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Pernod
Joined: 15 Sep 2009
Posts: 5
Location: Derbyshire England
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 Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 1:17 pm Post subject: Old newspaper photo restoration? |
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I have obtained a photo of my father from the local paper. It was in the paper in 1958.
I have scanned it and tried to blow up slightly but there a lots of dots.
I have tried to photograph the photo and this did not work either.
I have been to the local library and managed to get hold of the same picture from microfilche. This is quite clear but has lots of lines going through it.
Can anyone help please? Is it a scanning resolution problem?
The pictures from the Microfilch can be blown up quite well.
Thanks in anticipation
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hawkeye
Joined: 14 May 2009
Posts: 2377
Location: Mesa, Az
OS: Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
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| Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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Check your scanner software, most have a desreening setting that will help remove the halftone pattern. |
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Pernod
Joined: 15 Sep 2009
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Location: Derbyshire England
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| Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 1:49 pm Post subject: |
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| hawkeye wrote: | | Check your scanner software, most have a desreening setting that will help remove the halftone pattern. |
Thank you for your reply.
I am a novice but have rescanned and looked for something that mentions half tones, and have not found anything.
I have a canoscan 4400f |
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hawkeye
Joined: 14 May 2009
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| Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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Check under descreening. |
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Pernod
Joined: 15 Sep 2009
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Location: Derbyshire England
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| Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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| hawkeye wrote: | | Check under descreening. |
I have found the descreening but it is either on or off! Nothing about, half tones? Tried on and off but nothing I have tried has worked. : O( |
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hawkeye
Joined: 14 May 2009
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Location: Mesa, Az
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| Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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That's how descreening works, either on or off. Like I said it helps, but depending on the image maybe not much.
I tried a couple things but still not so good. Old newspaper photos are usually poor quality, so it may not get much better regardless of what you do.
If the microfishe version is better, I'd go with that. |
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Pernod
Joined: 15 Sep 2009
Posts: 5
Location: Derbyshire England
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| Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 12:18 am Post subject: |
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| Pernod wrote: | | hawkeye wrote: | That's how descreening works, either on or off. Like I said it helps, but depending on the image maybe not much.
I tried a couple things but still not so good. Old newspaper photos are usually poor quality, so it may not get much better regardless of what you do.
If the microfishe version is better, I'd go with that. |
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Thanks I think that is better, how did you do it>
The microfishe has lines through his face. I have tried to attach it unsuccessfully. |
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Iain
Joined: 19 Sep 2009
Posts: 303
Location: NZ
PS Version: CS6
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Hawkeye. you are correct with the descreening option. The effect is called
the "Moire" effect and is usually present in photos scanned from books, glossy magazines and news papers. I haven't really seen if PS is able to remove it { might be filter-noise-remove noise? } but i have seen it removed with Corel Photo-Paint. Just a simple case of opening the scanned pic and selecting Effects >Noise> Remove Moire use the sliders to adjust, takes a bit of playing around but the result is quite good.
I am on CS3 and as i said...not sure is CS4 has this filter or not but might be one for the Adobe people to look at ?.  |
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