kwkiwi
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Q: does anybody have a working copy of Polaroid dust and scratch removal software

Hi I've heard about a very good but discontinued software for removing dust off scanned images called Polaroid Dust and scratch removal software. I can't find a working copy of it but from what I can gather it does a very good job of doing a whole image in one go instead of having to individually clone out each dust particle. Can you let me know if you are using this software. thanks

apple mac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Aug 28, 2016 7:29 PM

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Q: does anybody have a working copy of Polaroid dust and scratch removal software

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  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Aug 28, 2016 8:10 PM in response to kwkiwi
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    Aug 28, 2016 8:10 PM in response to kwkiwi

    Probably not and if they did it probably would not run under the current OS but there are some very good extensions available for Photos - Photo Editing Extensions for Photos for Mac - Intensify CK and Noiseless CK sound promising and if you find any Mac editor to do what you want the External editors for Photos extension will let you easily integrate it into your workflow

     

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  • by kwkiwi,

    kwkiwi kwkiwi Aug 28, 2016 10:02 PM in response to LarryHN
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    Aug 28, 2016 10:02 PM in response to LarryHN

    Thanks Larry, I've looked into the Photos extensions available and they don't do a global removal of the dust specks like the Polaroid software does so you still end up using the clone tool individually removing each speck which is what takes the time.

     

    That's why I was wondering if the Polaroid software was still available as I've noticed some threads on other sites mentioning that it was still up and running. However I keep searching!