin available, intended for Forensic use, that appears to do the job very nicely.
http://home.planet.nl/~ber03728/4N6site/improc/fftplugin/how to.htm . This looks promising as well for removing certain textures from scanned photographs. I’ll be discussing my results using this plugin shortly in the curvemeister forum.

Re removing dust and scratches – there is a filter with the same name in Photoshop. This removes defects from an image by detecting areas that change contrast suddenly. It can be very effective if used sparingly, with the Radius as low as possible, and the Threshold value set as high as possible. I use it the most often to remove defects from shadows, using the lasso tool to select the general area, followed by a dose of Dust and Scratches. I then follow up with the clone tool in darken or lighten mode, depending on the color of the defects. Dust and Scratches is an impulse filter with a threshold.
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Robert Feinman
May 23, 2006
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I have Photoshop 7.0. I’m looking to buy a new scanner. Some scanners come with software bundles. I scan documents and have a separate OCR program. Don’t need another. I also scan ancient, decrepit old family photos and fix them up. I also scan photos from books and, god forrbid, old yellowed newspapers, and fix them up.

I need software that will get past the half-toning or moire. Is there any software that can fix scratches and dust without messing up the image?

What software would you recommend I get? Do you know of any scanners that come with that software?

Price range — under $500.

Rain
Look at one of the Epson models that has digial ICE software/hardware for prints as one of its features. This will clean up many defects on the prints as they are scanned.
The software that comes with most scanners is adequate, but if you have special needs the big two third party brands are Vuescan and Sliverfast. Vuescan is much cheaper, and one version works with hundreds of different models of scanner. Silverfast hasn’t been purchased for the specific model you own, is good for batch jobs and allows more editing in the scan software. Many models (even of Epson) come with either the basic or advanced version.

A little online searching at the Epson site will get you the details.

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rain2fall
May 24, 2006
Thank you all for your suggestions!

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