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Re: [OM] Focus Magic

Subject: Re: [OM] Focus Magic
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 18:03:45 +0100
Jim

The Lysander is a lovely beast, but I can imagine that a model in balsa was a 
bit complicated.

Chris

> On 20 Sep 2019, at 16:09, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Chris,
> 
> Thanks very much for the link to the Shuttleworth Collection.  I did quite a 
> bit of exploration of the site.  That is a very impressive collection.  I was 
> happy to see the Lysander.  That was the first balsa and tissue scale model 
> that I built, in the very early 1940s.  It always impressed me.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> On 9/20/2019 1:13 AM, ChrisB wrote:
>> Bill
>> 
>> It’s called the Avro Tutor, one of the Shuttleworth Collection which is near 
>> my home, at an airfield called Old Warden. The Collection is very 
>> interesting as most of them are flown in displays, but this is the Tutor 
>> page on the website:
>> 
>> https://www.shuttleworth.org/collection/avrotutor/
>> 
>> Chris
>> 
>> C M I Barker | Gamlingay
>> 
>> 
>>> On 19 Sep 2019, at 21:45, Bill Pearce <billpearce@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Chris,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> What is the biplane on the top or your home page? It sure doesn't look 
>>> anything like a Stearman.
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> 
>>> From: "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2019 4:49:42 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [OM] Focus Magic
>>> 
>>> In Capture One I find myself using much more of the Clarity sliders than 
>>> Sharpening ones. I think that it’s a LCE adjustment, but the result is more 
>>> pleasing lighting as well as sharpness (apparent, I’m sure).
>>> 
>>> This example has +34 of Clarity and Structure sliders applied, for instance:
>>> 
>>> https://show.cbimages.uk/Photography/Blipfoto/i-kk2rzN6/A
>>> 
>>> I am probably less discerning than some on the List, but it works well for 
>>> me, as in this example as well:
>>> 
>>> https://show.cbimages.uk/Photography/Blipfoto/i-zNGBtxT/A
>>> 
>>> Chris
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 17 Sep 2019, at 22:00, 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 
>>>> DxO uses deconvolution in their sharpening.
>>>> 
>>>> The only generalized versions that I know are Focus Magic and Topaz 
>>>> InFocus. I did this comparison for another purpose, but it does provide 
>>>> some idea that Topaz IF will do pretty much what FM does, albeit with a 
>>>> different interface and settings. 
>>>> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/tech/Focus_Magic/_B003950fpACRvsPlugin.htm
>>>>  
>>>> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/tech/Focus_Magic/_B003950fpACRvsPlugin.htm>>
>>>> 
>>>> 3. The newest approach is AI, in the form of a trained neural network. 
>>>> Topaz Sharpen AI does this. It's both almost magic, and frustrating.
>>>> 
>>>> Like other Topaz AI products, when it works, which is most of the time, it 
>>>> is head and shoulders above anything else I've seen. Also like their other 
>>>> AI apps, where it doesn't "understand" the subject, or some part of it, it 
>>>> can fail. I've also had an image where it didn't do anything obviously 
>>>> wrong, but it wasn't as nice a result as FM.
>>>> 
>>>> It is also a machine eater, taking what seems forever to do a whole frame. 
>>>> Because it's slow, even at showing previews, getting to know the settings 
>>>> is also slow.
>>>> 
>>>> How Sharp Moose
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