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losixxx
14-07-2008, 11:09
hi
just wondered if anyone could help try and get this pic any better, its an old pic from 85 scanned and my mum want's a copy but picture is fairly poor

thanks in advance if you can help

http://i343.photobucket.com/albums/o441/losixxx/intrepid.jpg
pxl8
14-07-2008, 12:04
Do you have a high res scan to work from?
losixxx
14-07-2008, 12:26
this was the best scan i could get!
Preacher
14-07-2008, 12:45
Have you tried photographing the picture? I have some pictures from the 50's that I scanned and the bright light from the scanner really did a number on the image.

I set up the images in my softbox and took pictures of them. They came out a lot better! I was able to do some repair work (a tear, a stain, some fading) and reprint them for framing.
losixxx
14-07-2008, 12:47
thanks may give that a go, im fairly new to all this photo stuff, only got my new DSLR 2 weeks ago so don't know a huge amount about image repair work,
will take some pic's and see how they come out
Preacher
14-07-2008, 13:00
This is from 1951, in a little club in Havana, Cuba. My wife's father. You can see it is stained and faded.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f260/preacherspulpit/Family/Chess_Before.jpg

This is after some cleanup

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f260/preacherspulpit/Family/Chess_After.jpg

And I colorized one just for practice. I wanted to keep it 'period' looking.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f260/preacherspulpit/Family/Chess_After_Color.jpg
Garry79
14-07-2008, 21:33
Quick go. A better scan would help a lot.

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j35/garryure/Scan.jpg
joxby
14-07-2008, 21:38
Lets get this one out of the way -

Do you have the negative ?
Just Dave
14-07-2008, 21:46
nice edit Garry79 :thumbs:
losixxx
14-07-2008, 22:28
Lets get this one out of the way -

Do you have the negative ?

no all i have is the scanned copy shown
joxby
14-07-2008, 22:38
Thats that then.
The guys/gals here could probably do a better job with the very best quality full size scan you can muster, if you don't have the photo either, what's already been done is as good as its gonna get.
losixxx
14-07-2008, 22:41
thought as much, thanks for the help anyway