I love this List!! Is there nothing you guys and gels don’t know? Super support - thanks folks, on behalf of the lurkers. David David Gynes gynes@one-name.org GOON No: 63 On 14 Nov 2014, at 14:30, Jim Owston via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Since newspaper photos are halftone - they will always conflict with > pixel based scans. One of the problems is that halftone dots are > round and pixels are square. There are a couple of work arounds for > this. > > 1. Select descreen in your scanner's settings and change the > resolution to 600 dpi. > 2. Scan in grayscale and not RGB. > 3. Apply the unsharp mask in your photo software. > > This will be as good as it gets - but can be quite effective, but will > never be perfect. > > Another solution is to photograph the image and then manipulate the > various dust and scratches filters in your photo editing software. > Again, it's not perfect, but will get rid of some of the graininess. > > Jim > > > -- > Jim > > James M. Owston, EdD > Owston One-Name Study > #5647 > owston@one-name.org > http://www.one-name.org/cgi-bin/search.cgi?find=5647 > > Newspaper photos are in half tone and do not scan very well. One work > around is to disable t > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 3:55 AM, S Horsman via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: >> I have a couple of small photos, one scanned from a newspaper (very grainy) and another which is quite dark. Is there anyone out there, with the skills to 'improve' them and who is willing to have a go for me. >> If you can help - please to me directly. >> >> Thanks >> Sue Horsman >> 3446 Hors(e)man >> >> _____________________________________________ >> >> RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message