Question BackscatterXterminator (BSXT)

[rmorgan]

Here are a couple of before-and-after pairs. I didn't do any cleanup after running the plugin. In the black coral pair, some of the sweepers were pulled out by the "XTerminator"-a hard image for it, for obvious reasons; I'll definitely need to work out the layering method, which allows painting back in where too much was taken out. On the table coral, to my eye, it did an excellent job. I put them here due to size limitations.
Test - Rick Morgan

 

[BoltSnap]

Here are a couple of before-and-after pairs. I didn't do any cleanup after running the plugin. In the black coral pair, some of the sweepers were pulled out by the "XTerminator"-a hard image for it, for obvious reasons; I'll definitely need to work out the layering method, which allows painting back in where too much was taken out. On the table coral, to my eye, it did an excellent job. I put them here due to size limitations.
Test - Rick Morgan

In the second picture with the yellow fish, I didn't see any difference between the before and after. They looked to be the same.

 

[David Haas]

Rick,

The diver photo and first small silver fish shots seem to have the best result. For Adobe enthusiasts this will likely save a ton of post processing work.

I'm surprised the astral application wasn't found and adapted sooner although in Erin's presentations and interview on Alex Mustard's The Underwater Photography Show on YouTube she says it took a couple years fine tuning it with the two incredible developers

In the end, go for it if you're a post processing fan ! I'm a lazy "get whatever I care to click" and not an Adobe user

Dang angelfish stirring up the bottom! LOL.......

David Haas

 

[Nemrod]

You're not wrong, but on a deep offshore tech dive with like a 25 minute bottom time while riding a scooter in strong currents and staying with your buddy you don't always have luxury of applying proper technique. Sometimes you can only hit the shutter for a quick snapshot and keep moving. That's the reality of UW photography for some of us.

With you on that. I am so tired of people trying to get me to look at blue pictures of something too far away full of specs taken by a GoPro on a stick or an equally bane video of something that is also blue, blurry and boring. If it came from a GoPro I would as soon not look at it. Same for cell phones, bane blue video free zone here.

Some processing software is a good thing for folks who can use it, I am with David Haas, I just shoot like I was still loaded with 36 exposures film and try to get it right. Of course I rarely do and I am a post processing idiot and cheap so there is that. Oh, and also lazy.

I would like to use such a program if I could get PS without paying a subscription.

 

[MaxBottomtime]

I would like to use such a program if I could get PS without paying a subscription.

Photoshop without a subscription.
I bought each version of Photoshop that I used from them.

 

[BoltSnap]

Photoshop without a subscription.
I bought each version of Photoshop that I used from them.

All the products they list are subscription based.

 

[MaxBottomtime]

You're correct. I just noticed that. I've never bought a version of Photoshop that required a subscription.
Try this Non-subscription Photoshop

 

[BoltSnap]

You're correct. I just noticed that. I've never bought a version of Photoshop that required a subscription.
Try this No subscription Photoshop

It wouldn't let me go there because I am in Libya. I'll use a VPN to access it.

Thank you.

 

[Barryattle]

Interesting, I had not heard of this. The link above is just to versions of PS Elements and the website says any version of Photoshop CC is required - so probably not Elements, or my version 5.5 of Photoshop, the last non-subscription version.

 

[Nick_Radov]

You're correct. I just noticed that. I've never bought a version of Photoshop that required a subscription.
Try this Non-subscription Photoshop

That's not Photoshop, it's Photoshop Elements. It's a different product. I don't think it will work with BSXT?