[rollei_list] Re: OT: Restoring a 102 years old print

  • From: Carlos Manuel Freaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 23:00:28 +0000 (GMT)

Thank you very much Les, you always are very kind.
Despite the software and the digital magic, this is an
almost artisan work really; I had luck with this one
because the scanner took well the portrayed person
contours and then I could separate him from the
original background after some work.

All the best
Carlos 
 --- hoarcroft@xxxxxxxxxxx escribió:

> 
> Carlos, this is an extraordinary restoration. I have
> not had nearly as
> good a result with a passport photo of my mother
> taken in 1920. It was
> stamped by the authorities for authenticity, and it
> is faded probably
> because it was inadequately fixed. Valiant hours
> with Photoshop have
> yielded only partial results. I can therefore
> appreciate the patience and
> skill it took to get the result you did. I would
> guess that the print was
> rather larger than a passport photo, however; they
> are usually around the
> 70 mm square format.
> 
> Thank you for sharing this with us.
> 
> - 
>
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