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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: langwell on Thursday 10 June 21 18:07 BST (UK)
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Is this photo beyond repair?
Any suggestions welcomed.
Langwell
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I've repaired worse - can you provide a larger version?
The one attached is quite small - the larger the number of pixels the better
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Can you please tell me how many pixels to apply. That one was 500.
Langwell
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A scan of 300dpi or 400dpi if it is small. This is only 77kbs and you can post a file size of up to 500kb.
Carol
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Very small file to work on but had a go: Is this a Summer photo or? Already at 300dpi so what size is the original?
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All these photographic terms mean nothing to me, sorry.
The original photo looks like it was taken in winter time, snow on ground,
Photo is 6 inches by 4 and a half inches.
Langwell
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My try. :)
Peter
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another version - cheers, Ian
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Thank you.
Langwell
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Hi Langwell, KISS, the damage to your picture was minimal and easily sorted by copying a small section next to the damage and pasting over it, a wee bit at a time until 'repaired' or 'disguised'.
However, to try to enhance the picture and repair small blemishes especially on the faces of the children the restorers need more fine detail to workwith, that is ; more pixels ( picture elements - think atoms or molecules ).
Jpeg is a compression technique used automatically by picture programs to reduce the size of the picture file, but it degrades the pictures details. To restore and repair we magnify the picture to replace faulty pixels or those approximated wrongly by the Jpeg and JPG compression.
Here is an example of a part of yours magnified by 8 times .... note the lack of fine detail.
A scan at more than 300 dots per inch (dpi) and saved as a PNG file would give restorers a better picture to repair in the finest detail.
cheers, Ian
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Thanks to all who helped me with this.
This is an amazing helpful site which I am happy to share with others.
Langwell