Hello Douglas, What do you think of the following: http://werner.mu/Downloads/Hurrican_Spitfire_PaintShopPro.jpg Loaded the original (unfiltered) into Paint Shop Pro 1) Effects->Enhance Photo->Automatic Contrast Enhancement 2) Effects->Enhance Photo->Clarify 3) Effects->Sharpen->Sharpen More 2) Effects->Enhance Photo->Clarify It is a matter of taste if you like dramatic contrast. You can arrange it according to your taste in PSP Peter > -----Original Message----- > From: leicareflex-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:leicareflex- > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Douglas M. Sharp > Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 17:06 > To: Leica Users Group; LEG; LeicaReflex; cvug > Subject: [LRFlex] Spitfire + Hurricane "Neat Image " processing comparison > > Hello all, > Re-posted, a shot of a Spitfire Spitfire and Hurricane I showed some > months ago. > I reprocessed the low resolution jpeg with "Neat Image" (free demo > version) after I had given up trying to improve it with PS-Elements 2.0 > some time ago. > step 1 Noise analysis > step 2 Noise filtration > step 3 HF-Sharpening > all in all about 3 minutes work. > I think, considering that it was a very poor quality image in the first > place , that the resulting filtered image shows a considerable > improvement. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Hurrican_Spitfire > Before > http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Hurrican_Spitfire_filter ed > After > > There's still some speckles under the wing of the Spit' but I think I'll > go back to the first scan and try the whole thing again at high > resolution, maybe > it'll fix that too. > > Let me know what you think of the result, and if you use Neat Image if > you have any tips or tricks you could pass on. > Douglas ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: www.horizon.bc.ca/~dnr/lrflex.htm Archives are at: www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/