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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: Avondale16 on Monday 21 May 18 11:22 BST (UK)
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This is an image of grandfather's family - it will help me identify who is who if the photo could be cleaned up please so I can compare their faces with other photos. Also has anyone got a view on when this was taken?
Not the greatest of images so any help will be much appreciated.
Keith
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Late 1890s Keith.
Carol
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Late 1890s Keith.
Carol
Super - thank you Carol
Keith
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If I can make a suggestion Keith...could whoever is doing the scanning, lightly brush the surface of the photo with a soft brush or lint free cloth and also dust the scanner bed. Even a fine hair or fibres can show up as damage. ;)
Carol
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If I can make a suggestion Keith...could whoever is doing the scanning, lightly brush the surface of the photo with a soft brush or lint free cloth and also dust the scanner bed. Even a fine hair or fibres can show up as damage. ;)
Carol
Carol - I have the original photo so the scanning was down to me ::) I've done as you suggest & re-scanned but to me it looks no better. I can see some 'white' nibbles on the original :-\
Keith
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Okay Keith...never mind...My try at it.
Carol
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Okay Keith...never mind...My try at it.
Carol
That's great Carol - so much clearer than the original - now I can try & put names to faces.
I am in your debt as always
Keith
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Glad you're pleased with it, but to be fair, I think it needed more time spending on it, so i'm not 100% happy with it.
Carol
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Trying to decide if any of this family group are the same as the family in the garden :-\
Any thoughts?
Keith
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Can I please also add to Carol great suggestions.
I would scan the image and save the file, then rotate the image in the scanner, 180 degrees (looking at the image upside down), and scan again. Save that file. Both images would be placed together in a single file, lined up, and blended together (as light from the scanner passes over, and highlights the damaged areas, changing the direction of the light on the image changes how the damage is captured).
Often, that process can minimise, and sometimes eliminate the cracks, which obliterate some portions of the face. This extra little bit of prep work can greatly reduce the amount of work needed, thus keeping the photographic qualities of the image. Perhaps you could try my suggestions, or instead, post the two scans.
I hope this helps
Gisela
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Can please also add to Carol great suggestions.
I would scan the image and save the file, then rotate the image in the scanner, 180 degrees (looking at the image upside down), and scan again. Save that file. Both images would be placed together in a single file, lined up, and blended together (as light from the scanner passes over, and highlights the damaged areas, changing the direction of the light on the image changes how the damage is captured).
Often, that process can minimise, and sometimes eliminate the cracks, which obliterate some portions of the face. This extra little bit of prep work can greatly reduce the amount of work needed, thus keeping the photographic qualities of the image. Perhaps you could try my suggestions, or instead, post the two scans.
I hope this helps
Gisela
Hi Gisela - sorry I don't understand. Scan the image & save - done. Then re-scan the image again (upside down in the scanner) - done. So I have 2 images - how do I place them in a single file, lined up etc :P
Keith
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One from me
Pat
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One from me
Pat
Thank you Pat - sorry the image was of poor quality but your restore & also Carol's are terrific as I can now see family faces for the very first time.
Much appreciated
Keith
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Can please also add to Carol great suggestions.
I would scan the image and save the file, then rotate the image in the scanner, 180 degrees (looking at the image upside down), and scan again. Save that file. Both images would be placed together in a single file, lined up, and blended together (as light from the scanner passes over, and highlights the damaged areas, changing the direction of the light on the image changes how the damage is captured).
Often, that process can minimise, and sometimes eliminate the cracks, which obliterate some portions of the face. This extra little bit of prep work can greatly reduce the amount of work needed, thus keeping the photographic qualities of the image. Perhaps you could try my suggestions, or instead, post the two scans.
I hope this helps
Gisela
Hi Gisela - sorry I don't understand. Scan the image & save - done. Then re-scan the image again (upside down in the scanner) - done. So I have 2 images - how do I place them in a single file, lined up etc :P
Keith
You would post both images then we'll put them in a single file via Photoshop or those using Gimp or any software that use layers should be able to put the images in a single file.
Hope this helps.
Gisela :)
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Hi Gisela - 2 images as suggested - hope this is what you mean ???
Keith
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Couple from me.
Peter
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Hi Gisela - 2 images as suggested - hope this is what you mean ???
Keith
Yep! Please see example I've put one layer on top of the other using Photoshop and move them in certain positioning to eliminate the grains and brought them into one single photo. I've barely cleaned the photo just got rid of couple big circle spots. The photos are smaller size to your original I've noticed but anyway just giving you an idea.
Gisela
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Couple from me.
Peter
These are great Peter - thanks so much
Keith
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Hi Gisela - 2 images as suggested - hope this is what you mean ???
Keith
Yep! Please see example I've put one layer on top of the other using Photoshop and move them in certain positioning to eliminate the grains and brought them into one single photo. I've barely cleaned the photo just got rid of couple big circle spots. The photos are smaller size to your original I've noticed but anyway just giving you an idea.
Gisela
Wow! what a difference - very clever
Keith