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The Digital Photographer's Software Guide
Version: BlackMagic 2.85 (2008)
OS: Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, and Vista
RAM: 128MB
Supported file formats: JPEG and BMP
Price level: Home edition $40, Business edition $100, Professional edition $200
Address: NeuralTek, P.O. Box 582, North Ryde Business Ctr., NSW 1670, Australia
www.blackmagic-color.com
Image Doctor
Vendor: Alien Skin
Purpose: Image correction filter set to remove blemishes, scratches, stains, and compression
artifacts
Description
Image Doctor is an image repair kit, with lots of tools for removing blemishes such as
moles, birthmarks, acne, and scars; and others for restoring old photographs that have
been scanned into digital form. It makes it easy to mend even badly damaged pictures
with scratches, tears, and creases, while also taking out any unwanted text, time codes,
and dust marks.
Among its tools are the following:
■ Smart Fill covers up all traces of any object removed from the picture
■ Scratch Remover repairs small defects
■ Spot Lifter erases skin flaws, watermarks, or stains
■ JPEG Repair lets you fix JPEGs that have been over-compressed
Comments
After using Image Doctor, one reviewer (a professional retoucher) wrote: “I think I’d
better find another line of work.” It is so simple to operate and achieve first-rate results
that anyone can use it. It is aimed at both professional and amateur photographers,
photo editors, archivists, and graphic and Web designers. Rendering speed and quality
have been significantly improved in version 2.0, together with even more facilities for
removing blemishes and wrinkles.
Version: Image Doctor 2.0 (2008)
Plugs into: Photoshop CS2 or later; Windows—Photoshop Elements 4.0.1 or later; Mac—
Photoshop Elements 5.0 or later; Fireworks CS3 or later; Windows only—Paint Shop Pro Photo
X2 or later
OS: Windows XP and Vista; Mac OS X 10.4.0 or later