Digital Photographer's Software Guide - Bertemes - Net

Comments
PhotoFlair is a specialist product, but an outstanding one. TruView’s samples gallery is
one of the most convincing demonstrations by a vendor of image enhancement software.
Anybody who is in the business of restoring old photographs should definitely
consider acquiring this software.
Version: Windows PhotoFlair 2.2.2; Mac 2.2.3 (2008)
Plugs into: Photoshop 5 and up; Photoshop Elements; Separate Windows-only edition, Premiere
OS: Windows 2000 and XP; Mac OS X (not Intel)
RAM: 128MB
Supported file formats: Reads and writes JPEG, TIFF, BMP, PPM, and PNG; in batch mode,
PCD is also supported
Price level: Stand-alone version $70, Photoshop plug-in $40, Premiere plug-in $95
Address: TruView Imaging Co., 10 Basil Sawyer Drive, Hampton, VA 23666-1393, United
States
www.truview.com
VueScan
Vendor: Hamrick Software
Purpose: World’s most widely used scanning software, with restoration tools
Chapter 20 ■ Photo Restoration 231
Description
VueScan supports almost every scanner on the market and enables you to obtain scans
that are demonstrably superior to those that can be obtained with the scanner’s own
software. It does not rely on TWAIN or any other third-party scanner extensions and
it works independently of the normal scanner application. For people who are restoring
faded slides or prints it has two automatic features—Restore Colors boosts RGB
values, and Restore Fading compensates for the fade-to-red effect in slides and the
tendency of color negatives to acquire a bluish cast over time.
VueScan can make images on badly scratched film appear as good as new by using a
double-scan technique, first with a normal scan, second with infrared light to show up
the imperfections. It combines the two images, producing a “nearly flawless” result.
Other features include ICC and IT8 Target support, a RAW file save option for archiving,
and batch scanning.
A wizard-driven interface means that VueScan is simple for the novice to operate, but
there are also manual controls for the expert, making it one of the key weapons in the
restorer’s armory.