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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: TGB on Thursday 05 January 12 19:21 GMT (UK)
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Hello,
I found an old negative in a collection of family photos. It's believed to be the only image of my Great-Grandmother that anyone in the family has. I scanned it, but beyond that I have no idea how to reverse the image so I can get a proper look at it. I'm not tech-savvy, so am hoping some kind soul will help me out. Many thanks to anyone who can figure it out.
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Here's a quick image without any tidying up.
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Thanks! That was quick!
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I just happened to be in the right place at the right time! Nice photo :)
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You can invert an old negative by opening it in Paint, which is a Microsoft product that comes bundled with Windows. That's about all this program is good for, as it's horrible and automatically reduces a good scan to a very low-resolution one. However, if you don't have the fancy stuff like Greensleeves, at least you can invert the image to see what you've got.
Cheers,
China
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one from me.
jim
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The app I used to invert the negative was Paint.NET which can be downloaded from the internet free of charge. It is not terribly sophisticated so I use something more fancy for photo restoration/colouring, but it is a useful piece of kit for quick clean-ups, inversions etc.
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Here's my go - straightened her up a bit ;)
She obviously loved that rose bush (at least that's what I think it is...)
Unfortunately the highlights are totally blown out and I couldn't retrieve any information from them other than what you see here :-\
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One more for you.
Cheers, David.
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only a try to give her a face
Best to stand 10 ft or more away from the computer to a better mental impression and photo the computer screen (Press F 11 on keyboard for full view)
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Another colored version.
Regards,
Morrie
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Thanks everybody. You guys are great!
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Bit older
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The colour really brought the photo to life Morrie
....nice one
Joy
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Great effort Morrie... skilled business indeed.
I can understand Joy's delight with your pic.
charlotte
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The word miracle springs to mind Morrie! from the Negative. Brill ;)
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I wouldn't call it a miracle.
It's the result of very considerable skill acquired over time, and much patience in applying it.
charlotte
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I wouldn't call it a miracle.
It's the result of very considerable skill acquired over time, and much patience in applying it.
charlotte
I won't disagree with that ! but will add a bit a of divine intervention to the gift in art work needed to perform such a task! maybe.--I ain't got it! that gift.