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[ 103 ]information into account. From my tests, it seems the plug-in
works by finding high-contrast edges, and that works well on
images with subjects without detail and few blemishes; but less
well on others. To fix all defects that run across low-contrast
areas scarring different subjects, you need to crank up the
Detection Intensity a lot. That’s okay, but SRDx then starts to
find scratches where there are none, especially with images that
have small detail.
And here’s the catch: creating masks to ensure fixes are
applied in only the right spots takes up time, although probably
not as much as when you use Photoshop’s Healing Brush from
the start. I tried it on some badly damaged images and was
happy to have SRDx as a preparatory tool, but it can’t beat Photo-
shop’s healing brushes in terms of accuracy, or a scanner with an
IR channel. n“From my tests, it seems
the plug-in works by
finding high-contrast edges,
and that works well on
images with subjects without
detail and few blemishes;
but less well on others. “