What to do when your scanner has no infrared channel — a practical workflow for removing scratches and dust from DSLR-scanned colour film, plus honest guidance for silver B&W and Kodachrome where automated tools don’t apply.

DustMagic in three minutes — system requirements, install steps for Windows and Mac, first launch, and what comes next.

The fastest path from a folder of scans to a folder of cleaned files: Import Folder, set Film Type, review with the view modes, click Process Batch.

Install the bundled Lightroom Classic plugin from Help → Lightroom Integration. Photoshop and Capture One workflows use TIFF round-tripping.

Trial, free single-image mode, and the $49/year licence that unlocks batch processing — plus activation, renewal, and troubleshooting.

Conservative and Balanced built-ins plus your own saved profiles. Snapshot every detection setting and recall it in one click.

The five DustMagic view modes — Original, Detection Overlay, Mask Only, Inpainted, and Split View — and how to use them while tuning a folder.

Quick reference to every control in DustMagic — Profiles, Film Type, Defect Size, Sensitivity, Advanced Settings, and Detection Resolution.

Install the bundled Lightroom Classic plugin from inside DustMagic, then send photos for cleaning straight from Lightroom’s Plug-in Extras menu.

Use DustMagic alongside Photoshop and Capture One via TIFF round-tripping — flat files in, cleaned files back into your editing tool of choice.