Oh, heck, I forgot the most important item: FocalBlade has "Deblur" and "DeblurPro" modes that seem to do things very similar to focus fixer. These modes require less RAM than FocusFixer, and have more User Interface goodies (two sliders and 4 methods in novice mode, and many more in Pro mode).
I can deblur an entire 8-bit 3600 dpi image in FocalBlade in Photoshop 7 on a machine with 258 MB. I just timed a deblur of an 1800 DPI scan of a 35mm frame on a 333 Celeron machine (very low end). Deblur took 1 minute 21 seconds.
Focal blade works on layers or background and on any type of selection. It can only process RGB 8- and 16-bit at present.
It can deblur, sharpen, and soften, each in several different ways.
Luminous Landscape has a favorable review.
I just got my copy. Focus fixer is headed for an uninstallation.
Lon Williamson wrote:
Another relatively new sharpening tool is FocalBlade, which appears to be an unsharp-mask based tool. I'd say it beats Nik Sharpener Pro by a considerable margin (more flexible, faster, less grain sharpening). I no longer use actions based on USM - gimme FocalBlade any day. And I'm thinking of uninstalling Nik Sharpener.
