JPEG Repair Service

[DecA]

Jpeg Repair Shop is excellent

Fully agree.

And I also think that it is very good that there are different programs, that the user can choose what to use. Competition in the market forces developers to make software better.

[Arch Stanton]

There's 6 tools I am aware of that can be used for this type of repairs (corrupt data in JPEG image data). Apart from that I have seen a Russian lab showcase repaired JPEGs and a Pakistan lab I think in a FB video.

1 Jpgfix (hard to find so link: https://overquantum.livejournal.com/9832.html), but I never took the time to figure out how to use it.
2 Jpeg Repair Shop.
3 JpegMedic (looks really, really nice!).
4 repair-jpeg (really hard to find so link: https://directory.s2services.com/jpg-bmp.htm).
5 JPEG Recovery from hktech though in their latest update the editor disappeared.
6 And my own tool JPEG Repair Toolkit.

If you just need to repair damage due to a few bad sectors, which what this challenge is supposed to represent I think then Jpeg Repair Shop + something that offers content aware fill is all you need.

For the HDDGuru challenge I suppose only 3 tools will do: https://youtu.be/ukf0hBjZjzA

[Arch Stanton]

Online tools, Wondershare and Stellar are really only good for header type issues. As I ague in this video, they probably can not reason their way out of more complex issues: https://youtu.be/nMpdPEKIPLU. Probably they'll just extract the lower res embedded JPEG.

[terminator2]

Thanks a lot Arch , its indeed very much important information for them who are planning to buy these tools

[terminator2]

JPEGMEDIC is bit costly , though initial price is not too high ($69) , Its not having perpetual license so program will seize after 1 year and renewal will be needed.