On May 25, 2011, at 8:24 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > > OK, I took the FFT processed result and did some spot-cloning, noise > reduction (Noiseware Pro), two passes of Smart Sharpening and finally levels > to improve black level and contrast/brightness ... > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2254722/picture0001-filtered2a.jpg > > Printed at a modest size on metallic paper, this would probably look pretty > good. > > -bmw
Dave, in reading through this thread and seeing other's efforts, it seems that there are two different issues. One is that the photo is old, somewhat degraded, and wasn't all that great to begin with. The second has to do with the process and quality of the scan. I think Bruce has made major improvements to the image, but most of his efforts were to overcome a bad scan. If your friend really is serious, she should have you or someone else redo the scan. Even then you have the quality of the (degraded) image to deal with. The wear and tear can be dealt with, Bruce and others have shown that. The main thing, though, based on experience working with 1890's photos from my wife's family, is to remember that it is what it is. If you could make it look clean and sharp and with more contrast, it will no longer look like an old family photo. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
