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The only problem with using a filter like that found in scanner software is
that what they use is actually a Gaussian blur (unless things have changed
since I last looked), same as in Photoshop. Great for photos, lousy for
screen captures.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Max Wyss [mailto:prodok -at- prodok -dot- ch]
>
> It is absolutely a solution. However, it may not be automatizable in
> such a way that it would work for a bigger number of images. On the
> other hand, I am not quite sure if there isn't a or a group of
> Photoshp filters which would take care of such patterns. There are
> some scanner software which does actually get rid of screens (which
> is not that far different from patterns).