Functions to speed up PP in object documentation photography

Here are some thoughts on functions to speed up PP in some object documentation situations. (CH work amongst others.)

I work with Phase One and Sony cameras. So, this is not intended as a COne CH functionality only. More a COne Pro thing.

Watching this springs launch of COnes portrait-oriented functions, combined with my own (since a few years) thoughts about useful functions in COne makes me now wright this proposal.

Starting with the tool you already have. AI subject/background masking.

Then using some of your latest AI tech within portrait PP, but here applying that tech to “simpler” tasks: Finding sensor dust, dirt from objects/tiny fragments from objects falling off and dirt marks and or pressure masks from objects standing on the “paper”. All this is to be retouched/removed on the background area only. The object left untouched. Compared to what you did within portraiture this must seem like a piece of cake. But if you only could imagine the time it would save people like me if it can be fully implemented.

A bit more on my choice of background material:

Object documentation up to about 1,5m background width is done on polypropylene production “paper” here. That “paper” is neutral and very clean in character, which contrasts nicely to often more textured and sometimes off-white CH objects. With flat art the polypropylene brightness is dead even light light grey. Three dimensional objects have more varying background brightness, going up to maximum brightness of about 250. Polypropylene used here is also flat/dead in character which perhaps might make these AI functions a tad easier to perform, compared to typical photo background rolls.

I can give you some RAW files for you to work/test functions on if there is interest.

Best regards Ulf