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youngtug
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please restore and date if possible for this old army man
« on: Wednesday 01 July 09 08:02 UTC (UK) »

hi. I have another batch of photos from my aunts belongings that have been in storage for a few years, amongst them is this  photo that could be one of three people, I just have to work it out. A date and possibly regiment/type of the uniform would help, but I will be happy with just a tidy up of the photo as it is in such a poor state, if that is possible I would be grateful, thankyou, john.


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Re: please restore and date if possible for this old army man
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 01 July 09 08:45 UTC (UK) »

hi John,

is it possible to post a larger copy that hasn't been compressed please. I know you have successfully scanned it at 300dpi but it has been compressed when you resized it right down to 50.4kb making  any restore more difficult to do clearly.

Or you can send me a copy of the original scan and I will repost for you...email addie in my profile
thanks
Jenny
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youngtug
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Re: please restore and date if possible for this old army man
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 01 July 09 08:51 UTC (UK) »

hi Jenny, now  i am confused, it is as i scanned it, no resize done. The original photo is about 1 inch or so square. I will email you a copy, thanks, john.
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Re: please restore and date if possible for this old army man
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 01 July 09 08:58 UTC (UK) »

oh ok, when you scanned it you probably forgot to select best quality (no compression)

With epson, the place to change this setting is after you press scan, the next window where you enter your new file name, there is a button called jpeg options. If you press this, you will be able select quality using the slider... it needs to be right over to best quality/ 0 compression.  click ok to come out then proceed as normal.

I'm not sure where the quality selection is on other makes  scanner software

The resulting scan will be much larger than this, even for a tiny 1" photo.

Jenny
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youngtug
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Re: please restore and date if possible for this old army man
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 01 July 09 09:14 UTC (UK) »

just rescanned at 1200. I am using a lexmark 5400 and i have only just found the higher resolution setting Roll Eyes Cannot find anything about compression, but a lot of the properties are automatic unless you can find an override/manual setting for them. [ you may have noticed computers etc, are not my forte] hope this is better, john.


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Re: please restore and date if possible for this old army man
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 01 July 09 09:32 UTC (UK) »

thats ALOT better, thank you John for taking the time to make the improved scan  Cheesy

Jenny
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Re: please restore and date if possible for this old army man
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 01 July 09 10:41 UTC (UK) »

just a quick tidy got to go in the garden

xin


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Niksmum
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Re: please restore and date if possible for this old army man
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 01 July 09 12:10 UTC (UK) »

One from me

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Re: please restore and date if possible for this old army man
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 01 July 09 12:29 UTC (UK) »

John,

I am very very new to restoring. I hope you do not mind me practising on your photograph. Alot still to learn, but have enjoyed my "first go".

SA


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Re: please restore and date if possible for this old army man
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 01 July 09 12:37 UTC (UK) »

Heres my effort


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Re: please restore and date if possible for this old army man
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 01 July 09 12:39 UTC (UK) »

One from me

Wendy



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Re: please restore and date if possible for this old army man
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday 01 July 09 15:28 UTC (UK) »

One from me.


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Re: please restore and date if possible for this old army man
« Reply #12 on: Wednesday 01 July 09 15:47 UTC (UK) »

hi. thank you all for your exemplary work all. everyone, including the beginners have made such a good job of this picture, thankyou all, john.
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Re: please restore and date if possible for this old army man
« Reply #13 on: Wednesday 01 July 09 19:02 UTC (UK) »

and mine....  Cheesy

Jenny


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Re: please restore and date if possible for this old army man
« Reply #14 on: Wednesday 01 July 09 19:57 UTC (UK) »

hi Jenny. thank you, lovely work. john.  I found the higher dpi setting on the lexmark. If you click onto colour photo the highest dpi is 300. but if you go into advanced settings you can get a much higher dpi and set it to colour, but not colour photo as that knocks it back to 300max. john.
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