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Title: Hoy
Post by: Anthony Daly on Monday 14 April 08 16:31 BST (UK)

Can anyone help with this photograph of my wifes great grandfather George Hoy

I was amazed to see what can be done .


Anthony

Title: Re: Hoy
Post by: saddles on Tuesday 15 April 08 02:01 BST (UK)

best I do with a small image, it may be possible to do a little better
if you scan at a min of 300dpi or even 500dpi.

Mike.

Title: Re: Hoy
Post by: Anthony Daly on Tuesday 15 April 08 07:57 BST (UK)

Mike    Well done   Fantastic


Anthony

Title: Re: Hoy
Post by: jc26red on Tuesday 15 April 08 08:23 BST (UK)

I agree with Mike.. a higher dpi scan and select high quality/no compression will give you a much better restore though Mike has already done a very good job  :P ;D

PLUS you will be able to print out a decent size copy  :D

Jenny

Title: Re: Hoy
Post by: charles w on Tuesday 15 April 08 08:37 BST (UK)

My try.

Title: Re: Hoy
Post by: Anthony Daly on Sunday 20 April 08 19:04 BST (UK)

Thanks Jenny and Mike

I puzzled over the 300 - 500 pi   Higher compression and higher dpi scan.

Eventually I found on my Lexmark advanced settings and scanned at 600  the nearest available .  Then I tried out the variopus settings.

Here is the result of a photograph of my grandfather  Martin J Daly my grandmother Catherine Scally

 

Title: Re: Hoy
Post by: Anthony Daly on Sunday 20 April 08 19:04 BST (UK)

Sorry   and my result

Title: Re: Hoy
Post by: Anthony Daly on Sunday 20 April 08 19:06 BST (UK)

and my result


Anthony

Title: Re: Hoy
Post by: Anthony Daly on Sunday 20 April 08 19:09 BST (UK)

Oh dear  What happened ?   I think I will leave it to the experts

Anthony

Title: Re: Hoy
Post by: jc26red on Sunday 20 April 08 21:26 BST (UK)

Hi Anthony

The scan needs to be 600-600dpi and the compression must be very low 0-1

On epson there is a slider that says high quality or low and if I move it to  the far left its compression 1.  The resulting file is big.

Jenny

Title: Re: Hoy
Post by: g a r on Sunday 20 April 08 21:58 BST (UK)

a try with the original

Title: Re: Hoy
Post by: Anthony Daly on Monday 21 April 08 14:34 BST (UK)

Dare I try again

This is what I wanted you to see. 

Anthony

Title: Re: Hoy
Post by: jc26red on Monday 21 April 08 15:04 BST (UK)

Hi Anthony

Do you have the original photo? or is this a scan of one emailed to you?

Jenny

Title: Re: Hoy
Post by: Anthony Daly on Monday 21 April 08 16:26 BST (UK)

Jenny

I do have the original

Anthony

Title: Re: Hoy
Post by: cazza59 on Tuesday 22 April 08 06:00 BST (UK)

Hi Andrew

One from me.

Caz

Title: Re: Hoy
Post by: Anthony Daly on Tuesday 22 April 08 08:28 BST (UK)

Thank you caz

Anthony