The Joy of Astra Image Plus and multi-scale contrast

[Iainp]

 Neil recommended Astra Image Plus yesterday, and I bought it this morning. After just a couple of hours of playing around with its multi-scale contrast and other features, it's already taken my image processing to the next level. Here's an animated gif comparing my previous best image (how happy I was with it!) to the new improved one. The difference is remarkable. The original is so flat and lifeless, but with multi-stage contrast and multi-stage sharpening applied, it comes alive and looks 3D, especially in the lower right area. Happy days. Thank you Neil! 

Iain

 

 

[xtreemchaos]

great result mate, topaz clarity plugins for photoshop has the micro contrast adjustment its very handy when you want to bring out the finer details. thanks charl.

[Pete Presland]

Interesting contrast difference, certainly brought more detail out.

[Stub Mandrel]

That's great!

The deconvolution is incredible too, I just have to be careful not to 'overcook' things.

[Iainp]

Ha I think I am overcooking now (see 2 more examples below) but just can't stop. I'm like a kid with a new toy. Heck,  I AM a kid with a new toy! 

[paulastro]

Blimey, what a difference.  I just wished I understood what people were talking about  .

[Iainp]

Oh I'm very much bluffing Paul. I've just done a 50 iteration  Lucy-Richardson deconvolution using a Sigma of 1.3000 without a clue what any of that actually means 

[Stu]

Just now, Iainp said:

Oh I'm very much bluffing Paul. I've just done a 50 iteration  Lucy-Richardson deconvolution using a Sigma of 1.3000 without a clue what any of that actually means 

Iain, that sounds very much like me flapping around in the dark with IMPPG  

[Davey-T]

I did try to read up on LR ( is  that one or two people ? ) deconvolution to see what I was trying to do and why but got bogged down, did read a bit on Fast Fourier Transformation that made more sense

Dave

[Stub Mandrel]

The secret (I have gradually discovered) is to match the size and shape of the kernel to the blurring of the image (i.e. experiment a lot - sometimes the image gets worse, then better as you up the sliders, for example).

[Drop Of Sun]

Nice one Iain! I really like AstraImage - a lot of ways to do things, and not a lot of money.