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Peter
Oct 23, 2012
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I recieved via a email a photocopy of a old school class photo, very blurry can Photoshop clear it up to a point of being clearer. The picture appears to be a photocopy of a photocop.

Peter

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Savageduck
Oct 24, 2012
On 2012-10-23 14:57:45 -0700, "Peter" said:

I recieved via a email a photocopy of a old school class photo, very blurry can Photoshop clear it up to a point of being clearer. The picture appears to be a photocopy of a photocop.

Peter

The answer to that question is no, yes, maybe. Being a photocopy of a photocopy I have my doubts that there is any possibility of improvement. Optimally, a decent scan of the original, or a digital photograph of the original would have been much better.
Without seeing the image in question there is no telling.This is a non-binary group so don’t post the image here, but if you would care to, I would be happy to see what I could do if you email the file to me at the above address with the {REMOVESPAM} removed.


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Voivod
Oct 24, 2012
On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 07:57:45 +1000, "Peter"
scribbled:

I recieved via a email a photocopy of a old school class photo, very blurry can Photoshop clear it up to a point of being clearer. The picture appears to be a photocopy of a photocop.

Sounds like a thankless task that will never have good results.
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Joel
Oct 26, 2012
"Peter" wrote:

I recieved via a email a photocopy of a old school class photo, very blurry can Photoshop clear it up to a point of being clearer. The picture appears to be a photocopy of a photocop.

Peter

In general the answer is NO, but also depending on the quality and some trick you may be able to improve a little. This is what you may nêd to d?

1. Asking the person who sent you the blurry photo for a better quality version. eMail may not be the best way to send large file (image file), so you guy may want to use one of dozens File Hosts instead.

2. Depending on the quality, you can use some trick like

a. Print the current blurry photo to a large print (like 8×10"), you may have to do some adjusting before printing, and the 8×10" print doesn’t have to be super clean

b. Snapping the printed photo using digital camera (the photo should be better than original now), then print to 4×6"

c. Rescan the better quality 4×6" print then you have a better photo to work on.

That’s it! now the newer quality will depend on how well you do those tricks, how well your photography and photography equipment you have etc..

Also, editing a low quality photo usuallly not a good idea, and this is one of the reasons why I don’t mess with poor photo.

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