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C-47A slide from 1979 scanned and processed in Topaz AI

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C-47A slide from 1979 scanned and processed in Topaz AI

Post by xkekeith » Sun Feb 02, 2025 8:37 am

In July 1979 I photographed an ex Moroccan AF C-47A passing through Southend, not that unusual in those days so I only took one photo with my precious expensive Kodak 64 slide film. Unfortunately on processing I discovered it had suffered shutter shake and produced an image that was unusable !

ImageN54608 C-47A ex Morrocan AF 42-92136 by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

Fast forward 46 years and I processed a scan of the original image with Topaz AI, I am still learning how to use it but the quick result is a much improve image:

ImageN54608 C-47A ex Moroccan AF 92136 by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

Topaz AI is not cheap but worth considering if you want to recover some old scans....

The C-47A N54608 was ex Moroccan AF 92136 with previous US service 42-92136 / RAF FL544 and BOAC / BEA / Cambrian G-AGIP
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Re: C-47A slide from 1979 scanned and processed in Topaz AI

Post by Punkrunner62 » Sun Feb 02, 2025 11:17 am

Great result, you would think it was a totally different image.
Cheers.

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Re: C-47A slide from 1979 scanned and processed in Topaz AI

Post by Basilisk » Mon Feb 03, 2025 3:29 am

Great outcome. Did you use Super focus BETA or one of the other AI sharpen models?

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Re: C-47A slide from 1979 scanned and processed in Topaz AI

Post by Supra » Mon Feb 03, 2025 2:22 pm

Stunning improvement! Well done in getting that enhanced IQ from the at best fuzzy original. :thumb:
If you're willing to say, how long did you work on that one image to retrieve it?

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Re: C-47A slide from 1979 scanned and processed in Topaz AI

Post by xkekeith » Mon Feb 03, 2025 7:21 pm

Supra wrote:
Mon Feb 03, 2025 2:22 pm
Stunning improvement! Well done in getting that enhanced IQ from the at best fuzzy original. :thumb:
If you're willing to say, how long did you work on that one image to retrieve it?
I was playing with the software for about 20 minutes, a bit of trial & error, and have not yet looked at any of the training videos provided !
Hopefully once I’ve actually taken the trouble to do some training I might improve the end result…….
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Re: C-47A slide from 1979 scanned and processed in Topaz AI

Post by Supra » Tue Feb 04, 2025 5:04 pm

Excellent result & very reasonable timescale for the enhancement. I'm sure that time taken will reduce dramatically with practice. :)

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