New in Focus Magic 6.00d (Feb 9, 2023)
- Improvements That Have Been Made:
- Another two and a half man-years of research and development has been put by our developers into creating Version 6 which is now available for Windows. The Mac version is still under construction. The main differences are:
- The New Focusing Algorithm Produces a Cleaner Output:
- For the Focusing filter, Focus Magic now uses pattern matching rather than deconvolution (maths) to undo the blur of a photo. This produces a cleaner and more natural looking output which has fewer artefacts (distortions). The Motion Blur algorithm is the same as Version 5. If you want to run the old Version 5 logic then you can do that as an advanced option by Ctrl-clicking under the “Remove Noise” control.
- A New Filter "Auto-Focus" Has Been Added:
- With “Auto-Focus”, you can sharpen an image without having to determine the Blur Width first. The output quality is usually a little less, but it is “Hands Free” and will do a good job with most moderately blurred photos.
- The Increase Resolution Filter has been Improved Substantially And Is New For the Photoshop Plugin:
- You can now increase the resolution of an image either X2 (200%) or X4 (400%). Where before this filter was only available to the Windows stand-alone program, it is now also available to the Photoshop plugin.
- It now has an option of dealing with “halos” which are a side effect of in-camera sharpening.