Kodak's Digital ROC and Digital SHO plugins

Has anyone tried these plugins with Photoshop? Are they worth the price?

Thanks,
Robert

I've used the Digital ROC with good success. I scanned a number of family photos (negatives, slides and prints) that had faded and/or developed color casts. It works on about 90% of the issues I had to deal with.

If you're in the same situation, I'd recommend it.

As to Digital SHO, if you're using Photoshop CS (highly recommended if you do a lot of digital photography/imaging), then the highlight/shadow feature does the same. Haven't used this one (as I have Photoshop CS), but several friends report good results under PS 7.

Thanks for your reply.

Do you know how Digital ROC actually operates on images? In my testing, I've noticed no abberations (blank spots) in the histogram after using it. I have to assume that it does things that levels, curves and hue/saturation cannot do.

-Robert

"No Where Man" wrote in message

I've used the Digital ROC with good success. I scanned a number of family photos (negatives, slides and prints) that had faded and/or developed

color

casts. It works on about 90% of the issues I had to deal with.
If you're in the same situation, I'd recommend it.

As to Digital SHO, if you're using Photoshop CS (highly recommended if you do a lot of digital photography/imaging), then the highlight/shadow

feature

does the same. Haven't used this one (as I have Photoshop CS), but

several

friends report good results under PS 7.

From my reading, it basically analyzes images for certain color casts, contrast, etc. and makes the appropriate adjustments. All of this can be done using levels, curves, etc., but this plugin simply does all of the adjustments w/o opening up levels, curves, etc.

You can use levels, curves, etc to achieve the same result, but this plug in just does it for you - i.e. less pain and frustration.

Folks,

don't know where you are located but there's a great article on how roc and gem and ice etc work in the Summer 2004 edition of Better Photography (Australia).

Regards

Don from Down Under
"Robert A" wrote in message

Thanks for your reply.

Do you know how Digital ROC actually operates on images? In my testing, I've noticed no abberations (blank spots) in the histogram after using it. I have to assume that it does things that levels, curves and

hue/saturation

cannot do.

-Robert

"No Where Man" wrote in message

I've used the Digital ROC with good success. I scanned a number of

family

photos (negatives, slides and prints) that had faded and/or developed

color

casts. It works on about 90% of the issues I had to deal with.
If you're in the same situation, I'd recommend it.

As to Digital SHO, if you're using Photoshop CS (highly recommended if

you

do a lot of digital photography/imaging), then the highlight/shadow

feature

does the same. Haven't used this one (as I have Photoshop CS), but

several

friends report good results under PS 7.

Don - do you have a link to their website (Better Photography)?

Thanx

Robert A wrote:

Thanks for your reply.

Do you know how Digital ROC actually operates on images?

http://community.webshots.com/photo/42670345/42670526IIeqQz

Uni

In my testing,

I've noticed no abberations (blank spots) in the histogram after using it. I have to assume that it does things that levels, curves and hue/saturation cannot do.

-Robert

"No Where Man" wrote in message

I've used the Digital ROC with good success. I scanned a number of family photos (negatives, slides and prints) that had faded and/or developed

color

casts. It works on about 90% of the issues I had to deal with.
If you're in the same situation, I'd recommend it.

As to Digital SHO, if you're using Photoshop CS (highly recommended if you do a lot of digital photography/imaging), then the highlight/shadow

feature

does the same. Haven't used this one (as I have Photoshop CS), but

several

friends report good results under PS 7.