clean & restore please

[parf]

Could someone please see what they could do with this photo.  It is of my Grt Grandad Sam Oakley (middle) & Grandson & sons. 

Hope I can remember how to put the photo on here as its been quite a while since I have done it!!!!

Thanks
Jan

[RecycledHippy]

Hi Jan

Although you have scanned this at 300 dpi it is still a very small and difficult photo to work on.
If possible could you rescan this at 600.1200 dpi - the higher the better
This would give the restorers the best chance of a better final product

Saying that I have had a go and improved it a little

Hippy

[parf]

Hi sorry about that, Im really thick at this, I cant find out how to change it to dpi but I can change the pixels or size to cm or inch.

Any help??
Jan

[RecycledHippy]

Hi Jan

Certainly no need for appologies

When you scan a photo/picture the scanner software has a facility where you can change the resolution
It depends on the make of scanner where you can find this, but usually on the settings
The higher the resolution the more dpi you can get
The more dpi you can get - the easier it will be to restore

There is a scanning 'sticky' (by Cazza59) on the opening page :-
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,198165.0.html

Hopes this helps

Hippy

[parf]

Hi Just looked at link you added for me, really good, I managed to find the bit about dpi on my scanner & mine is already set to 1200 x1200, does that mean anything to anyone??

shall I change it ?

Jan

[uk2003]

Jan I have a scaling output on mine - the bigger the scale number the bigger the the picture