Old newspaper cutting - can anything be done?

[alexena]

Can anything be done with this old newspaper cutting - it is in a rather fragile state.

Alexena

[gordonbb]

Hi Alexena,

The best idea would be to get a print of the original photo.  Have you tried contacting the Times of Malta[/u]?  They have an email there for their archives and you are lucky enough to have the date of publication.

Alternatively you can try scanning the cutting with a black sheet behind it to reduce the bleed through.  Look for a "descreening" option on your scanner software and experiment with different settings (150/95/ etc) to reduce the dots.

Regards,

Bruce

[Dave Hall]

Tricky one this, Alexena.
Newspaper cuttings a notoriously hard.
Best I can do Im afraid
Dave

[alexena]

Hi Bruce,

Welcome to rootschat. 

Thank you for your suggestions. I think I will contact the Times of Malta to see if they have any copies of the paper in their archives. I will have a go scanning the cutting with a black sheet behind to see if it helps and also see if I have a descreening option to try out.
Many thanks for your help.

Alexena 

[alexena]

Hi Dave, 

Thank you for your great effort, I know it was a hard one to do and I don't think it you could get it any better. I'll have a go with Bruce's suggestions and see what I come up with.

Cheers Alexena 

[Dave Hall]

We might get a better result
Dave

[gordonbb]

Hi Bruce,

Welcome to rootschat. 

Thank you for your suggestions. I think I will contact the Times of Malta to see if they have any copies of the paper in their archives. I will have a go scanning the cutting with a black sheet behind to see if it helps and also see if I have a descreening option to try out.
Many thanks for your help.

Alexena 

If they have the paper in their archives they may very well have the original photo or the negative and a print of that will be much better.

[Emjaybee]

Are you interested in  a certain person, some of the faces come up better than others.

Still working on this difficult restore.


Mike

[alexena]

Hi Mike,

The person I am interested in is third from the left in the front row. I can see it isn't easy to do a newspaper cutting, I wouldn't know where to start
Alexena