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Re: Lighten dark photo please - UPDATED
« Reply #18 on: Tuesday 17 June 08 09:21 BST (UK) »
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What paper is it printed on?
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Re: Lighten dark photo please - UPDATED
« Reply #19 on: Wednesday 18 June 08 13:26 BST (UK) »
It's printed on thinish card.

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« Reply #20 on: Wednesday 18 June 08 13:37 BST (UK) »
Hi Jay

What is the actual size of the photo? Have you got a magnifying glass - if so, can you see any grain?

I feel that I'd like to do a scan of this at various dpis. etc.  :-\


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« Reply #21 on: Wednesday 18 June 08 13:42 BST (UK) »
Hi Gadget

The photo is slightly bigger than the pic you have.

It seems very smooth & doesn't have grain.

Don't know what dpis etc is  ???

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« Reply #22 on: Wednesday 18 June 08 14:28 BST (UK) »
sorry - dpi - dots per inch - 300 600 etc. I think there's something strange going on with the scanning  :-\

What Epson scanner are you using and what settings, please?


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Re: Lighten dark photo please - UPDATED
« Reply #23 on: Wednesday 18 June 08 14:37 BST (UK) »
It's an Epsom Stylus, scanned in colour at 600.

Did scan & save as a bitmap, but couldn't up load it here, so opened & saved as a PNG.

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Re: Lighten dark photo please - UPDATED
« Reply #24 on: Wednesday 18 June 08 15:16 BST (UK) »
I'll PM you Jay - It might be that if you can scan it without worrying about the size, we can do something.


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