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Renovation of a photograph
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My elderly sister managed to send me a photograph today of our grandfather. It was taken before he was killed during the first World War. Here is a copy of same:- https://imgur.com/a/7XRdW How best can the image be improved? -- David B. |
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On 01/21/2018 01:10 PM, David B. wrote:
Hi My elderly sister managed to send me a photograph today of our grandfather. It was taken before he was killed during the first World War. Here is a copy of same:-Â* https://imgur.com/a/7XRdW How best can the image be improved? First, scan it with a flatbed scanner rather than photographing it, so you won't have the shadows. Second, those creases may show up less depending on which way you turn the photo in the scanner, so try four scans rotating the photo a quarter-turn for each one. Pick the best. Third, I've seen much worse photos than this one. You are lucky to have one that has held up so well. Convert it to black and white, increase the contrast just a bit, and use cloning to get rid of the creases. Or just leave it as is- it's an old photo, let it look old. Finally, make (or have made) good quality prints for both you and your sister. Go to an art supply store and get a low-acid envelope (or other container) for the original, and store it someplace safe for your grandchildren. -- Ken Hart |
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On 01/21/2018 03:30 PM, Ken Hart wrote:
On 01/21/2018 01:10 PM, David B. wrote: Hi My elderly sister managed to send me a photograph today of our grandfather. It was taken before he was killed during the first World War. Here is a copy of same:-Â* https://imgur.com/a/7XRdW How best can the image be improved? First, scan it with a flatbed scanner rather than photographing it, so you won't have the shadows. Second, those creases may show up less depending on which way you turn the photo in the scanner, so try four scans rotating the photo a quarter-turn for each one. Pick the best. Third, I've seen much worse photos than this one. You are lucky to have one that has held up so well. Convert it to black and white, increase the contrast just a bit, and use cloning to get rid of the creases. Or just leave it as is- it's an old photo, let it look old. Finally, make (or have made) good quality prints for both you and your sister. Go to an art supply store and get a low-acid envelope (or other container) for the original, and store it someplace safe for your grandchildren. Excellent advice. I agree. Fix it up a bit perhaps but do not over-do it. Some imperfections will help show the age. Were I doing it, I'd increase the contrast a bit and reduce the creases and that would be about it. |
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On 01/21/2018 03:30 PM, Ken Hart wrote: On 01/21/2018 01:10 PM, David B. wrote: Hi My elderly sister managed to send me a photograph today of our grandfather. It was taken before he was killed during the first World War. Here is a copy of same:-* https://imgur.com/a/7XRdW snip Were I doing it, I'd increase the contrast a bit and reduce the creases and that would be about it. Just wondering if there is a way to make the detail in the photo more visible besides increasing the contrast. Some fancy image processibg, not sure if that exists. By the way, seems that the lens which was used to take this photo wasn't of very high quality. Or perhaps it's the combination of the lens and the printing process which further reduced the detail. -- Alfred Molon Olympus E-series DSLRs and micro 4/3 forum at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyOlympus/ http://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site |
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On 1/21/18 5:54 PM, Alfred Molon wrote:
In article , philo says... On 01/21/2018 03:30 PM, Ken Hart wrote: On 01/21/2018 01:10 PM, David B. wrote: Hi My elderly sister managed to send me a photograph today of our grandfather. It was taken before he was killed during the first World War. Here is a copy of same:- https://imgur.com/a/7XRdW snip Were I doing it, I'd increase the contrast a bit and reduce the creases and that would be about it. Just wondering if there is a way to make the detail in the photo more visible besides increasing the contrast. Some fancy image processibg, not sure if that exists. image stability varies according to conditions, for instance, if you knew the cycle of temperature, humidity, and light exposure, you might be able to back out the keeping if you had an original palette of the media and a palette of the media following the same keeping conditions might be a good invention to keep a small palette on an image and original palette color data just for this purpose next best thing would be some tuning "dials" from the media manufacturer derived from typical keeping conditions I might be coming at this from too much of an idealist point of view, the "dials" might not have to be so specific to a media, just figure out which "dials" fit best for ... stain, fade, etc. hard to back out stain without selecting specific sections of an image, hard to figure out what was somewhere when there was fade ... By the way, seems that the lens which was used to take this photo wasn't of very high quality. Or perhaps it's the combination of the lens and the printing process which further reduced the detail. -- Not a professional opinion unless specified. dale - http://www.dalekelly.org/ |
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On 21/01/2018 22:43, philo wrote:
On 01/21/2018 03:30 PM, Ken Hart wrote: On 01/21/2018 01:10 PM, David B. wrote: Hi My elderly sister managed to send me a photograph today of our grandfather. It was taken before he was killed during the first World War. Here is a copy of same:-Â* https://imgur.com/a/7XRdW How best can the image be improved? First, scan it with a flatbed scanner rather than photographing it, so you won't have the shadows. Second, those creases may show up less depending on which way you turn the photo in the scanner, so try four scans rotating the photo a quarter-turn for each one. Pick the best. Third, I've seen much worse photos than this one. You are lucky to have one that has held up so well. Convert it to black and white, increase the contrast just a bit, and use cloning to get rid of the creases. Or just leave it as is- it's an old photo, let it look old. Finally, make (or have made) good quality prints for both you and your sister. Go to an art supply store and get a low-acid envelope (or other container) for the original, and store it someplace safe for your grandchildren. Excellent advice. I agree. Fix it up a bit perhaps but do not over-do it. Some imperfections will help show the age. Were I doing it, I'd increase the contrast a bit and reduce the creases and that would be about it. It's good to read that you are in agreement with Ken! :-) You have my permission to play with the image I've already posted should you wish to do so. -- David B. |
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On Jan 21, 2018, Ken Hart wrote
(in article ): On 01/21/2018 01:10 PM, David B. wrote: Hi My elderly sister managed to send me a photograph today of our grandfather. It was taken before he was killed during the first World War. Here is a copy of same:- https://imgur.com/a/7XRdW How best can the image be improved? First, scan it with a flatbed scanner rather than photographing it, so you won't have the shadows. Second, those creases may show up less depending on which way you turn the photo in the scanner, so try four scans rotating the photo a quarter-turn for each one. Pick the best. Third, I've seen much worse photos than this one. You are lucky to have one that has held up so well. Convert it to black and white, increase the contrast just a bit, and use cloning to get rid of the creases. Or just leave it as is- it's an old photo, let it look old. Finally, make (or have made) good quality prints for both you and your sister. Go to an art supply store and get a low-acid envelope (or other container) for the original, and store it someplace safe for your grandchildren. Here is a fix from a flatbed scan. The big caveat is to be patient and meticulous with all the correction work in PS, and use layers. Original scan with fix: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jsx3yqdarmf39js/screenshot_275.png Fix without matte: https://www.dropbox.com/s/uoci40wrucsolgl/E-05AACV1440.jpg Fix with matte: https://www.dropbox.com/s/yjkbwdw0xg71x0b/E-05AACV1200.jpg -- Regards, Savageduck |
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In article , Ken Hart
wrote: Second, those creases may show up less depending on which way you turn the photo in the scanner, so try four scans rotating the photo a quarter-turn for each one. Pick the best. even if that did make a difference (it won't), only two orientations would be needed. |
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On 21/01/2018 21:30, Ken Hart wrote:
On 01/21/2018 01:10 PM, David B. wrote: Hi My elderly sister managed to send me a photograph today of our grandfather. It was taken before he was killed during the first World War. Here is a copy of same:-Â* https://imgur.com/a/7XRdW How best can the image be improved? First, scan it with a flatbed scanner rather than photographing it, so you won't have the shadows. Second, those creases may show up less depending on which way you turn the photo in the scanner, so try four scans rotating the photo a quarter-turn for each one. Pick the best. Third, I've seen much worse photos than this one. You are lucky to have one that has held up so well. Convert it to black and white, increase the contrast just a bit, and use cloning to get rid of the creases. Or just leave it as is- it's an old photo, let it look old. Finally, make (or have made) good quality prints for both you and your sister. Go to an art supply store and get a low-acid envelope (or other container) for the original, and store it someplace safe for your grandchildren. I appreciate your comments, Ken. Thanks. :-) |
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Renovation of a photograph
On 2018-01-21 18:10:00 +0000, David B. said:
Hi My elderly sister managed to send me a photograph today of our grandfather. It was taken before he was killed during the first World War. Here is a copy of same:- https://imgur.com/a/7XRdW How best can the image be improved? I'm soo sorry for your loss! You're with no doubt a troll and that file is useless! But you could try the free version off Fotor Photo Editor provided that you could get a better scan of the original. It seems to have some useless features. Report back to the group and let us know how it goes... https://itunes.apple.com/se/app/foto...729?l=en&mt=12 -- teleportation kills |
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