dman58 Posted March 23, 2006 CID Share Posted March 23, 2006 I was wondering does any know of or can you recommend a program that would help enhance older photos. I've got some pics that are older that I've scanned but they are somewhat blurry or grainy looking. I'm not very knowledgable when it comes to the process of cleaning up photos so I need some help. I'd like something fairly simple to use but powerful enough to make older pics look nice. Any ideas? : Also is there program that can enhance something in a photo that is at a distance in the photo & somewhat blurry? Thanks for your help!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted March 23, 2006 CID Share Posted March 23, 2006 Use the Faststone Viewer on this page you can do alot with it. http://100-downloads.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman58 Posted March 23, 2006 Author CID Share Posted March 23, 2006 Thanks for the link! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted March 23, 2006 CID Share Posted March 23, 2006 Your Welcome, Hope it helps. just play with the edit features there are alot to play with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted March 23, 2006 CID Share Posted March 23, 2006 coknuck: Thanks for the 100-downloads.com link I think its going to be useful to me.I put it in my URL file. I'm DLing the Faststone Viewer & I'm going to give it a try. I now use Ifranveiw which I'm satisfied with & would recommend too.It sounds like the features are similar in both.But the proof is in the using So I will see which one I like best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thecableguy Posted March 23, 2006 CID Share Posted March 23, 2006 I was wondering does any know of or can you recommend a program that would help enhance older photos. I've got some pics that are older that I've scanned but they are somewhat blurry or grainy looking. I'm not very knowledgable when it comes to the process of cleaning up photos so I need some help. I'd like something fairly simple to use but powerful enough to make older pics look nice. Any ideas? : Also is there program that can enhance something in a photo that is at a distance in the photo & somewhat blurry? Thanks for your help!! Try Photogenics http://www.idruna.com/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted March 23, 2006 CID Share Posted March 23, 2006 Cholla, you're welcome I like free stuff. There is a lot of good software. Edit: here is a good site for Utility's http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman58 Posted March 23, 2006 Author CID Share Posted March 23, 2006 Try Photogenics http://www.idruna.com/index.html The Photogenics program is more pricey than I'd like....plus to be honest its a little overwhelming for me. I'm needing something simple but powerful if I can find it. Another question that may seem a bit dumb but I was wondering.....when you magnify a portion of a photo it gets more grainy or blurry....what do you do to get that cleared up or sharpen that portion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted March 23, 2006 CID Share Posted March 23, 2006 coknuck ; I like free stuff too.I already have the second link but thanks for posting it someone else might not have it. dman58; I don't think there is any way to clear ir more than the "sharpen" features of the program will.I think the problem is not enough pixels to work with. I don't have one of the expensive programs like Photoshop it may have other features to correct this.Maybe some Photoshop expert will post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman58 Posted March 23, 2006 Author CID Share Posted March 23, 2006 cholla....I wasn't sure if it could be done or not. If there is a way to do it I'd sure like to find it. About the free stuff....I like that too!! :haha: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted March 24, 2006 CID Share Posted March 24, 2006 The Photogenics program is more pricey than I'd like....plus to be honest its a little overwhelming for me. I'm needing something simple but powerful if I can find it. Another question that may seem a bit dumb but I was wondering.....when you magnify a portion of a photo it gets more grainy or blurry....what do you do to get that cleared up or sharpen that portion? You can't really do anything to get more detail. You could maybe sharpen it to make it look clearer, but you can't make more detail than the picture has. (The reason digital zoom on cameras really isn't that useful) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jeffwalker9999 Posted March 24, 2006 CID Share Posted March 24, 2006 jasc paintshop I'm even able to use it -lol works good I have a copy 107 megs pm me if want to download it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted March 25, 2006 CID Share Posted March 25, 2006 jeffwalker9999;I might take you up on the jasc paintshop but I have dial-up & 107 MB DL's don't work too well. dman58 ;php is pretty good with this stuff so he's probably correct.I think you have the same problem I have when you enlarge it enough you get bigger & bigger digital "squares". If you convert the photo to a .bmp it will help a little because a .bmp has more bytes.If you have the actual photos or can make good copies A good photography studio or lab that has "mechanical" enlargers & other equipment can do a lot. It might be more than you want to spend but is an option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepnklown Posted March 25, 2006 CID Share Posted March 25, 2006 Sadly, you are going to need hardware (scanner) to correct this (I am talking about taking older photos and making them look like new). I would recommend the EPSON Perfection 3490 PHOTO. If the information is not in the picture (resolution, etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman58 Posted March 25, 2006 Author CID Share Posted March 25, 2006 I do have a scanner but its not the best. I've been working with some old photos; scanning them & then trying to clean them up to make them look sharp. Not much success yet but still hoping. All the input is helping though! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted March 25, 2006 CID Share Posted March 25, 2006 dman58;I did some web surfing on this .Theres a lot of information Heres some of what I found. The first link explains why you get the blur & a way to correct it some. http://www.theimage.com/photography/photopg18.htm These 3 are about lens type enlargers. http://photography.about.com/library/weekly/aa073100a.htm http://photography.about.com/library/weekly/aa073100b.htm http://photography.about.com/library/weekly/aa073100c.htm This is some info I found if you had photoshop or a program that could use this method(I copied& pasted the quoted information I can't sat if it works): "The trick is (and it's not my invention) to upsize your image in a few steps, increasing it's size by 10% at a time with bicubic resampling turned on. I'm talking about Photoshop BTW. I can not explain why, but this process does an amazing job versus just trying to double or triple the size of an image at once. Like I said I did not loose much detail and images did not become blocky. Once you try this process and if it works for you, you could create an action in photoshop and assign a function key to it, so you can upsize any image by 10% at a time by simply pressing a key. the 10% method is the method recommended by adobe people" This is a link to the Adobe Forums there are several so try a few & see if they have some better answers. http://www.adobe.com/support/forums/main.html I don't have the software in this link but if it works it might do what you want. http://www.imagener.com/cgi-bin/Track.cgi?TrackKey=ILL9&File=/imagenerunl.html I did DL & try the program below: http://meesoft.logicnet.dk/ Image Analyzer Make sure & DL this plugin also "fractional interpolation".Then put it in the plugin file for this program.Then try your resizing using it.I tried it with a B&W I had & it did a lot better than using resize in another veiwer.The fractional interpolation is in the plugin pulldown of the program window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman58 Posted March 25, 2006 Author CID Share Posted March 25, 2006 Thanks cholla for the help. I appreciate you taking the time to search for some answers. I've been so busy today I really haven't had much extra time to work on it. I'll be checking out the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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