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Restoring old photo
« on: Thursday 26 July 12 09:41 BST (UK) »
Can some kind person work their  magic on this photo?
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Re: Restoring old photo
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 26 July 12 16:49 BST (UK) »
Sorry
Unfortunately  your image is only 72 dpi and its not possible to recover any more detail, than the image you have posted. You could try rescanning at a higher DPI ( 300 ).

Roy
GUIDE FOR PHOTO RESTORATIONS PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR SCANNER BED IS CLEAN AND SCAN AT A RESOLUTION OF 300-600 WITH THE SCALE AT 100% MINIMUM.

If you would like a coloured version, details such as hair colour , eyes and clothing etc.  if known  would be helpful to restorers

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Restoring Photo
« Reply #2 on: Friday 27 July 12 09:50 BST (UK) »
HI!,

Please could someone try restoring this photo.


Cheers,

Knowlite.  :D :D :D :D :D :D

* Moderator comment:  Topics merged *

Definately scanned at 300 this time
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Re: Restoring old photo
« Reply #3 on: Friday 27 July 12 11:09 BST (UK) »
Hi knowlite :)

I've merged your two topics because the photo is the same on each one.

As a scan of a photocopy, almost all the detail of this photo has been lost, so you may not get much of a response from restorers because not a whole lot can be done with the image.

Prue

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Re: Restoring old photo
« Reply #4 on: Friday 27 July 12 16:41 BST (UK) »
Although there was no info in the photo to bring back, I had a little play and added some shading to get more of a face.  Hope that's helpful.

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Re: Restoring old photo
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 28 July 12 20:32 BST (UK) »
Couple of tries from me. :-\

Terry
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Re: Restoring old photo
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 29 July 12 10:19 BST (UK) »
HI! All,


Thanks everyone for your efforts in attempting restoring a very dodgy photo.

Cheers,

Knowlite.
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