graham_t Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Any suggestions as to how to remove camera shake from the scans of old b&w negatives. I don't think the Affinity currently has such a tool and I've tried Focus Magic, but with limited success. Any other suggestions, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredVN Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 You can try Topaz Sharpen AI. See https://www.topazlabs.com/sharpen-ai Trying is free with a watermark. But you can see if it works for you photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham_t Posted June 23, 2021 Author Share Posted June 23, 2021 I tried Topaz some years ago I think, without being particularly impressed. Thanks for the suggestion, though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredVN Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 My personal experience (I have the program) is that sometimes it's very good and sometimes not so good. But they changed a lot last year(s), so perhaps another try? Who knows... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Do you have an example you can share? Take a look at the High Pass live filter and set the layer to Overlay, Soft Light, Hard Light, and Linear Light to increase the contrast a bit as well, you can always pull the contrast back a little if it's too much using the Brightness and Contrast adjustment filter. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham_t Posted June 24, 2021 Author Share Posted June 24, 2021 Here is an example of my problem. The photo also needs work to remove blemishes etc, but that is something I can fairly easily do BENNACHIE sample.afphoto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconoclast Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 You could try "Unsharp Mask". It's a filter that also exists as Live Filter. And you could also take a look at the free G'MIC plugin (more than 500 additional filters), at least if you are on Windows. It has some verry good filters for sharpening in its category "Details". Zoom your image to 100% for the best impressions of the sharpening effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham_t Posted June 24, 2021 Author Share Posted June 24, 2021 I'm on Mac so GMIC is not possible. General sharpening tools help to some extent, but don't really address the motion problem very effectively Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sechmet Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 maybe you can try sharpen macro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconoclast Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 You could even give "Frequency Separation" a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredVN Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 I had to make a screenprint and used that. Sharpen gives a kind of raster on the phot. Using DeNoise on that photo removed a lot. The result has a watermark. Just the result of a quick test. Using some more time will probably give better results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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