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deadants
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Here's a tip about posting pictures.
When you save your graphic files before posting, make sure you save them with a very unique file name. If you just go with the generic name the computer supplies, chances are someone else has posted a file with that name. When that happens, and you try to attach files, the forum software doesn't like it and you get file name errors. 
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Here's another type of restoration. This one pulls a faded and stained photo back to life.
This one is my G Grandfarther c1880
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After you have collected all those old family photos, how should you store them? The folowing link has some great advice on this as well as tips all things photographic.
http://www.city-gallery.com/digital/index.html
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Whats strange about this photo in this forum?
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http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,24403.msg91886.html#msg91886
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Hi Deadants, by the way what is your first name, mine is Ted.
The photo you refer to seems to have been composed of more than one photo superimposed, the flooring looks wierd, the head of the gent has the superimposed halo, so there are a number of wierd things going on in it. A hoax possibly or what.
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Surnames I am Interested in:
Dolan, Banks, Chambers, Bemi, Hills, Crowe
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deadants
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Hi Ted, My real name is Anthony, Thats where the ants part comes in, and researching dead people gives me deadants. If that makes any sense!!
Yeah I thought that photo had been doctored. I think we should ask teddybear1843 where he got it from. The forum was talking about the super natural, mybe he's a ghost. 
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I Wonder what software people are using to store their photographs on their computers?
On the PC I use digital photo librarian http://www.pixelationllc.com/index.asp.
On the Macintosh I use apple's iPhoto which comes with Apple OS X
Having the ability to cross reference photos with multiple fields is a must if you are dealing with thousands of photos.
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deadants
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This is how to post a picture on the forum.
At the bottom left of the message window there is the Additional Options. There you can use the browse button to navigate to the files on your hard disk. When you save your graphic files before posting, make sure you save them with a very unique file name. If you just go with the generic name your computer supplies, chances are someone else has posted a file with that name. When that happens, and you try to attach files, the forum software doesn't like it and you get file name errors. Don't forget, there is a size limit of 300Kb so keep them files to the smallest size possible. See the tutorial on reducing file size in my previous post. See this link. http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,31111.msg121717.html#msg121717
If you want to show a photo that is on another web page you can use BBC tags. That's what those other buttons are for. See picture below. The button marked with a red circle is the one you press to bring the little bit of code into your message.
insert the web URL* of the photo between the the two little bits of code surrounded by square brackets. NB. There is a difference between the web page URL and the actual photo URL. To get the exact URL of the photo you want, place your mouse over the photo and right click. Choose properties. This will show the Location of the photo of intrest. Try right clicking on either of these two pictures and choose properties. You can see that these pics are at a web site called photobucket. http://www.photobucket.com/ You can then copy and paste the address. Make sure there are no spaces between the square brackets and the web address.
BBC stands for Bulletin Board code
URL* stands for Uniform Resource Locator, it is the address of a website
Check Berlin-bob's tutorial at the folowing link for a very descriptive explanation.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,12753.msg43066.html#msg43066
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« Last Edit: Thursday 10 February 05 04:40 UTC (UK) by deadants »
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Looks great, Ted! 
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Not bad at all Ted. I downloaded it and zoomed it up to have a good look.That grass looks the real deal. The girls dress probably could be a shade lighter to lift the photo a bit. But not knowing what the true colours were, it's always going to be your own interpretation.
I hope this spurs a few more people into having a crack at this, as it is a true Revelation to see these photos come back to life.
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The other day I read a post from a person who had a photograph that was in such bad repair that it was almost impossible to put it on a flat bed scanner without doing further damage. They also stated that their attempts at taking a photograph of the photo was a failure. in the end, they were going to take the photo to a professional photographer and get them to digitize it and if possable, repair it.
I recently did something similar. Although my photograph was in excellent condition, it was far to big for a flat bed scanner. so, I took the photo out of it's frame, took it outside and took a whole lot of photo's with a digital camera. Getting as much light as possible onto the subject is the secret to get the best results.
To reproduce a photo using digital cameras without getting distortion is a problem. So to avoid taking the photo from an angle, which you may have to do avoid reflection from a flash. I found that if you place the camera on a flat surface on or near the ground, you can stand above the photo and get square over it. this will avoid perspective distortions.
The best thing about digital cameras is you can take as many photos as you like until you get the result your after. Once you transfer the photos to the computer, It's just a matter of cropping the excess around the photo and adjusting the brightness, contrast and colour balance for best effect.
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Hi Ted,
I sent a reply to vastrida with this link. Hopefully he will post the photo so we can have a look. He has certainly piqued my curiosity.
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