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Title: sister in kent 1940
Post by: captainbonius on Sunday 27 March 11 18:22 BST (UK)
please could anyone freshen up this picture of my sister and friends
thank you in anticipation
Title: Re: sister in kent 1940
Post by: D_ on Sunday 27 March 11 21:06 BST (UK)
This has been scanned at a low 96dpi, any chance of scanning @300-600dpi please.  The lower the dpi the less detail and the harder it is to restore.

Thanks, David.
Title: Re: sister in kent 1940
Post by: D_ on Sunday 27 March 11 23:11 BST (UK)
Here's a restore.  As I mentioned before a lot of detail has been lost due to the low dpi at scanning. 

David.
Title: Re: sister in kent 1940
Post by: Pels. on Monday 28 March 11 22:58 BST (UK)
This has been scanned at a low 96dpi, any chance of scanning @300-600dpi please.  The lower the dpi the less detail and the harder it is to restore.

Thanks, David.

Hi David, :)

Interestingly enough this subject was discussed elsewhere this morning - according to me the above picture was scanned at 300 dpi.

Title: Re: sister in kent 1940
Post by: Joyful on Monday 28 March 11 23:09 BST (UK)
showing as 300dpi for me as well ;D

Joy
Title: Re: sister in kent 1940
Post by: Rachels on Monday 28 March 11 23:53 BST (UK)
Snap
It's not a bad file size but might benefit from being scanned at a larger scale
The alternative is to scan at 600

Just adding that when I said 'file size' I meant the Pixel Dimensions of 3.39 M



Rachel
Title: Re: sister in kent 1940
Post by: Pels. on Tuesday 29 March 11 00:17 BST (UK)




Rachel - I wonder if instead of the image being posted at 223.85kb and
appearing to me to be compressed - might it be better to save it at nearer
the recommended 500kb.

Thee, me and Joy will have to stop meeting like this !  :) :) ;D
Title: Re: sister in kent 1940
Post by: miagre1 on Tuesday 29 March 11 00:54 BST (UK)
Mmmm,  :)

Scanned at 300, reduced in physical (file) size, giving some JPEG algorithm loss.

But (sticks neck out) Out of focus negative printed on low grade paper, which has lost it's glaze (if it had much) due to the print becoming damp and also the loss of cohesion in the paper fibres.

Prue... ?   ;D

Original appears to be 120 or 127 size neg and print? (captainbonius)

Title: Re: sister in kent 1940
Post by: Rachels on Tuesday 29 March 11 08:44 BST (UK)
 >:( :o ;D Oh goodness ~ technical chat ! (bottom lip begins to tremble)

I agree that it's probably just a rubbish print on naff paper (war time) which has deteriorated over the decades.

How you can tell if it's been compressed (apart from the jpg compression) I've not a clue but would also like to see it at a larger file size.

I always scan my own pics at 300 but change the scale accordingly, by roughly (very roughly) looking at how many times the height of the pic would fit on to A4.
I probably wouldn't go above 250-300% (unless it's a really tiny pic) but if it's for my own use then I'm not bothered about having a HUGE file.

Good morning Pauline ~ good to see you  ;D


Rachel  ;)
Title: Re: sister in kent 1940
Post by: captainbonius on Tuesday 29 March 11 12:13 BST (UK)
have resized picture is this any better
     kind regards captainbonius
Title: Re: sister in kent 1940
Post by: Niksmum on Tuesday 29 March 11 16:20 BST (UK)
my try

Irene
Title: Re: sister in kent 1940
Post by: Niksmum on Tuesday 29 March 11 16:22 BST (UK)
one  a bit more sharper

Irene
Title: Re: sister in kent 1940
Post by: D_ on Tuesday 29 March 11 23:00 BST (UK)
Hi David, :)

Interestingly enough this subject was discussed elsewhere this morning - according to me the above picture was scanned at 300 dpi.


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Hi Pels,  I can only go with the info I had at the time of restore i.e showing 96dpi.  Apologies Captain bonius for the technical blah blah that ensued my comment.

Cheers, David.
Title: Re: sister in kent 1940
Post by: Pels. on Tuesday 29 March 11 23:38 BST (UK)




Hi Pels,  I can only go with the info I had at the time of restore i.e showing 96dpi.  Apologies Captain bonius for the technical blah blah that ensued my comment.

Cheers, David.

The technical 'blah blah' is how we learn to be better at what we try to do.

If it's of benefit to the poster, I don't think captainbonius will object in the slightest. I'm sure your apology will be appreciated !  :) :)

Lovely restores Irene - I've been on with this all day and can't do it.
Thanks for coming to our help George. Hope you feel better tomorrow Rachel ! xx

Kind regards,

Pels.
Title: Re: sister in kent 1940
Post by: saddles on Wednesday 30 March 11 02:16 BST (UK)
Hi........Another to add to the list.

Carolyn  :)
Title: Re: sister in kent 1940
Post by: Rachels on Wednesday 30 March 11 08:41 BST (UK)




Hi Pels,  I can only go with the info I had at the time of restore i.e showing 96dpi.  Apologies Captain bonius for the technical blah blah that ensued my comment.

Cheers, David.

The technical 'blah blah' is how we learn to be better at what we try to do.

If it's of benefit to the poster, I don't think captainbonius will object in the slightest. I'm sure your apology will be appreciated !  :) :)

Lovely restores Irene - I've been on with this all day and can't do it.
Thanks for coming to our help George. Hope you feel better tomorrow Rachel ! xx

Kind regards,

Pels.

At the risk of having stuff thrown at me and out of curiosity, I'm posting what my computer says about the 2nd scan

As you can see, this is smaller   :-\


Rachel
Title: Re: sister in kent 1940
Post by: Rachels on Wednesday 30 March 11 08:50 BST (UK)
here's a previous thread worth reading

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,515336.0.html

and Caz' scanning tutorial

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,198165.0.html

Rachel (incapacitated)    (http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o228/rachelscand/FTF/flower_sneeze_animated.gif)  :(
Title: Re: sister in kent 1940
Post by: D_ on Wednesday 30 March 11 11:08 BST (UK)
The technical 'blah blah' is how we learn to be better at what we try to do.

If it's of benefit to the poster, I don't think captainbonius will object in the slightest. I'm sure your apology will be appreciated !  :) :)


Thanks for that Pels.  I'm sure my apology will be appreciated.  If the technical blah blah  (don't be offended!! not meant to be offensive) is of benefit to the poster then fair enough.  Personally speaking I know that I wouldn't like my post for a restore to be taken up with technical know how but instead if necessary a link to a technical forum.

David.