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> From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
> [mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of Dieder Bylsma
> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 3:06 PM
> To: frankparis@comcast.net
> Subject: [filmscanners] Re: comments on using NikonScan/PC
>
>
> >
> >As I understand ICE, it only softens exactly where the dust
> spot was,
> >and not on any other part of the image, so I'd assume the total
> >"softening" (if true) is only noticeable when a slide is
> very dirty or
> >has unusually sharp, fine details?
>
> in fact, this is not the case. you can see this even on
> Applied Science Fiction's web site of ICE samples.
>
> <>
>
> As well, I've noticed that ICE does have a bit of a
> 'blurring' effect that helps for CCD noise.
I don't have ICE (SS4000) so I can't try this for myself. But after ICE
softens the image, can you put a judicious amount unsharp masking into
the image to restore the loss of sharpness without degrading the image
much?
Frank Paris
frankparis@comcast.net
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