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browj2 wrote on 11/9/2018, 1:01 PM

Hi,

We went through this a couple of years ago. You may find some tips in this thread:

https://www.magix.info/us/forum/hdr-and-other-effects-for-photos--1162994/#ca1222544

I was sure that I had seen a plugin for this, but it may have been with another video editor or photo program.

I have Pixelan FilmTouch Pro 2.0 and I asked how to do this. Here is the reply:

"Haze reduces contrast and saturation and any of the FilmTouch contrast-related controls can be used to reduce haze. The attached "ho.jpg" is the original image, in h1 "Mid Contrast" and "Gamma" controls are used, h2 uses Gain/Offset controls. Some blending modes in Diffusion section also enhance contrast and saturation and can be used with a Blur 0% to reduce minor haze (alone or together with above controls) like in h3. And if the haze is stronger in the upper half of the frame "Vignette" section allow a stronger correction there (h4). The corresponding  FilmTouch Pro presets are attached, you can put the presets in
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Pixelan\Masters\Effects\FilmTouch 2.0 Pro\--My Favorites

-- and open via FilmTouch's EffectsBrowser OR Alt-click "Click here to load a preset..." button an open from anywhere."

Thus you can try increasing contrast and saturation, maybe play with the Gamma controls in MEP, add some sharpening.

Maybe someone else has some ideas.

John CB

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browj2 wrote on 11/9/2018, 1:29 PM

Here is more.

If you have NewBlue ColorFast 2, you can try playing with it plus the other effects that I mentioned.

Here is a link to the Vegas Forum discussing the same thing. See the second page. The final result is quite stunning.

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/dehaze-plug-in-for-svp-alternative-method--104230/?page=1

John CB

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Desktop System - Windows 10 Pro 22H2; MB ROG STRIX B560-A Gaming WiFi; Graphics Card Zotac Gaming NVIDIA GeForce RTX-3060, PS; Power supply EVGA 750W; Intel Core i7-10700K @ 3.80GHz (UHD Graphics 630); RAM 32 GB; OS on Kingston SSD 1TB; secondary WD 2TB; others 1.5TB, 3TB, 500GB, 4TB, 5TB, 6TB, 8TB; three monitors - HP 25" main, LG 4K 27" second, HP 27" third; Casio WK-225 piano keyboard; M-Audio M-Track USB mixer.

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