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Is it possible to improve the clarity and definition of this burial record
« on: Wednesday 02 November 16 15:11 GMT (UK) »
Is someone able to help?

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Re: Is it possible to improve the clarity and definition of this burial record
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 05 November 16 17:38 GMT (UK) »
I did have a go at this one but the results weren't worth posting...sorry...maybe someone else can do better  :-\
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Re: Is it possible to improve the clarity and definition of this burial record
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 05 November 16 18:08 GMT (UK) »
I did have a go at this one but the results weren't worth posting...sorry...maybe someone else can do better  :-\
Carol

Thanks for trying. It was never going to be easy, but am hoping that some of the techniques that can be applied to improving clarity and contrast in photos could be applied to this

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Re: Is it possible to improve the clarity and definition of this burial record
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 05 November 16 18:52 GMT (UK) »
Like Carol I have applied all the usual techniques but I am not sure whether there is any improvement.
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Re: Is it possible to improve the clarity and definition of this burial record
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 05 November 16 19:18 GMT (UK) »
Like my friends, I have had a few goes with it. The problem with increasing the contrast (or any other general technique for that matter), may improve a few letters, but unfortunately burns out others. It may be possible to do it word by word, unfortunately I don't think that I would live long enough to complete it :)




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Re: Is it possible to improve the clarity and definition of this burial record
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 06 November 16 02:38 GMT (UK) »
Hi,
Sometimes when I transcribed for FreeBMD I used to put yellow cellophane over my screen to read the document. It helped a little so thought it might help here.
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Re: Is it possible to improve the clarity and definition of this burial record
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 06 November 16 08:20 GMT (UK) »
Thanks for all your attempts, much appreciated, just not an easy one to resolve. I think ultimately the only way to get a better quality image is for these records to be rephotographed using specialised techniques. I believe photographing in infra red can improve existing details and reveal faded ones, but realistically I can't see this happening. I will try the yellow cellophane suggestion.

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Re: Is it possible to improve the clarity and definition of this burial record
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 06 November 16 08:21 GMT (UK) »
Hi,
Sometimes when I transcribed for FreeBMD I used to put yellow cellophane over my screen to read the document. It helped a little so thought it might help here.
Di
interesting....the day before posting the above, I did actually try it with a yellow layer mask. It is a bit easier on the eye, but still not legible. However, I can see how it could help over the screen. 

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Re: Is it possible to improve the clarity and definition of this burial record
« Reply #8 on: Monday 07 November 16 17:21 GMT (UK) »
I spent a few hours playing with the idea of using some kind of infrared filter or filter....it does not work either.
I have tried everything from sharpening each and every letter....the background noise of the manuscript.paper just interferes to much with whatever i tried to do.


I even tried cut out grid sections to treat each part differently with various filters..even camera raw or specific tonal and effect filters just cant get enough to read certainly the top segment of the pages clear.


The odd word stands out and is clear, but then the same in the efforts everyone else has already shown up in their restore attempts.


Not sure why im sharing the image, but this was one attempt with infrared/and other techniques.
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