Clean your film scans like magic.

Only pixels within the detected dust mask are modified — everything else is completely untouched. The dual-pass inpainting system preserves surrounding detail. On very grainy film stocks, inpainted spots may appear slightly smoother at 100% zoom, but this is invisible at normal viewing sizes and in prints.

No. DustMagic does not use AI or machine learning. It uses a deterministic, multi-stage process that runs entirely on your own machine and only ever uses your own image — nothing is invented, generated or borrowed from a training set. Every decision is repeatable and visible via the detection mask, so the result stays faithful to your scan. No cloud, no black box.

Positive slides, colour negatives, and Kodachrome. The polarity setting lets you switch between dark defects (slides) and bright defects (negatives). It's optimised for the specific characteristics of surface dust and fibres on scanned film.

Yes, both. DustMagic was purpose-built for DSLR/mirrorless camera scanning but works equally well with output from dedicated film scanners where dust has been captured. No infrared channel required. Supports both positive slides (dark dust) and negatives (bright dust) with polarity-aware detection.

JPEG, TIFF (8-bit and 16-bit), PNG, and BMP. Exported in the same format and quality as the original. Originals are never modified.

Yes. The free trial lets you load and process up to 50 unique images with all features enabled at full resolution. You can re-run the same images as many times as you like with different settings — re-runs do not consume any extra trial allowance. The trial ends when you load image 51, at which point you will need to purchase a Licence to continue. No credit card required, no time limit, no watermark, and the trial does not auto-convert into a paid plan.

100 images in approximately 3 minutes* on a modern 6-core CPU. 1,000 images in around 30 minutes. Speed depends on image resolution, detection settings, CPU cores, and available RAM. No GPU required — runs on any modern multi-core processor.

Your licence is valid for 12 months from purchase and includes unlimited batch processing. All product updates are included while your licence is active, so you're always on the latest version. When it expires, you can still use DustMagic for single image-by-image processing — batch folder processing is disabled until you renew. No auto-renewal — you decide each year.

DustMagic doesn't stop working. You can still open the app and process images one at a time — the batch folder processing feature is simply disabled until you renew. Your settings, presets, and previous work are unaffected.

Each licence includes 1 device activation. If you switch machines, you can deactivate your current device from the app settings and activate on a new one.

Only for initial activation and licence verification. After that, DustMagic runs entirely offline on your CPU. Your images never leave your computer. No cloud processing, no uploads, no data collection.