[Gimp-user] Trying to remove fading from old b photo

2016-11-24 Thread Denzo
>There's more than you might think, especially if you can scan at 16 >bits per channel (16 bit grey or 48 colour), and are using rawtherapee >or darktable or the unstable 2.9 gimp. >You've lost some detail in the shadows but you've done really well in >the lower right. There are books about

[Gimp-user] Trying to remove fading from old b photo

2016-11-24 Thread Denzo
>Hmm. >I said that, and now I go take a look at gimpusers.com, and I can't >tell what >notificati...@gimpusers.com means. It may be an address that the >gimpusers.com forum automatically adds to posts from their web UI. So, >until I find out more about that, mea culpa. It was advice I shouldn't

Re: [Gimp-user] Trying to remove fading from old b photo

2016-11-22 Thread Liam R. E. Quin
On Tue, 2016-11-22 at 17:52 +0100, Denzo wrote: > >  > In the photo I was working on the photo was so poor in places that I > couldn't > actually see much detail - so not a lot to lose. There's more than you might think, especially if you can scan at 16 bits per channel (16 bit grey or 48

Re: [Gimp-user] Trying to remove fading from old b photo

2016-11-22 Thread Joel Rees
Hmm. On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 1:52 AM, Denzo wrote: >>Sending questions to notifications@ is not necessary. :/ I said that, and now I go take a look at gimpusers.com, and I can't tell what notificati...@gimpusers.com means. It may be an address that the gimpusers.com forum

[Gimp-user] Trying to remove fading from old b photo

2016-11-22 Thread Denzo
>Sending questions to notifications@ is not necessary. :/ > >About your question, I'll offer my opinion. >Doubly emphasize that. >This is something that many people do not understand. > >Every edit you make to an image removes or alters some of the original >information in the image. That means

Re: [Gimp-user] Trying to remove fading from old b photo

2016-11-21 Thread Joel Rees
Sending questions to notifications@ is not necessary. :/ About your question, I'll offer my opinion. On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 12:01 AM, Denzo wrote: > On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 8:11 AM, Ofnuts wrote: > [...] >>It's likely to be due to silver salts migration

[Gimp-user] Trying to remove fading from old b photo

2016-11-21 Thread Denzo
>It's likely to be due to silver salts migration that make the surface >of >the photo reflective in the dark areas. Very hard to remove with an >image editor. The best cure to it to take a picture of the original >photo with a side lighting that isn't reflected back in the camera >lens Many

Re: [Gimp-user] Trying to remove fading from old b photo

2016-11-18 Thread Ofnuts
On 18/11/16 16:58, Denzo wrote: Can anyone point me to a good tutorial? I want to remove fading (or maybe it's glare from an old flash?) in one area of an old black and white family photo. I have checked YouTube for tutorials. Many thanks. It's likely to be due to silver salts migration that

[Gimp-user] Trying to remove fading from old b photo

2016-11-18 Thread Denzo
Can anyone point me to a good tutorial? I want to remove fading (or maybe it's glare from an old flash?) in one area of an old black and white family photo. I have checked YouTube for tutorials. Many thanks. -- Denzo (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) ___