I have a photo ( pre 1930s ) of my dad which I need a couple of high quality copies, I’m guessing I could scan on a home computer scanner and print on photo paper which I’ve haven’t done for ten years or would it be better quality wise to get it done professionally , I only have a HP home printer/scanner ?
anyone have any experience thanks
Copying old B and W photos
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The scanner should do a decent job assuming you aren't going to be enlarging the pictures a great deal. The printer might do a decent enough job. A professional service might clean up the image and adjust the tones to make it better. That can be done at home if you have the software and time.
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davelumb wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06 2024 13:38 -Cheers DaveThe scanner should do a decent job assuming you aren't going to be enlarging the pictures a great deal. The printer might do a decent enough job. A professional service might clean up the image and adjust the tones to make it better. That can be done at home if you have the software and time.
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andy b wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06 2024 17:56 -A scan of an old photo from my printer/scanner.davelumb wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06 2024 13:38 -Cheers DaveThe scanner should do a decent job assuming you aren't going to be enlarging the pictures a great deal. The printer might do a decent enough job. A professional service might clean up the image and adjust the tones to make it better. That can be done at home if you have the software and time.
A few tonal adjustments and a couple of spots removed (not very well!).
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davelumb wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06 2024 19:50 -I’ll give mine a go and see what I can do , not looking for a professional job cheersandy b wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06 2024 17:56 -A scan of an old photo from my printer/scanner.davelumb wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06 2024 13:38 -Cheers DaveThe scanner should do a decent job assuming you aren't going to be enlarging the pictures a great deal. The printer might do a decent enough job. A professional service might clean up the image and adjust the tones to make it better. That can be done at home if you have the software and time.
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A few tonal adjustments and a couple of spots removed (not very well!).
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andy b wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06 2024 19:55 -davelumb wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06 2024 19:50 -I’ll give mine a go and see what I can do , not looking for a professional job cheersandy b wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06 2024 17:56 -A scan of an old photo from my printer/scanner.davelumb wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06 2024 13:38 -Cheers DaveThe scanner should do a decent job assuming you aren't going to be enlarging the pictures a great deal. The printer might do a decent enough job. A professional service might clean up the image and adjust the tones to make it better. That can be done at home if you have the software and time.
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A few tonal adjustments and a couple of spots removed (not very well!).
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Re: Copying old B and W photos
Andy - If you are in need of photo editing software, give "Faststone image viewer" a try. Its free and quite intuitive to use - There's even a tool that you can use to "paint out" spots.
HTH ....... Tony
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lakefisher wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07 2024 14:02 -Cheers Tony will doAndy - If you are in need of photo editing software, give "Faststone image viewer" a try. Its free and quite intuitive to use - There's even a tool that you can use to "paint out" spots.
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Cheers Andy - did it work sufficiently well for you
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Re: Copying old B and W photos
When your scanning set the DPI as high as it will go it will give you the highest detailed scan you'll get which will be useful when coming to get them printed somewhere but beware it will create a big file the higher the settings that might be too big to upload online or email. Create a few scans like 150 dpi, 300, 600 and you'll see the difference.