Family photo Melbourne 1890, Heinrich Gruber and Herman Gruber with friends

[steve albin]

Hi Folks,

Thank you for your kind response to my old photo.

Is all I can say is WOW...WOW and WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My kindest regards

Steve

02 November 2022

[Treetotal]

Hi Steve, you have some great results here, but for clarity of detail it is better if you pull the the running lines around the photo that you are scanning, this will avoid the white space from the scanner lid. Also, a scan at a resolution of 300dpi and a file size just under 500kbs will give us restorers more detail to work with. You will be rewarded by a clearer image, especially in the facial features, and a better printout.
Carol

[Neale1961]

It’s a great photo, Steve. I like the way each man has a particular stance, which gives you a sense of their character. I wonder what kind of food the dining room served up?

[steve albin]

Hi Folks,

I hope this faded photo can be brought back to life.

Kind regards
Steve

[wfoto]

Hi Steve, I've worked a little bit on your family photo. The previous posters are right. It's an amazing photo, and interesting to wonder how each person's pose shows a little of their character.

Here's my contribution, but given the photo size and quality (digitally speaking, not aesthetically speaking), not much could be done. If you don't mind, I'd like to have a go in a completely scanned photo.

[steve albin]

Hi wfoto,

Many Thanks,

Do you mean in pdf?

Reagrads

[McGroger]

No, not a pdf, Steve; just a jpeg, same as you originally posted. But when you are putting it on the scanner, draw the scanning lines in on the photo so that you'll only be scanning the photo, not all the white space that's unnecessary but uses valuable file size. That way you can scan it at a higher resolution and should still be within Rootschat's file size limit of 500 kb. The scan you originally posted appears to be at 120 dpi, so if you remove the white space and only scan the photo you should be able to adjust your scanner's resolution to say 600 dpi and still be within the file size limit when you post it. (You might need to play around a bit with different resolutions to try to get it as high a resolution as possible but still be within the limit.)

Hope this makes sense.

Cheers,
Peter

[Mowsehowse]

Another great example of what the photo rescue squad can achieve!
I am always SO impressed. 

[wfoto]

Hi wfoto,

Many Thanks,

Do you mean in pdf?

Reagrads

Hi Steve, not PDF. I don't think these files types are good for editing pics (I guess they could be good enough maybe for printing).

I've restored several (hundreds) of photos of my family from early 20th century China to early 2000s.

I recommend the scan to be:
- file type: tiff (JPEG is OK if your scanner doesn't have .tiff)
- file resolution: 600 dpi (the more the better, but not too much as 1200 dpi)
- crop: McGroger mentioned correctly that it is preferable (but not mandatory) to crop the white space from outside the picture, if you have the time. With that, you'll have a much smaller file size to transfer.
- type of scan: RGB and/or color. Even if your picture is originally black and white, please do scan in color. We can extract a whole lot of information from the channels.
- scanner settings: apart from these 3 settings mentioned above, I recommend you disable any other scanner presets such as sharpness or dust removal. That can be done by the retoucher in a more controlled fashion.

You can send the file to me via wetransfer to my email. I've sent you a PM with my email adress.

Cheers!