We alway laugh when the entertainment industry (TV and movies mostly) whip out the “enhance” and “zoom” magic on digital images. Typically the setting is some sort of forensic or investigative use (CSI is a big offender)–you know the scene. The investigator asks the geek running the computer to zoom in on a particular portion of the image. That portion either magically focuses, or the investigator will ask the geek to “enhance” the image. Somehow you end up with a crystal clear look at the killer’s face or some crucial piece of evidence.
Except it *doesn’t work that way*! Not in real life. Or at least that what I thought…
Now I’ve found the software that everyone must be using, and it’s called (appropriately enough) “Focus Magic”:http://www.focusmagic.com/index.htm . While this software probably represents cutting edge in enhancing the focus of an image, it’s still not the crytal clear images you see in the movies. Still it’s interesting to see how smart software has gotten at filling in the missing info required to create a sharper image.
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