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Can anyone help?
« on: Tuesday 22 September 09 19:34 BST (UK) »
Hi can anything be done to improve this photo please

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Re: Can anyone help?
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 23 September 09 02:36 BST (UK) »
One from Me.....

Sorry the photo did not load up
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Cassell.                   Powers. 
Draper.                   Hirons.
Combs.                   Botts.
Stallard.                 Hall.

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Re: Can anyone help?
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 23 September 09 15:04 BST (UK) »
Hi Donna

I have tried doing this but it is very pixilated and I am not happy with my result.
Is there any way you could rescan this at at least 300 dpi. This will not only give you better results but also a better print off


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« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 23 September 09 15:35 BST (UK) »
Ok, so this is the best I can do  :-\

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« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 23 September 09 15:47 BST (UK) »
Irene, you did very good, I tried but it just wasn't happening :-\

Terry
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« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 23 September 09 15:48 BST (UK) »
Hi Irene
thank you so much :)
i did scan it at 300 dpi but every time i tried to load the photo on the site it keep tell me it was to big ??? so i scanned it at 150 i didn't know how to make it smaller?

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« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 23 September 09 17:48 BST (UK) »
Resized photo

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« Reply #7 on: Thursday 24 September 09 17:34 BST (UK) »
Hi Donna

Here is one from the rescan

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« Reply #8 on: Thursday 24 September 09 18:44 BST (UK) »
Here it is with a bit of color

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