Rob Studdert mused: > > On 10 Nov 2004 at 13:07, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > Just learned about this program. Has anyone used it to correct the focus > > or blur in their photos? > > > > http://www.focusmagic.com/ > > I had a play with it, it looks like it might be useful but it doesn't really > work too well as a global tool, I think it's best off being applied locally > only. I used it to eliminate some motion blur too, this is really cool but > again it really has to be used judiciously. > > The shot I applied it to had a car in the foreground with slight horizontal > blur but the b/g was nicely OOF. On applying the filter the motion blur on > the > car was reduced but the b/g OOF area was affected in a less complementary way. > > Also the both filters do introduce new aberrations which have to be > considered. > On some subjects they are so apparent that the effect has to be toned down > such > that it's questionable whether it was worth the effort. The motion blur > reduction sure is clever though.
That was my immediate impression when I took a look at the example images on their web site. My assumption was that they would use the best available examples to show off their product. If every one that they displayed had artifacts which I found objectionable, I rather doubted that I'd be able to do better with any of my images.
