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Focus Magic
Vendor: Acclaim Software
Purpose: Photo sharpening editor to correct out-of-focus photos
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Description
Focus Magic can help you fix images that are slightly out-of-focus or have been affected
by camera shake. It is useful for restoring old photographs that exhibit these faults, but
equally you can use it as a workflow option to correct recent errors.
Rather than use a simple unsharp mask for image sharpening, Focus Magic reverses the
process by which the image became blurred in the first place. The vendor has made a
study of all the different types of blur: motion blur, focus blur, camera shake, and so
on, and has analyzed their different characteristics in order to create software to counteract
them. The result is Focus Magic, a package that can be used forensically to recover
detail, especially in images affected by unidirectional motion blur.
A despeckle filter and one for increasing the resolution of the image are included in the
stand-alone version of Focus Magic.
Figure 16.1
Focus Magic can correct for camera shake or when an image is slightly out of focus.