blotchy skin in OLD photos...............

questions about practical use of Neat Image
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susan mc

blotchy skin in OLD photos...............

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will NI work to smooth out the blotchy skin that so often apears in very old photos?
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Post by NITeam »

Do you mean something like this:
http://www.neatimage.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=121

Thank you,
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image inside.....

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Ok, here is a result of 5-min work in Neat Image:

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Hope you like the result.

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That looks terrific............

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and I'd be a buyer if I could use it on my MAC.

how much longer will I have to wait?
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We are planning the Mac version for the third quartal but you can run Neat Image in Virtual PC on Mac right now. You can try this with Neat Image Demo.

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Suggestions for restoring old photos with NI

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Vlad, that is amazing what you were able to accomplish with NI on the antique photo of the woman. I just purchased NI and do alot of work on old photos like that one. Are there any tips you can give me to move me in the direction of correcting them? Is this all auto or did you tweak the settings? If you tweaked, in what area should I concentrate any changes from auto?

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The key is to select the right image area for Auto Profile. It is good when it contains visible noise, no details, belongs to middle brightness range, large. Try to build profiles using different areas and check filter preview with default filter settings. You will see that the most important is the right choice of the image area for profiling.

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Post by tropikatz »

Thank you for the tips. I will follow them. Also, can you tell me when restoring an old photo such as the one above, at what point in the steps of restoration should I introduce Neat Image?
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Post by NITeam »

I don't know which steps you use so I would be guessing anyway. Why not use it in the first step? - Usually we recommend to use Neat Image as the first step in a workflow when processing images from camera and scanners. I think the same approach would work with restoration. On the other hand, there are no real limitations, it can work anywhere.

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Post by tropikatz »

Wow, you are fast on the replies! Appreciate it. Well, with restoration, there is setting the contrast using levels or curves, cleaning up the spotting, removing staining, etc. I will try using NI first and will also ask on the Retouch Pro forum about it as that is where I first heard about your product.

Thank you
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