On 12 December 2011 09:53, Xiella Harksell <xie...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 12 December 2011 09:53, Xiella Harksell <xie...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 12 December 2011 09:07, Arbol One <arbol...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I have a png file that has some letters, the letters are blurry after
>>> the scanning and I would like to enhance the tone of the letters, the
>>> letters are black and the document is in many colours but black. How can I
>>> isolate the black, thus the letters, from all the other colours and then
>>> enhance the colour black so that the letters are thick and solid. ****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.****
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> If you scanned a black and white document in colour and don't mind losing
>> all the colour, a quick fix is turning the png to Grayscale and then
>> increasing Brightness/Contrast to your liking.
>>
>> If you have colours other than black that you'd rather not grayscale:
>> - use the rectangle tool to select the text,
>> - reduce Saturation (several tools in the Colour menu do this) until it's
>> all some shade of grey rather than colour,
>> - then fiddle with Brightness/Contrast until the black is an acceptable
>> black and the white is the appropriate white to match the rest of the
>> document.
>>
>> not sure if that
>>
>> was what you were looking for.
> (sorry accidentally sent.)
>
> Xiella
>

Or you might also be looking for the Posterise tool?  Again not sure if
that was what you were looking for sorry.

Xiella
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