PainShop Pro Scripting - The Photo Script

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The Photo Script

2006-02-08, 12:25 am

Seems to work well in PSPX also.

TT

Tadjio wrote:
> Attached is a script that I have been developing and using for some time
> that I promised to share with others.
>
> The Photo Script is intended as a simple, easy to use, "one-step" script for
> Digital Photos and other Scanned Images. The way I use it is to run it
> against a photo that I am looking at and see whether it is "enhanced" or
> "improved" as a result. If not, I just undo the step (CTRL+Z).
>
> The script is written for PSP9 - I will follow this up with comments about
> its use with PSPX.
>
> There are 4 stages to the script, all with their minimal or default
> settings:-
> Automatic Contrast Enhancement
> Clarify
> Edge Preserving Smooth
> Sharpen
>
> The script is based on and derived from the work of others, especially Kris
> Zaklika (who wrote JASC's OneStepPhotoFix in PSP8), Simon Q Walden's
> CleanUpAct (which inspired me to start on this) and Eleanor T Culling's
> AutoFix and her more recent versions. I am also indebted to Porter Caldwell
> for his excellent and copious notes on his web-site www.CampRatty.com
>
> In addition to the above stages, these people included 2 others:-
> Automatic Colour Balance
> Automatic Saturation Enhancement
>
> I found in practice that these are almost always unnecessary with digital
> photos and "spoil" the colour so I eventually dropped them.
>
> Finally, I have also used UnSharpen Mask (USM) as the last stage but I
> decided to leave it out from this published script as its use can vary
> significantly.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Tadjio
>
>
>

bjeanneb

2006-02-08, 12:25 am

> Attached is a script that I have been developing and using for some time
> that I promised to share with others.

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> The script is based on and derived from the work of others, especially
> Kris Zaklika (who wrote JASC's OneStepPhotoFix in PSP8), Simon Q Walden's
> CleanUpAct (which inspired me to start on this) and Eleanor T Culling's
> AutoFix and her more recent versions. I am also indebted to Porter
> Caldwell for his excellent and copious notes on his web-site
> www.CampRatty.com

Porter is a "she."

Thank you very much for the script. I agree with some of your decisions
already and am anxious to try this procedure.

Jeanne

2006-02-08, 12:25 am

"TT" <ttraylor@starrtech.net> wrote in message news:43e4c4cf_3@cnews...
> Seems to work well in PSPX also.
>
> TT

I hope you mean "well" in PSPX.
Try running it on a photo in PSP9 and saving it, and again in PSPX.
How do the 2 results compare? Do you see any difference, even if only
minor?
[sorry about the typo before]

Do you like the results of my script when compared with the original?

Tadjio

2006-02-08, 12:25 am

I ran it in both 9 and X and the results were the same and I couldn't
see any difference between the two. The results were a big improvement
over the original. Of course I picked a photo that needed improvement
and it turned out very well.

TT

Tadjio wrote:
> "TT" <ttraylor@starrtech.net> wrote in message news:43e4c4cf_3@cnews...
>
>
> I hope you mean "well" in PSPX.
> Try running it on a photo in PSP9 and saving it, and again in PSPX.
> How do the 2 results compare? Do you see any difference, even if only
> minor?
> [sorry about the typo before]
>
> Do you like the results of my script when compared with the original?
>
> Tadjio
>
>
>

2006-02-08, 12:25 am

"TT" <ttraylor@starrtech.net> wrote in message news:43e57e94$1_1@cnews...
>I ran it in both 9 and X and the results were the same and I couldn't see
>any difference between the two. The results were a big improvement over
>the original. Of course I picked a photo that needed improvement and it
>turned out very well.
>
> TT

That's good to hear, thanks

Tadjio