My Grandma and her family need help

[SooCatt]

Hi,
I spend hours just watching the photo restoration thread and am always amazed at the results that you Rootschat Restorers achieve.  Finally I have learned how to attach a photo and I'm hoping that you'll have a go at my Grandma (she's in the middle at the back).  The photo is in quite poor condition and is fading fast.  Feel free to try anything - I'm so looking forward to the results.
Susan

[Keith Bateman]

Hi Susan,

If you have been reading these threads you will have seen me bemoaning the fact that the photos are not scanned at a high enough resolution (not again! )
Well I am sorry this falls in that category - it is only scanned at 72dpi - if you could rescan it to at least 300 - 600 would be great.
Anyway just a quickie  - much more could be done if..........

Cheers

Keith

[SooCatt]

Well I have a probem now don't I because it's not a scan.  It's a digital photo of a photo, the original is about A3 size and won't fit in a scanner.

What now? 

Susan

[Biker]

Sorry to butt in, but I saw this one on a practice post.
Looks better?

[SooCatt]

Butt in any time you like. 
I don't know if it will help though because it is still just a digital photo of the original.

Fingers crossed though.

Susan

[Gadget]

Hi Susan

It's very low resolution - 72 dpi and jpg compression?. I've just adjusted the levels and mid tones. No repairs yet. It just isn't coming up too well at all.


Gadget

[SooCatt]

I'm really sorry about the low res, a digital pic was my best option.  Thanks anyway Keith for your quick try - at least it's better than it was and much better than I could do 

Gadget, is it me or did you forget to attach the image?

My only other option I think is to scan it in sections and try to graft them together.  Never done that though so I could be a while   

Susan

[Gadget]

If you scanned it in two overlapping halves, Susan, with identical settings, we might be able to piece them together. i've managed a few A3 ones like that before. i think it might be worth a try.

I took my repair off because i wasn't happy. i'll put another up later but it would be good if you could put two halves up.

Gadget

[SooCatt]

Thanks Gadget for all your help via PM.  Hope this works