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Re: [OM] Any scanning suggestions?

Subject: Re: [OM] Any scanning suggestions?
From: Paul Laughlin <pelaughlin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 21:40:53 -0700
On Operation Photo Rescue, there is a way of using one of the channels 
and the Luminosity blending mode to help in restoration.  Just wondered 
if it might help.
Paul in Portland OR

On 9/17/2011 9:15 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
> But one print in particular is causing me some frustration.  There's
> actually very little damage (just some white speckling near the top of
> the image which is nothing but the back wall of the church... easy fix).
>    However, scanning the image in order to effect the repair, causes more
> trouble than the original speckling.  On the groom's very black tuxedo
> the scan shows wispy, wavy light gray bands crossing most of his jacket.
>    If I examine the original print very closely and hold it at just the
> right angle I can see the same phenomenon visually and it's due to the
> print not being perfectly flat.  But the scan itself makes it 10 times
> more visible than it actually is and, of course, you don't have to hold
> it "just so" in order to see it.
>
> I've tried re-dampening and pressing the print again to get it flatter.
>    I've tried adding weight (lots of books) to press it flat.  Nothing
> seems to help.  No matter what I do, what I can just barely see with my
> eye stands out like a sore thumb in the scan.
>
> I know how to fix it.  I discovered that I can make another layer,
> increase the contrast until the gray disappears, add a mask to reveal
> the original and then paint with white to reveal the darkened area
> above.  Works OK but is very tedious to blend in properly with the brush.

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