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. > > - > ----------------------------------------------------------- > les clark / edgewater, nj / usa > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into > www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging > into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > ___________________________________________________________ 1GB gratis, Antivirus y Antispam Correo Yahoo!, el mejor correo web del mundo http://correo.yahoo.com.ar --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list