Defect restoration

GrainMend

GrainMend RGB is an independently developed software method that detects and restores dust, pinholes, scratches, and emulsion damage without an infrared channel.

GrainMend RGB

GrainMend RGB Defect Restoration

Guided, Brush and Auto all run locally on the Mac. Processing time depends on image size, the selected area and the Mac.

After GrainMend — the same film scan with the dust and scratches repaired

Before GrainMend — a film scan with dust and scratches still on it

Before After

negaflow warns you when false detections become likely.

Auto

Finds and restores defects across the photograph.

Guided

Finds defects inside an area you specify.

Brush

Paints the area to restore directly.

Clone Stamp

Copies pixels from a selected source to another location.

Detection from the RGB image

GrainMend RGB finds defect candidates without an infrared channel. Complex patterns can produce false detections, so the mask and restored result remain reviewable.

Review and correct it yourself

Inspect the detection mask and restored result yourself, then correct the affected area as needed.

Non-destructive layers

Each GrainMend RGB layer can be adjusted in strength, inspected as a mask, disabled, or deleted separately.

False-detection warning

GrainMend alerts the user when false-detected areas are likely to occur.

GrainMend IR

GrainMend IR is an optional path when the scanner plugin provides an infrared channel. Its detection result is added to the same edit history as GrainMend RGB.

GrainMend RGB is an independently developed software method, separate from hardware infrared cleaning. GrainMend IR uses the scanner’s infrared channel; it is not an implementation or compatibility mode of Digital ICE, iSRD, or SRDx.