Hello Bernie. My son-in-law has offered to scan my old family photos, some of which seem to have faded into pale yellowish colours (of course I never saw the originals for compasrison). Would this process be suitable to realise clearer photos? Cheers, Nandina nandina@alphalink.com.au ---------- > Dear Bruce, > I have found the following method of help when the writing is faded or > badly copied. I scan at 600 dpi, make the image darker and zoom in a > little. The scanner should pick up any image even if faded, and by > darkening the image just a tad, you will enhance the faded image, give > it a shot, you have nothing to lose. I found this worked really well on > photocopied images taken from microfilms that were not the best. > Regards, Bernie Green. > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Mailing List ==== > Remember - the more details you give for your families, such as first names, > dates and places, the more likely it is that you will catch someone's eye and > receive a response. >