Blurred pics...

Hey guys, I'm a total newb at post-processing and editing, so I really need your help. I have over 700 pictures that I took over 10 days in italy with alot of my friends and it was awesome. unfortunately, at least 50 of them came out blurry. Is there any way to get a sharpened pic? I tried sharpening it in irfanview but it looks rediculously bad. I was curious if you guys knew how to get the detail back, it it's possible. Thanks.

sincerely,
a newb

It's very difficult to do anything about photos that are blurry. In photoshop try the unsharp mask at 500%, 2, and 2, that sometimes helps.

Post a couple so we can see how bad the blur is. Post processing can do wonders but has its limits.

They'll look best printed at 4X6", after sharpening, too.

Some shadow adjustment might bring out some detail in the first two. I agree that they'll look better at 4X6 after some sharpening. It looks like the shutter speed was probably too slow, so improvements are likely to be incremental.

This will have nothing to do with repairs, but for future reference, you may want to know what I'm reading from the clues that I see in the pictures.

In #3, there is no camera info (EXIF). What I see in the picture is that throughout that picture there are two images and they are out of register by the same amount all over. So, it looks like a strong flash was used coupled with a slow shutter speed, thus creating two separate images that appear as if they were taken a small fraction of a second apart. That same appearance "could" have been caused by simple movement of the camera in the middle of a long exposure.

In pictures #1 and #2, there is little mystery about what happened because the shutter speeds were 1/8 sec and 1 sec, respectively. It is virtually impossible to avoid camera movement with such slow shutter speeds. On each of those two pictures the nature of the blur looks to be due to camera movement, but it is not certain, since I cannot see any actual streaking that would indicate a direction of movement. So, it could have been just totally out of focus in both cases. If I had to guess, I would bet on movement, because even with all the focus problems one has in low light level protograhpy, it would be difficult to be that far off in focus.

OK, these may not be PERFECT - the best way to get sharp shots is to take sharp shots to begin with. BUT, I have long recommended FOCUS MAGIC as the best sharpening tool, especially for recovery of botched shots.

Let me know what you think.

Rad

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Wow! That's a rather impressive program. I'll definitely be keeping my eye on it. Thanks for mentioning it.

woooow. thank you SO much. i will definately try that program out. and if u dont mind..im keeping these sharpened ones!