[sane-devel] Dust removal software?

[John]

>     J> Have a look at GREYCstoration
>
>     J> 	http://www.greyc.ensicaen.fr/~dtschump/greycstoration/
>
>     J> This can be used to remove dust and scratches, using the
>     J> (inverted) IR scan as a mask with the 'inpaint' function.
>
> Thanks for the pointer, it looks very interesting although it didn't
> work for me on the first try.
>
> Regards,
>
> Milan Zamazal

One point to note is that for the mask it only uses pure white, it ignores any 
shades of grey, so after inverting the IR scan you have to use the 
Colours>Threshold tool in the GIMP to force the bright bits to white.

There is also a -dilate option that will grow the mask a bit.

John