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Offline Anne Lee

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Color please, my attempts are disasters.
« on: Tuesday 26 September 06 18:02 BST (UK) »
The dress and bow should be pale green, hair white blond. Sorry can't remember the 'pram at all.

I have always had this 'photo and often wondered what it would look like with color.

Then I was introduced to this site.................couldn't believe my eyes at the results everyone produces.

I hope someone is able to help with this

Anne Lee

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Re: Color please, my attempts are disasters.
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 26 September 06 18:15 BST (UK) »
Hi Anne

This is far to small to work with really. If you are able to re-scan it try and obtain a scan setting of at least 300dpi.

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Re: Color please, my attempts are disasters.
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 26 September 06 18:29 BST (UK) »
I am a complete idiot with computers. But I have it in "my photos" and I just enlarged it on there and resaved.

So I'll try again but I'm not sure what will happen.

Thank you for pointing that out to me.

Anne Lee

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Re: Color please, my attempts are disasters.
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 26 September 06 18:30 BST (UK) »
Nope, it doesn't look any better. I'd better try to find a reference book before I try again.

Anne Lee

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Re: Color please, my attempts are disasters.
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 26 September 06 18:38 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Anne Lee on Tuesday 26 September 06 18:30 BST (UK)
Nope, it doesn't look any better. I'd better try to find a reference book before I try again.

Anne Lee

Hi Anne - Enlargening an existing picture will NEVER improve results. If this is the only pic you have on your PC and you cannot re-scan the original as advised I am afraid we are limited in what can be achieved sorry  :-\

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Re: Color please, my attempts are disasters.
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 26 September 06 21:29 BST (UK) »
I tried scaling it with cubic extrapolation....

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Re: Color please, my attempts are disasters.
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 26 September 06 22:06 BST (UK) »
Does that mean that it could be worked on now?

Could you please explain in English (US or Brit) what you did?

I have a lot of 'photos that over a period of time I would love to put on here but they are all tiny.

Anne Lee

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Re: Color please, my attempts are disasters.
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 26 September 06 23:06 BST (UK) »
i had a little go for you but as previously stated i could not do a great deal with this photo, cheer's, kali.
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Re: Color please, my attempts are disasters.
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 26 September 06 23:21 BST (UK) »
Thank you, it's still a darned sight better than my try

Hmmm. My mother always told me that I was a very beautiful child!!!! Not too sure about that anymore............I think she was very biased LOL

But again thank you, I'm starting to see resemblances to other family members with a little bit of color added.

Anne Lee (signing her full name because there are so many Annes around)
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