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Title: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: Markii on Thursday 18 December 14 05:37 GMT (UK)
wondering if I can get this fixed up??? I only want the creases to be gone really but colouring doesn't bother me...
Cheers in advance it would mean a LOT to me!
Title: Re: easy enough for the right person
Post by: cazza59 on Thursday 18 December 14 10:00 GMT (UK)
Had to do this one twice.  Lost power for about 3 seconds, long enough to lose the restore.  Second time that's happened to me in two days!



Caroline

Title: Re: easy enough for the right person
Post by: cazza59 on Thursday 18 December 14 10:04 GMT (UK)
I meant to ask if you had the original photo?  If so, can you rescan it at 300 dpi and resize the file to just below 500kb and post it again.  The pic you posted is only a tiny file at only 59kb and doesn't give you much to work with.  ;)

Regards
Caroline
Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: cazza59 on Thursday 18 December 14 10:09 GMT (UK)
PS Welcome to Rootschat and the restore board!  :)

Caroline

Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: Markii on Thursday 18 December 14 10:18 GMT (UK)
PS Welcome to Rootschat and the restore board!  :)

Caroline

Haha thanks for the welcome Caroline  :) Thank you heaps for the new image without creases!!! I don't have a lot of photos of my grandfather, it truly means a lot to me. I don't have the original any longer as my father keeps them well attached to him (I don't blame him.) I will keep that in mind for the future.... I assume all images would be better in the larger scale mentioned?
Cheers,
Mark.
Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: cazza59 on Thursday 18 December 14 10:22 GMT (UK)
Yes please.  Also scan in colour, even if it's a black and white photo.  :)

If you ever get your hands on the original, then make sure you repost!  ;)

Regards
Caroline


Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: Markii on Thursday 18 December 14 10:35 GMT (UK)
Yes please.  Also scan in colour, even if it's a black and white photo.  :)

If you ever get your hands on the original, then make sure you repost!  ;)

Regards
Caroline

I sure will!! I have another I'd love to get done of him and his wife also where it has a big white area in the corner from exposure.
Would it be possible to resize the images from when I open the image and select edit? (windows computer)
Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: Markii on Thursday 18 December 14 10:40 GMT (UK)
This is that photo mentioned above. I came across this one shortly after I lost my grandmother who was known in my family as "Bomma". The photo represents to me what I'd like to think she found on the other side, the white playing the part of the clouds.... and back in the arms of her Daniel  :)

Mark.

PS. Sorry for the mini life story but these two images are very cherished by me. 
Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: cazza59 on Thursday 18 December 14 10:44 GMT (UK)
No need to apologise, that's a beautiful sentiment.  :)

Sadly again this is only a tiny file.  We can certainly have a go, but we could do so much more with a proper scan.

If this is how it was sent to you, then there is not much you can do to make it bigger.  If you can request the sender to rescan it for you at 300dpi and send you a really big file, that obviously would be  preferable. 
Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: Markii on Thursday 18 December 14 11:46 GMT (UK)
I was merely sharing that photo. It's smaller than the photo of Daniel by himself so I don't expect anything from it results wise, perhaps it could also reach others interested in this line?
I could hopefully rescan those as early as next week :)

On a side note is retouching hard to do or is it a simple photoshop process? ???
Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: Mike in Cumbria on Thursday 18 December 14 11:49 GMT (UK)
To do it well is hard and painstaking work (despite what the title of your thread suggests  ;D)

Mike

Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: Markii on Thursday 18 December 14 12:16 GMT (UK)
To do it well is hard and painstaking work (despite what the title of your thread suggests  ;D)

Mike
The title was me going from memory, then I saw the photo and it has a lot more creases than I remembered haha. Sorry for being misleading  ;D
Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: cazza59 on Thursday 18 December 14 12:26 GMT (UK)
Sorry my mistake!  That will be great if you can rescan the photos.

Restoring is a lot of fun so if you are keen I suggest you give it a try.  It does require a lot of patience and practice, but once you get the hang of it, it's a rewarding hobby.

There are a couple of free programs on the net (can remember the names off hand) you could try your hand at to see if you enjoy restoring before outlaying money on Photoshop (I use Photoshop Elements. It's reasonably priced and does most things the full version of Photoshop does).

Of course, you don't have to just restore old photos, but you can also have fun enhancing new ones as well.

There are also tons of tutorials to help you out on the net (plus the nice people on the restore board!  ;D ).

Look forward to getting the better scans!

Caroline
Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: stevew101 on Thursday 18 December 14 17:18 GMT (UK)
If you are looking for a free photo manipulation program, it is worth trying "Gimp", although it will take a long time to Master.

Steve
Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: Markii on Thursday 18 December 14 22:02 GMT (UK)
I've heard of Gimp but haven't had a chance to have a go at it, maybe one day lol
Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: saddles on Friday 19 December 14 00:41 GMT (UK)
Hi...I've had a try with second photo and kept the cloudy look that you eluded to that you liked.


Carolyn  :)
Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: Markii on Friday 19 December 14 00:58 GMT (UK)
Hi...I've had a try with second photo and kept the cloudy look that you eluded to that you liked.


Carolyn  :)

Hey WOW I really like the border on this one as well!!! I spoke with my father today and I can definitely get the photos again. reckon I will rescan all in the higher dimensions to get better quality scans!!! Thanks again Carolyn  :)
Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: cazza59 on Friday 19 December 14 01:27 GMT (UK)
Hi Mark

That's good news, considering how much these photos mean to you, it's worth the effort to get a better scan!  :)

Caroline
Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: saddles on Saturday 20 December 14 00:30 GMT (UK)
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Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: Markii on Saturday 20 December 14 00:55 GMT (UK)
Hi...Another try in case you can't get bigger scans.


Carolyn  :)

You must be bored haha. How did you get his face like that??
Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: saddles on Saturday 20 December 14 02:19 GMT (UK)
Hi......You seem an ungrateful sort so I have removed my effort.

Carolyn  >:(
Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: Markii on Saturday 20 December 14 02:36 GMT (UK)
Hi......You seem an ungreatfull sort so I have removed my effort.

Carolyn  >:(

Not at all! I was actually wondering how you did it?  ??? Considering I didn't even know creases could be taken out of photos until the other day. Faces didn't even enter my mind like that, so I was curious how it was done...
Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: Mike in Cumbria on Saturday 20 December 14 10:00 GMT (UK)
I think Carolyn was annoyed by your suggestion that she must have been bored. As I said before, doing restores like this is not "easy enough for the right person", and when people invest a lot of time and effort into it, it is from a desire to help others, and certainly not from boredom.

Communication on a forum board is notoriously difficult, and it is easy to misinterpret tone and intention - it happens every day. I'm sure you didn't mean to sound ungrateful, but if you read your message " You must be bored haha. How did you get his face like that??", it certainly doesn't read as a thank you.

We all get it wrong from time to time though.

Mike
Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: Markii on Saturday 20 December 14 20:36 GMT (UK)
I see. Certainly not the case, Carolyn said that the images were too small to really get a good result so I didn't think it would pop up for me to see. perhaps if I didn't write "haha" which these days feels as useful in messages as "lol" for me, even though others such as Carolyn would not know that. I do appreciate the effort put in even though my ignorance I guess you call it thought that it would be an easy thing to fix.
I honestly had no idea the effort or time included to do this sort of restore as I haven't kept up with computer programs, hence the title. Knowing now that it is photoshop or gimp, I can understand how Carolyn would feel about my last post to her.
Also as I've said thank you to her before, twice I'm sure (unless it was two users with the same name?) I really felt that if I kept saying it over and over it wouldn't seem a genuine thank you over time but a simple copy paste sort of thing.

I am actually really blown away from the community here on RootsChat it's really made me feel like a somebody when I can relate a genealogy topic with another individual and not be told I'm wasting my time in the past when I should be in the "now". I get carried away with this aspect of my life, you know? :)

anyways, Merry Christmas and God bless.
Mark.
Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: cazza59 on Saturday 20 December 14 23:17 GMT (UK)
Hi Mark

Just want to point out that we are in fact two different people!  I am CAROLINE (Cazza59) with the Manchester  United photo. I live in Queensland, Australia that "spoke" to you originally and requested the better scans, which you then said you would be able to get.

CAROLYN (Saddles) is the person that later posted and removed her work.  Carolyn lives in Western Australia, which accounts for why we often post around the same.

We have been confused in the past, so all in all, an honest mistake to make on your part, particularly being new to the board.   I guess from now on to avoid further confusion, I will sign off as Caz.

Anyway, I look forward as per my original posting and your response in saying that you would be posting better scans as soon as you have seen your Dad.  ;)

Cheers
Caroline AKA Caz   :) :) :)

PS  My daughter uses "ha ha"  all the time to let me know she's having a joke!  ;)


Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: Markii on Sunday 21 December 14 00:35 GMT (UK)
Hi Mark

Just want to point out that we are in fact two different people!  I am CAROLINE (Cazza59) with the Manchester  United photo. I live in Queensland, Australia that "spoke" to you originally and requested the better scans, which you then said you would be able to get.

CAROLYN (Saddles) is the person that later posted and removed her work.  Carolyn lives in Western Australia, which accounts for why we often post around the same.

We have been confused in the past, so all in all, an honest mistake to make on your part, particularly being new to the board.   I guess from now on to avoid further confusion, I will sign off as Caz.

Anyway, I look forward as per my original posting and your response in saying that you would be posting better scans as soon as you have seen your Dad.  ;)

Cheers
Caroline AKA Caz   :) :) :)

PS  My daughter uses "ha ha"  all the time to let me know she's having a joke!  ;)

Very confused by it all, I write haha instead of lol coz it's very over used by all these "kewl kidz" who must take every possible great thing in this world and use it and use it until it's lost all meaning. So is there a way to block on this site? I don't have time for arguments and I shouldn't have to explain myself to anyone, should be as simple as if I like something, I like it. If I don't, then I don't. simple. Right?
Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: saddles on Sunday 21 December 14 01:52 GMT (UK)
Thank you Mike for coming to my defence.

You hit the nail on the head...... yes it was being told you must be bored ha ha, like you know a lot of eyestrain and effort and time goes into doing restorations, plus we do it out of the goodness of our own hearts.

Merry Xmas Mike !.

regards Carolyn
Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: cazza59 on Sunday 21 December 14 01:56 GMT (UK)
I'm sorry your feelings where hurt Carolyn, but I think in fairness, Mark thought he was talking to me and I'm sure intended no offence.

Just a simple case of mistaken identity.

Caz
Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: sarah on Sunday 21 December 14 11:23 GMT (UK)
Quote
You hit the nail on the head...... yes it was being told you must be bored ha ha, like you know a lot of eyestrain and effort and time goes into doing restorations, plus we do it out of the goodness of our own hearts.

Photograph restoration takes many hours, often being made difficult because some of the photographs posted are is such a sorry state. All the photograph restorers try their best to make any improvements they can because they know often that these photographs mean so much to the poster.

We very much try to keep RootsChat friendly and polite, maybe a little more consideration should be given when posting.

Regards

Sarah
Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: Niksmum on Sunday 21 December 14 14:22 GMT (UK)
One from me

Irene
Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: stevew101 on Sunday 21 December 14 19:20 GMT (UK)
Hi Mark

Just want to point out that we are in fact two different people!  I am CAROLINE (Cazza59) with the Manchester  United photo. I live in Queensland, Australia that "spoke" to you originally and requested the better scans, which you then said you would be able to get.

CAROLYN (Saddles) is the person that later posted and removed her work.  Carolyn lives in Western Australia, which accounts for why we often post around the same.

We have been confused in the past, so all in all, an honest mistake to make on your part, particularly being new to the board.   I guess from now on to avoid further confusion, I will sign off as Caz.

Anyway, I look forward as per my original posting and your response in saying that you would be posting better scans as soon as you have seen your Dad.  ;)

Cheers
Caroline AKA Caz   :) :) :)

PS  My daughter uses "ha ha"  all the time to let me know she's having a joke!  ;)

Very confused by it all, I write haha instead of lol coz it's very over used by all these "kewl kidz" who must take every possible great thing in this world and use it and use it until it's lost all meaning. So is there a way to block on this site? I don't have time for arguments and I shouldn't have to explain myself to anyone, should be as simple as if I like something, I like it. If I don't, then I don't. simple. Right?

Mark,

People put a lot of time and effort in to restoring a treasured picture for someone.  In can take many hours in some cases to repair or enhance a picture.  The end result is usually dependent on the quality of the scan and the damage to the picture.  Sometimes when I post a restored picture I am happy with the result and at other times, not so happy.  It Is great to hear from the poster when they are pleased with the picture as it makes it all worthwhile.  You post says if "If you don't like it, then you don't.  Simple.  Right."

May I suggest that if you don't like it, then it is better to keep it to yourself, rather than hurt someones feelings who has gone to a lot of time and effort for you.

Having also had a go at your picture, the comment which you made (in bold above) has certainly put me off posting it.



Steve

Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: Markii on Sunday 21 December 14 22:54 GMT (UK)
One from me

Irene

Thank you Irene :) looks really good.
Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: Markii on Sunday 21 December 14 23:00 GMT (UK)
Hi Mark

Just want to point out that we are in fact two different people!  I am CAROLINE (Cazza59) with the Manchester  United photo. I live in Queensland, Australia that "spoke" to you originally and requested the better scans, which you then said you would be able to get.

CAROLYN (Saddles) is the person that later posted and removed her work.  Carolyn lives in Western Australia, which accounts for why we often post around the same.

We have been confused in the past, so all in all, an honest mistake to make on your part, particularly being new to the board.   I guess from now on to avoid further confusion, I will sign off as Caz.

Anyway, I look forward as per my original posting and your response in saying that you would be posting better scans as soon as you have seen your Dad.  ;)

Cheers
Caroline AKA Caz   :) :) :)

PS  My daughter uses "ha ha"  all the time to let me know she's having a joke!  ;)

Very confused by it all, I write haha instead of lol coz it's very over used by all these "kewl kidz" who must take every possible great thing in this world and use it and use it until it's lost all meaning. So is there a way to block on this site? I don't have time for arguments and I shouldn't have to explain myself to anyone, should be as simple as if I like something, I like it. If I don't, then I don't. simple. Right?

Mark,

People put a lot of time and effort in to restoring a treasured picture for someone.  In can take many hours in some cases to repair or enhance a picture.  The end result is usually dependent on the quality of the scan and the damage to the picture.  Sometimes when I post a restored picture I am happy with the result and at other times, not so happy.  It Is great to hear from the poster when they are pleased with the picture as it makes it all worthwhile.  You post says if "If you don't like it, then you don't.  Simple.  Right."

May I suggest that if you don't like it, then it is better to keep it to yourself, rather than hurt someones feelings who has gone to a lot of time and effort for you.

Having also had a go at your picture, the comment which you made (in bold above) has certainly put me off posting it.



Steve

Steve,

I never said I didn't like that restoration work. I simply thought that Carolyn was the same person as Caz, which I was mistaken. hence why I wrote "you must be bored haha" misunderstanding on both parts.

The statement you have made bold wouldn't be directed at anyone specifically.
I do however think that reworking the face to a different person (or drawing it on) is not work that I can relate to.... That person is not the same person anymore.
 
Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: saddles on Monday 22 December 14 00:09 GMT (UK)
Mark I now know what you are saying and that is you thought I was Caroline.

Well how would I suppose to know that ?  :-\ 

So all was needed for you to say you mistook me Carolyn for Caroline and if you had pointed that fact out I would have had another view on the whole thing.

Anyway mistakes are made, so lets let it be !.  8)

So I will take this opportunity to wish you and yours a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year !
Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: Markii on Monday 22 December 14 00:12 GMT (UK)
Mark I now know what you are saying and that is you thought I was Caroline.

Well how would I suppose to know that ?  :-\ 

So all was needed for you to say you mistook me Carolyn for Caroline and if you had pointed that fact out I would have had another view on the whole thing.

Anyway mistakes are made, so lets let it be !.  8)

So I will take this opportunity to wish you and yours a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year !

I do apologise also for not saying that sooner, I thought I had. Let us move forward from here?
Merry Christmas to you also :)
Title: Re: easy enough for the right person - Daniel Baldock
Post by: cazza59 on Monday 22 December 14 00:33 GMT (UK)
 :) :) :) :) 

Yay, all's well that ends well as they say! 

Merry Christmas Everyone!   :) :) :) :) 


Caz  ;)