>Recurrent question, and it appears the answer is to not scan them, but >make photos of them with a >decent camera/lens using a side lighting so that the dark areas do not >reflect light into the lens.
Yes, I have had the take photographs idea mentioned and it may be eventually necessary but I am avoiding handling the pages any more than I have to. The handwritten captions appear to have been done with something like a crayon, certainly not a pencil or ink pen. They are starting to flake off in a few areas and I am afraid to handle the pages too much more. I do not have the camera equipment to accomplish that task by myself. Interestingly the "Instructables" web site recently had an article about building a light box to use with the camera on a phone. I do not have a phone to use and my digital camera has recently died also. No bucks to build even a cheap light box either so I am trying to get going with the scans I already have. Now, after other responses I received I have gone back and started to dig through GMIC. That utility is kind of overwhelming with all it contains and my unfamiliarity kept me from digging too deeply. Yesterday though I did go through a few of the sections that I thought might be most promising and I hit on something that, to my eye at least, helps the appearance. I plan to post be before and afters a bit later on for everyone to comment on. Thanks. Paul -- paulhurm (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
