Photo of Mary Margaret Atherton

[HywelD]

This photo is badly damaged but I am hoping someone will be able to do some restoration on it please. Any improvement would be gratefully appreciated.

It's a photo of my grandmother's mother. Hew name is Mary Margaret Atherton and she lived on the Graig in Morriston near Swansea, in Wales.

[Handypandy]

Do you have the original print? For a small size and 300dpi, I wouldn't have expected to see so much pixelation. I think that its very do-able if we could get a proper scan. I've not done any repair yet but I have used a de-noising filter just as an experiment. Which you can see HERE.
 

[Gadget]

Agree, Andy. I think it's also been sharpened in the scanning 

I put it through a couple of Topaz filters but they couldn't handle it - too much - and just reduced the detail.

It is a lovely picture and would be worth a rescan.

Gadget

[HywelD]

Hi Handypandy, the page would not let me upload the photo in it's original size. It said it had to be no more than 500 KB so I resized it.
I am not very good with modern technology. Should I try again please … or should I try scanning it again ?

[HywelD]

Thanks Gadget … your post appeared as I was typing mine ...

[Gadget]

Rescan, if you can. It could be made to look lovely 

[Trishanne]

This is a beautiful photo and there could be some beautiful results with a better scan. In the meantime this is a restore of your original post.
Pat

[HywelD]

thank you so much Trishanne that's a great improvement.
When I find the original photo I will rescan it. It's in a box in a spare room which is full of junk at the moment ! lol I will have to look for it.

[Gadget]

Hywel

Here is a link to a our scanning tutorial:

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=198165.0

It links to a pdf file.

If you have any problems, do ask for help.


Gadget