Robert G Eldridge wrote: > On Sat, 17 Aug 2013 09:13:59 +0100, Mick<mrcycleuk@yahoo.co.uk> > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I have come across a article in our local Isle of Wight weekly paper >> the "County Press" > (snip) > >> Does anyone have any thoughts on how I can get this in a reasonably >> quality? >> Thanks, > > When it comes to newspaper photographs that are, as you know, mostly > comprised of just a series of various sized and spaced black dots on > the white newspaper, hence a 2 colour image. > > One technique that I have successfully used is to scan the photo at a > fairly high resolution and then use the resize function in a graphics > program (Paint Shop Pro etc) to reduce the size of the image to the > pixel size you want. > > It seems* like the resizing looks to 'close up' the dot spacing to > give more of an impression of a grey scale image. > > * I say seems as that's what I noticed and whilst it may have just > been an abberation it's not difficult to give it a go and see what > sort of result you get. Many scanners allow you to specify de-screening; I've found it doesn't always work as advertised, but quite frequently scanning as a magazine photo instead of a newspaper photo DOES work. Worth a shot anyway. And in either event, you can always print the dotty scan as a grey-scale image and then rescan, which sometimes helps further. Cheryl