Clean up Help Wanted Please

I’ve done as much as I can on one of these to see the result, but it started out as a rather low resolution picture so I couldn’t do a lot (in Photoshop).
If you are able to provide a higher resolution copy (I presume they were scanned), I think I could make major improvements!
If you could send me copies scanned at 300 dpi for example, please PM me for my E-mail address to which you can send them so that I can fix them.
Papa Lima

Hi to all, Thanks for all your help, But Many Thanks to Papa Lima the photos which look great I will be putting them my site in the next few days.

Cheers Rob……

Shalav, I would say that removing the moire has introduced another artifact instead, and that the result is blotchy.

Not really – see example below with only the moire removed – no contrast enhancement or resizing – it shows more clarity than the moire’d image. The artifacting is from the resize/contrast enhancement.

Personally I prefer to use a the Lannzos filter for resize. This is available in irfanview but not in photoshop or paintshop pro. The Lanczos filter tends to create sharper up-sizes and reduced artifacting as compared to the Bicubic filters in photoshop and paintshop.

In any case not much we can do with an image of this size (50kb)

All above are my personal opinions.

Shalav, I would say that removing the moire has introduced another artifact instead, and that the result is blotchy. Removing the sepia is a matter of taste, but my Photoshop tutor told me to retain the sepia or yellowish tinge on old photos, because they are “warmer” that way.
My own approach is to retain as much of the original detail as possible, gently enhancing where absolutely necessary.
Just my own opinion, however (encouraged by my tutor’s remarks).

– removed scan moire – using remove jepg artifacting
– removed sepia
– adjusted contrast
– resized with bicubic resize to 800×501 px

Done with paintshop pro 9

Or like this..

It just depends on the end result you want..

I’ve done as much as I can on one of these to see the result, but it started out as a rather low resolution picture so I couldn’t do a lot (in Photoshop).
If you are able to provide a higher resolution copy (I presume they were scanned), I think I could make major improvements!
If you could send me copies scanned at 300 dpi for example, please PM me for my E-mail address to which you can send them so that I can fix them.
Papa Lima

Do you have Photoshop?

I’ve scanned a couple of old pics, just made them black and white with the ‘remove colour’, then applied some unsharp mask to enhance a little.

regards

Hi I’m sorry to say I have not got Photoshop I think it’s about time I Did, I seem to be getting more and more photos theses days, but thanks for your advise.

Cheers
Rob…..

Do you have Photoshop?

I’ve scanned a couple of old pics, just made them black and white with the ‘remove colour’, then applied some unsharp mask to enhance a little.

regards