Re: How can I get the dpi up there to the my scanner's maximum ability?

"Rich Hollenbeck" <richard.hollenbeck@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Subject: Re: How can I get the dpi up there to the my scanner's maximum
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Are you sure you have your output parameters set correctly? I am
guessing you might have a mismatch something and it is creating an
uneccessarily huge file. Are you scanning at the original image size at
420 dpi or are you trying to also upsize it at the same time? Lots of
people get confused about this and can get into problems.

I'm not sure. I think my settings are at 100%


BTW, you probably aren't going to get much more true resolution out of the
file by scanning higher than 300 dpi when you are scanning a printed
photo. A very old original photo probably just doesn't have the inherent
resolution to justify the higher scanning resolution.

Yes, I do realize that no matter how much resolution I throw on it I won't
get
it to look any better than the original. But I want enough resolution to
make subtle touch-ups in PhotoShop or MS-Photo Editor easier. Maybe if I
understood PhotoShop better
this wouldn't be necessary. I've been trying to clean it up in
Microsoft's
Photo Editor using the smudge tool. I thought it might be easier if I had
a
little more resolution.

Thanks Doug!


Rich Hollenbeck


More resolution does give you a larger image to work with. But there is a
practical limit of 2x or 3x the original print size.

Of course there is a limit on your computer resources also.

In Photoshop. No other editor is as good Photoshop is the standard which
other measure themselves by..
For cleanup of old photographs,
Levels (Enhance>Adjust Brightness/Contrast>Levels) (Ctrl-L) is very good for
getting the dynamic range to its max.
For flaws in the photograph, the clone tool (rubber stamp) is unbeatable.

Read in the Photoshop help about those tools.

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