So I thought I would have a look at two methods to clean up the images from the roll of 1965 Kodak Verichrome that I developed last week. The backing paper had become fused onto the film and only came off after development, leaving a mass of debris on the negatives.
Method 1
This is probably the more traditional way that I would normally prepare my negatives for uploading to the web. The first step involves creating a copy of the background layer and manually removing the spots using the inpainting Brush in Affinity Photo. This works like any other spot removal tool in other editing apps.
After half an hour the result is the image below. Obviously I could have continued a lot longer but achieved what I wanted at this point.
A Levels adjustment followed.
Which was the followed up with a Brightness/Contrast adjustment
Above is the final image after applying the high pass sharpening tool . Total time taken approx 45mins
Method 2
The initial image
Again I created a copy of the background layer and using the inpainting tool I removed only the large bits of debris on the image
I then used the dust and scratches filter.
There is a radius and tolerance slider controlling the filters effect. You can set up a before and after view to see the effect.
Then once I was satisfied I did the usual Levels adjustment.
Brightness/ Contrast adjustment
Then a little high pass sharpening
The final image. Total time 15 mins
The second method is certainly a lot quicker, but is it any better?
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