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I am in the process of producing some streaming video tutorials for Photoshop. I have started to put together a tutorial on scanning your photos. I look forward to you input and suggestions for improvements I could do to make them easier to follow.

These .mp4 files use the Apple H.264 video codec. This means you will need Quicktime 7.
The new H.264 codec allows you to watch streaming video at a higher resolution at a much reduced file size.
The first tutorial on quick mask selections that I have on the web site goes for 1minute 37 seconds and is only 1.8Mb.
With the old codecs the same file would be the size of a postage stamp and three times the file size.

The windows version of Quicktime 7 is a 23.4Mb download but it's well worth the effort. Here's the link. http://tinyurl.com/agtbm

You can get the macintosh version here http://tinyurl.com/exzuz

You can check them out at the web site I have created at http://home.exetel.com.au/tippercleary/deadants/

Anyone who has old and fragile documents and photographs knows how precious and unique they are. To keep these heirlooms for future generations it is vital that they are conserved stored in a proper manner.

The Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Materials website is http://www.aiccm.org.au/ - on the front page is a link at the top for "Conservators".  Scroll down and you will find a link to a listing of conservators in private practice.

The UK Institute for Conservation has a website specifically for locating conservators: http://www.conservationregister.com/

The American Institute of Conservation has a link to "Find a Conservator" at http://www.conservation-us.org/

The Canadian Association of Professional Conservators allows you to search at:
http://capc-acrp.ca/select_conservator.asp

Well The photo restoration has hit the devils number. What does it mean?

 Below is and extreme close-up of a photograph of my Great Grandmother which was taken from a newspaper some time ago.  As nobody seems to know we’re the original photograph is, we have to get our copy from the newspaper.  The problem with scanning photographs from newspapers and magazines etc,  besides the obvious copyright issues, is that you end up with the unwanted effects of halftone dots. Fortunately there is a way to eradicate these and bring the photograph back to almost normal.

 The first thing you need to do is scan the photograph at the highest resolution your scanner can handle. The next step is to apply a Gaussian blur.  This will tend to smooth  all of those individual dots into a single image. Be careful not to blur the photographs to much.  You can also add an Unsharp filter to add a bit of crispness  to the photograph. Once this is done and you are happy with the result you can then resize the photograph to the size that you desire.


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