On Thursday 05 January 2017 18:18:08 paulhurm wrote: > OK, I'm replying to myself here and will attach my recent before and > after work for comments. > > I will post details of steps if anyone is interested but basically I > relied on GMIC tools to achieve what I have here. Luckily, if I decide > that this process might be worth pursuing with the rest of the photos, > it is a fairly easy set of steps. > > To my eye at least, the after shot does a pretty good job of toning > down the white areas that I complained about. You can still tell that > the image is degraded but at least they are not so bright and > distracting to the eye. If you look at the middle guy's chest area you > will see that my result does not solve the problem of lost detail and > I don't expect there to be any way to regain what has been lost. That > is just what I have to accept. > > I just wish the negatives had survived! My 93 year old aunt did not > even know this album existed when I showed it to her for the first > time so it apparently is something that my grandfather put away and > never displayed. She has no idea what ever might have happened to the > negatives so I don't ever expect to find them at this point. OTOH, I > did actually find 2 negatives mixed in with other more recent photos > my grandfather took which have survived, so I think the disappearance > happened later rather than that they never made it home from France. > > I'm still definitely willing to listen to any other advise anyone has > but please take a look at my two attachments "Original" being the > original scan and "Method 1" being my GMIC work. Comments > appreciated!!! > > Paul > I'd have to say that is a marked improvement. > > Attachments: > * > http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/432/original/Original.tif > * > http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/433/original/Method_1.tif
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