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Luminar Neo Dust Removal Problem
Mar 20, 2022 18:25:58 #
I had great expectations for the new Skylum Luminar Neo program. I had scanned a number of old negatives using an Epson V600 scanner. Needless to say, I got a lot of white dust spots. I opened the negative in Photoshop and used the Filter tab to open the Luminar Neo program. I then used the Erase feature, Remove Dust Spots and as far as I can see the only thing that was removed was one nostril. Perhaps I'm not using the program correctly. Your help is appreciated. Thanking you all in advance.
Mar 20, 2022 20:18:37 #
I spent less than a minute in Photoshop with only the Spot Healing Brush. Why do you need a plugin?
Mar 20, 2022 21:28:48 #
Imageandart wrote:
I had great expectations for the new Skylum Luminar Neo program. I had scanned a number of old negatives using an Epson V600 scanner. Needless to say, I got a lot of white dust spots. I opened the negative in Photoshop and used the Filter tab to open the Luminar Neo program. I then used the Erase feature, Remove Dust Spots and as far as I can see the only thing that was removed was one nostril. Perhaps I'm not using the program correctly. Your help is appreciated. Thanking you all in advance.
I have not been impressed with either dust removal or power line removal. The reg erase tool works well. I understand it's not one click done but like you I was disappointed with both the tools I mentioned. But again erase working well.
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Mar 21, 2022 01:58:49 #
"Dust" in "dust removal" probably means sensor spots, which are dark. The spots in your scan are the opposite. That kind of repair probably needs advanced AI, or possibly another tool with another name.
Mar 21, 2022 05:37:58 #
R.G. wrote:
"Dust" in "dust removal" probably means sensor spots, which are dark. The spots in your scan are the opposite. That kind of repair probably needs advanced AI, or possibly another tool with another name.
That was my thought as well.
Mar 21, 2022 07:10:37 #
R.G. wrote:
"Dust" in "dust removal" probably means sensor spots, which are dark. The spots in your scan are the opposite. That kind of repair probably needs advanced AI, or possibly another tool with another name.
I'm not sure if the photo could be inverted and then used dust and then invert back. Maybe that would help
Mar 21, 2022 08:56:46 #
Good thinking. I was about to post that very same approach. It's certainly worth a try.
--Bob
--Bob
Drbobcameraguy wrote:
I'm not sure if the photo could be inverted and then used dust and then invert back. Maybe that would help
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Mar 21, 2022 08:56:58 #
bsprague wrote:
I spent less than a minute in Photoshop with only the Spot Healing Brush. Why do you need a plugin?
Now do another few thousand.
Mar 21, 2022 09:11:09 #
Mar 21, 2022 09:23:25 #
rmalarz wrote:
Why?
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Because it takes time is why.
Doing each one is fine if you only do it now and again.
Mar 21, 2022 11:44:34 #
Drbobcameraguy wrote:
I'm not sure if the photo could be inverted and then used dust and then invert back. Maybe that would help
Hey, that's cheating
.Mar 21, 2022 12:02:53 #
therwol
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Canisdirus wrote:
Because it takes time is why.
Doing each one is fine if you only do it now and again.
Doing each one is fine if you only do it now and again.
I have thousands of scans of negatives and slides that I'm going through. I've tried the Digital ICE function of my Epson V800 scanner. I've used the Silverfast SRDx plugin for spot removal in Photoshop. Both don't seem to work as well as advertised. I ended up giving up on them and resorting to manual spot removal, and you are correct in that it is a time consuming, tedious process if you have to do it frequently. I don't have a better solution.
Mar 21, 2022 12:08:21 #
I inverted the image to a negative and tried Luminar Neo Remove Dust Spots which had no effect.
Mar 21, 2022 12:15:37 #
Imageandart wrote:
I had great expectations for the new Skylum Luminar Neo program. I had scanned a number of old negatives using an Epson V600 scanner. Needless to say, I got a lot of white dust spots. I opened the negative in Photoshop and used the Filter tab to open the Luminar Neo program. I then used the Erase feature, Remove Dust Spots and as far as I can see the only thing that was removed was one nostril. Perhaps I'm not using the program correctly. Your help is appreciated. Thanking you all in advance.
Apparently, it was designed for sensor dust.
In my opinion the program was over promised and never finished. Considering what is happening in Ukraine, it my never go beyond what it is today...an incomplete program with several nice features.
Don't give up your primary editor.
Mar 21, 2022 13:07:46 #
Canisdirus wrote:
Now do another few thousand.
If it was my kid and I wanted a perfect picture, I guess I could put in an hour or two!
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