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New plugin idea: satellite & aircraft removal?

Started by ivanong, 05/10/2005 07:32PM
Posted 05/10/2005 07:32PM | Edited 05/10/2005 07:37PM Opening Post
Does this exist?
A plug-in for Photoshop or MaxIm to automatically remove satellite and aircraft trails. You define the start point and the end point, and the algorithm does the rest. That would be great.

Ivan
Posted 05/11/2005 03:59AM #1
Um....I may be way off base - but wouldn't an ordinary scratch removal tool do that job?

-Kevin

Kevin in Indy 8)
Posted 05/11/2005 04:15AM #2
Hello:
A friend of mines uses the clone stamp tool in Photoshop to do this sort of thing. If the satellite trail is across an empty star field, it's very hard to see that anything was done.
At some point, the photo is completely ruined by the light from the plane. I've been told that the B-52's used to fly over Palomar since it was a landmark (very high radar visibility) for approach to a nearby Air Force base. This meant that some of the long exposure Schmidt plates would be ruined when a B-52 pass through the field of view of the scope. Eventually, the Air Force was convinced to change the approach pattern for the sake of the observatory.

Cheers
Mike Connelley