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Re: [OM] Focus Magic

Subject: Re: [OM] Focus Magic
From: Jan Sturm <jan.sturm@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 23:36:45 +0200
Hi Tina,

This may sort the install issue with Focus Magic:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-windows_programs/runtime-error-ar8475-internal-error-failed-to/dde83a37-9fdf-42dd-8a06-fe8cabbf8ed2

Applies to w10 as well.

Safe editing,
Jan

> On 17. Sep 2019, at 23:11, Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Thanks, Moose.  I'm impressed so far with Ai.  It was far too complicated
> to install it as a plug-in for LR.  All of that stuff should be automatic!
> I finally got it installed, though, and it works wonders!
> 
> Tina
> 
>> On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 5:00 PM Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 9/17/2019 1:57 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>>> PESO:
>>> 
>>> I recently had to reinstall Windows 10 and all of my Photoshop plug-ins
>> had
>>> to be reinstalled, too.  The only one I've had problems with is Focus
>> Magic
>>> which I use a lot.  I get a runtime error:
>>> Runtime Error (at 5:198):
>>> Internal Error: Failed to expand shell folder constant "userdocs"
>>> 
>>> The software company is no help just saying that they've never seen that
>>> error before and have no suggestions.  I'm tired of messing with it and
>>> started looking for a similar program.  I downloaded SmartDeblur but it
>> is
>>> awful and nothing like Focus Magic.
>> 
>> It's important, well, useful, to understand the differences in these
>> programs.
>> 
>> 1. The vast majority of sharpening programs/apps use UnSharp Mask, a
>> technique inherited from film, where it was a
>> physical technique. While powerful and useful in some ways,
>> unsophisticated applications easily lead to troublesome
>> artifacts. I have not used an USM for sharpening for a long time.
>> 
>> 2. Deconvolution is another approach to sharpening that works by
>> recreating detail lost in the aberrations on the lens.
>> There are quite a few specialized versions that work from knowledge of the
>> characteristics of specific lenses.
>> 
>> Canon does that in their Raw conversion program. DPP. Some speculate that
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