Scanning old matt photos

[shanew147]

that looks like digital noise to me... i.e. faulty scanner or connection

I had a similar effect at one stage with a scanner I tried out..

One way to prove this is to do the same scan twice and see if the results match (i.e. noise the same)



Shane

[Parmesan]

it's not making any difference, the clean I mean.  It only seems to be on matt photos?

this one was done today on the same machine but its a gloss photo (bit tatty but otherwise okay)

[shanew147]

nothing wrong with that scan..

all I can think of is maybe something relating to the surface of the matt paper



Shane

[Gadget]

When you say 'matt' do you mean perfectly flat and unshiny or does it have a texture?

[Parmesan]

with texture

[shanew147]

it doesn't look like  the sort of weave pattern I've seen on some matt photo's but it might be worth trying a 'de-screen' setting on the scan. This attempts to smooth out patterns from backgrounds and might help to hide this effect


Shane

[Gadget]

That explains it then. There's nothing much that can be done unless your scanner has a setting that minimises it.

Various grahics programs do have filters that can reduce it but it's a hard slog to get it looking perfect  


Gadget

[Parmesan]

Gah! 

I've got another old scanner I might heave out and try.

Thanks everyone for your input