case studies: carl saathoff

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Carl and his wife, Allison, are award-winning photographers. Among their state and national awards, they are recipients of the Fuji Masterpiece Award, the Best Electronic Image Award, Best High School Senior Portrait Award, Fuji's National Children's Portrait Award, the Judge's Choice Award and they've been named one of the Top Ten Professional Photographers in Indiana.

Their photography have been published in numerous books, magazines and other publications.

Their work has also been selected to be on display in the Professional Photographers of America's Showcase Collection and the International Loan Collection. www.portrayalstudios.com

case studies

A 50+ year old, battered, wallet size photo was brought to my photo studio by a client. With a full schedule that day, I quickly looked at it and told her I could do the restoration. I photographed the photo, downloaded it, and went on with my portrait sessions. A week later, when my schedule permitted, I pulled the photo up in Photoshop and was astounded to see that there were literally hundreds of cracks in the emulsion. There wasn't anywhere that was without cracks. I had no "clean" areas from which I could clone.

I knew that if I didn't find some "miracle" software to help me, I wasn't going to be able to uphold my word to my client. I researched all my favorite "review" sites, and decided Alien Skin's Image Doctor was my best shot at saving my own skin. I was pleasantly surprised to find a 30 day fully functional demo of your "Image Doctor" Photoshop plug-in on your web site. I immediately downloaded Image Doctor and watched one quick tutorial, then started the restoration process.

Below are the original and the restored photos. This was my first time to use Image Doctor. You can see the results. These before and after images ARE worth a thousand words.

Before becoming a full-time professional photographer, I spent 20 years in the computer industry. I have a fair understanding of the complexities of well designed software with an intuitive user interface. Image Doctor is an amazing piece of software that is easy to use, and somehow performs near miracles. Without it I could not have restored such a badly damaged photograph. Kudos to your software engineers.

Thank you for such an amazing product.
-Carl Saathoff

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