By: Neil Medcalf - 19th February 2005 at 02:46
restoration of photo
The scan is not of a high enough dpi to be able to do much more to improve the image. I realize now it’s from a microfiche, however any higher scan rate would help with the detail. At 200% the nearest Spit is just blocks of pixels! Cleaning up the scratchs and such is no problem, even removing the frame on the side can be done. Just let me know what you’d like. However can your scanner do any higher than the 400dpi of your first image? As far as what I’ve done so far it is just a simple brightness/ contrast and greyscale adjustments. I can do further restoration if possible, but I just did this as a sample of a quick improvement. I won’t say I’m an expert at photoshop like some of the coloured examples I’ve seen on this site. But I’m sure I can do a reasonable job at your restoration. Let me know what you’d like done and if a higher scan is possible.
Neil Medcalf
By: D.Stark - 19th February 2005 at 01:26
Hi Neil, if you could remove any scratches and sharpen up the photo that would be great. The scanner I know it can be used on negatives but do you know if it can be used with microfiche film ?
Cheers Rob
What format is the microfiche? 4×5? Positive or negative? I have access to SunRise units ($100K) where we scan 16mm and 35mm roll format. We currently are scanning microfilm that is from the early 60’s that is of poor quaility, ie over processed and under exposed with all sorts of scratches that we can remove using different filters. The end result is sometimes 200% better then before. The equipment for scanning fiche is slightly different as there is a tray that moves back and up under the head for each row and then flips the fiche out and loads another. The optical process is the same however, but we don’t have this attachment. There are commercial companies who could do this for a fee.
Most fiche was generated from a roll format anyway, usually at a 21X reduction. What I have done in the past is splice the strips together, put a leader on both ends and run them through the scanner. Works great. If this fiche is in a card type format, (Not film strips in a plastic sleave) it is most likely a dupe, perhaps a diazo copy. That would require a pan and scan unit.
What are the images on the microfilm? Most microfilm is orthochromatic and is not that suitable for photos as it is only sensitive to two light bands. Contrast is the issue. If you want, you can do a quick scan of the microfiche and send it as a jpg to my email address and I’ll be able to figure out what would be best option?
By: black-panther - 18th February 2005 at 09:10
What exactly would you like cleaned up?
Do you want the frame removed from the right side? Do you want the image sharpened up, like Neil’s work? It looks like you’ve got quite a few scratches and dust on the image. Would you like that removed and cleaned up?
The scanner in your image seems to have a negative / slide attachment. Is that what you’ll be scanning?
Neil,
What did you do with your attempt? The contrast seems much higher.
Hi Neil, if you could remove any scratches and sharpen up the photo that would be great. The scanner I know it can be used on negatives but do you know if it can be used with microfiche film ?
Cheers Rob
By: AirToAirCombat - 18th February 2005 at 06:10
What exactly would you like cleaned up?
Do you want the frame removed from the right side? Do you want the image sharpened up, like Neil’s work? It looks like you’ve got quite a few scratches and dust on the image. Would you like that removed and cleaned up?
The scanner in your image seems to have a negative / slide attachment. Is that what you’ll be scanning?
Neil,
What did you do with your attempt? The contrast seems much higher.
By: Neil Medcalf - 18th February 2005 at 03:51
clean up
How’s this for a start- Send me a higher scan and I’ll see what else I can do for you. Neil – [email]type509@hotmail.com[/email]
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February 18, 2005 at 12:30 am