Re: Digital ICE

["Michael J. Murphy" <murchu@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Rafe,
I've downloaded a trial version of VueScan and will give it a try tomorrow.
Looks pretty good so far. Do you use it?
The 'noise' problem vanished after the Micrografx PP7 treatment I mentioned.
I agree that a little noise ain't a bad thing. The more I use ICE, the more
I like it.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: <rafeb@adelphia.net>
To: <scan@leben.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: Digital ICE


> At 03:22 PM 2/3/02 +0000, Michael J. Murphy wrote:
>
> >One thing I have noticed about ICE is that it tends to emphasise the
> >film grain, however smoothing out the pixelation via Photoshop helps.
> >Also noticed that something as simple as the moiré removal stage in
> >Micrografx PP7(Photofix 'Wizard') brings the end scan up beautifully.
> >Heavy dust particles should still be removed before scanning - it will
> >shift the lighter stuff!
>
>
> I guess it goes without saying that one should get the film
> as clean as possible prior to scanning, even if you have
> digital ICE available; that's a no-brainer.
>
> Cleaning film is one of the major topics of discussion
> 'round here. Wasn't that long ago we were talking about
> scuba tanks, air compressors, and the chemical
> composition of air.
>
> I may be imagining this, but it seems to me that on the
> Nikon, there's a touch of noise specifically added in areas
> where ICE has been applied.  That's not entirely
> inappropriate, after all; it's a common trick to add a bit
> of noise to make touch-ups less obvious.
>
> What is surprising is that ICE -- at least at "normal" strength --
> doesn't really degrade image sharpness appreciably.  But
> that could also be related to the way the noise is being
> added to the "repaired" image areas.
>
>
> rafe b.
>
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