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PhotoAcute SW for 1280x960 picture shots

5 replies · 2,411 views · Started 25 May 2004

Hi,
Not sure if anyone has covered this before (ie. cannot find thread). If this had been covered, admin pls close thread.

The SW's site with link to user guide:

http://www.photoacute.com

Check out the differences with these pics I took of a magazine cover (text is the toughest to capture) with my 6600 (8 snapshots, JPEG compression level 1):

Standard:

http://img50.photobucket.com/albums/v154/Vampish/Nokia%206600%20Photos/image49_std0.jpg

With PhotoAcute:

http://img50.photobucket.com/albums/v154/Vampish/Nokia%206600%20Photos/image49.jpg

Apart from 1280 x 960 size, you can tell the edges and words are a lot sharper and more readible. And for colour shades, you can compare the difference between the word "Stuff" on top. The PhotoAcute-processed image is a lot richer and has minimal noise. Obviously this is not a case of just "Re-sizing" as the quality is a lot better.

Only catch is the 2 minutes required for post processing.

Anyone else tried this SW before?

😊

I did try it..
Well first of all, you need to stand verrryyyyy stilll and make a photo of static scene... didn't work for me, even with static scenes my hand moves around a bit and image was rather looking blured instead sharp.
And the post processing time is ridiculous...

It's a fine idea but current cameras make pictures way too slow (no chances of getting such a long still scene most of the time) and postprocessing time is way out of bounds

MirekCz wrote:I did try it..
Well first of all, you need to stand verrryyyyy stilll and make a photo of static scene... didn't work for me, even with static scenes my hand moves around a bit and image was rather looking blured instead sharp.
And the post processing time is ridiculous...

It's a fine idea but current cameras make pictures way too slow (no chances of getting such a long still scene most of the time) and postprocessing time is way out of bounds


This is far and away the most annoying thing about digital cameras. 😡

Dieter wrote:These links do not work (at least for me). Could someone please help?

Sorry... amended the links.... pls try again.

Vamp wrote:Sorry... amended the links.... pls try again.

Now the links work. Thank you!

I am impressed. Photoacute really adds detail to the pic. Its much better than a resized/resampled pic, even using the best resizing methods. I tried (free) IrfanView which has varies resize methods, even quite sophisticated ones.

Nice software. (BTW:I am waiting for a UIQ version.)