Photo restoration please Nellie Thomas

[Katie Hiscock]

HI guys

im so happy that people are so kind to restore photos for free
could you please help with this one. i cant see their face
this is a wedding photo of my grandad robert and my grandma dorothy
colour and back and white would be amazing

date 1951 reading uk

[hoobaloo]

Hi, you need to scan the photo at 600 dpi and just scan the picture and not the whole scanner back plate. I've had a try at your original scan but there is not enough detail, regards, John.

[Katie Hiscock]

how do i scan just the picture

[Treetotal]

Hi Katie and welcome to RootsChat...in the preview section of your scanner, you will see black dotted lines...using the grab handles, pull these around the photo area and the photo will be scanned, thereby avoiding scanning the lid.
Carol

[Katie Hiscock]

its bigger than 500kb when scanned in 600ppi What can i do

[Katie Hiscock]

300dpi  is the best i can do x

[McGroger]

Hmm, don't know what's happened here, but Katie's 2nd scan has posted worse than the first one. I'll have a go later today at restoring from the first one unless somehow we can get a better image to work on. Perhaps a third try, Kate? I wonder if light seeped in when you were scanning (but I'm not technically minded enough to know what could have happened, sorry).
Cheers, Peter.

[McGroger]

Had a go, but can't seem to do a lot with the faces, sorry.
Peter

[Wiggy]

You are right Peter . . . .  it pixilates really badly now - don't know why.

Just altered the light a bit. 

Wiggy