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begoodman@delphi.com wrote:
> 
> I have recently inherited a number of photos, ranging in age from
> 20 to 100 years old, of my family. Since these photos are priceless,
> I am trying to digitize them so that I can have them on disk for
> archival reasons.
> 
> I have experimented with using a VIDI-24 Framegrabber, however, the
> quality of the scan is not as high as I want. I have also experimented
> with a flatbed scanner at a local photocopy store, which gave me the
> quality, but it is expensive. In either case, I find that due to
> peculiarities in the photos, considerable touch-up is required.
> 
> I am looking for some sort of image processor software which will
> allow me to touch up those photos, at a reasonable cost. It must be
> friendly for a novice, reasonably powerful, and CyberGraphx compatible.
> I have looked at Studio II, GFXLAB, and a couple of others, however,
> none of them seem to fit my needs. I have PhotoGenics Lite, which was
> included with my CV64, however, the Lite version seems to have some
> substantial problems with it (does not release memory, does not
> support virtual memory, is a memory-hog, and gurus).
> 
> I was looking over an issue of Amazing Amiga (1994) the other day,
> and they had a review of ImageFX, ADPro, and ImageMaster in it. Of all
> of them, Imagemaster seemed to be the most cost-effective. However,
> I would like opinions on any/all Image processing/Paint programs before
> I go much further.
> 
> So, what I want, is opinions of solutions to my problem, which are
> cost-effective and powerful enough to get the job done.

Imagemaster is an excellent program for the photo touchup but does not 
support Cybergraphics. I use it with the opal board. ImageFX does work 
with cyber and is also perfect for your needs, but it is around $200 as 
opposed to $69 for Imagemaster. Photogenics is in-between those prices 
and also works with Cybergraphics, though it does not have anywhere near 
the features of ImageFX, it should be sufficient for simple 
photo-retouching. Any of the three, will require much ram (ImageFX does 
support virtual memory) for 24-bit 2400dpi scanning of photographs.