Is there any way to fix a shaky/slightly blurry digital picture???

[grumpymakesmehappy]

Please bear with me. I am completely digital and computer dumb. Looking back on some of my pictures I noticed that some of the pictures that other people snapped for us are slightly blurry or shaky. Is there any program to fix that? Is there something I can do to sharpen the images? Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[MarkBarbieri]

Not really. Exposure and white balance can be fixed (within reason). Blurry can't really be fixed. You can "sharpen" the picture, but that rarely helps. You can try something like Focus Magic, but I've never been impressed with the results.

 

[grumpymakesmehappy]

This is going to sound even sillier but how do I fix the exposure and white balance? Do I do that with some kind of program online? My camera is a Sony DSC-H5.

 

[boBQuincy]

Yes, maybe, sort of...

If the shake is in a consistent direction and magnitude there are digital filters that can correct the shake to some extent.

http://www.digitalphotofix.com/fix-blurry-digital-photos.html
was the first one found in a search for "digital blur filter".

 

[grumpymakesmehappy]

Yes, maybe, sort of...

If the shake is in a consistent direction and magnitude there are digital filters that can correct the shake to some extent.

http://www.digitalphotofix.com/fix-blurry-digital-photos.html
was the first one found in a search for "digital blur filter".

Thank you. I will definitely give it a try.

 

[elizke]

Actually I think Focus Magic can do a good job on certain pics, when you use it a certain way. You can download a trial and see if it works for you.

I use "conventional camera", not digital, and use a threshold method for the amount. (Use an eye or other well defined area for the preview box, start low and keep going up until it looks distorted, then go back down one or two.) I might use some noise reduction afterwards too.

It works best on slightly out of focus pics. Here's an example of a photo I used it for...
Before

After...

And here's another, showing before and after Focus Magic plus other work...