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[VBrestorer]

Dave:
While surfing for topics regarding photo restoration, I ran into the AKVIS website.  They produce a "Retoucher" plug-in that can do some retouching automatically.  It works with PhotoShop versions 5 and later, PhotoShop Elements versions 1 and later, Corel Photo-Paint versions 11 and later, and Corel (JASC) Paintshop Pro versions 6 and later, as well as other popular photo manipulation programs.
At this site (see http://akvis.com/en/free-license.php) they say they will provide free licenses for "non-governmental organizations involved in conservation and restoration of photographic archives having cultural value."
If anyone has experience with the AKVIS Retoucher plug-in (I do not) and thinks it does a good job, then perhaps OPR could contact AKVIS to see if it qualifies for getting this plug-in for its volunteers.

Larry

[Kenny]

I downloaded the trial and tried it out. I've never really had much luck using filters for restorations. I use them for rendering sometimes, but I don't feel I have as much control with them doing this kind of work.

Granted, I just tried it on one particular picture. I can see what it does and it's possible uses. For now I'll stick to doing things manually, but if offered a free license for this, of course I would take it!


My 2 cents...


Kenny

[Dave]

Sorry guys, I saw this post over the weekend and never got back to reply to it. I'll take a look to see what it entails on our end to make this available to any interested OPR volunteer.

I am a bit skeptical about how much help  the plug-in would provide, but I'll save further judgement until after I've done my homework.

Dave