Poorly copied documents

Can Photoshop or Photoshop elements be used to fix documents that were badly copied, i.e. too dark or too light? I’m talking about mostly black and white documents, such as medical or school records. If not photoshop, any other program? Thanks.

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Can Photoshop be used to fix documents that were badly copied, i.e. too dark or too light? I’m talking about mostly black and white documents, such as medical or school records. If not photoshop, any other program? Thanks.

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The documents are black and white documents with a lot of text on them. However, when the document was copied, large streaks of "too much darkness" ruins the page. Almost like someone took a small paintbrush and painted on some black streaks – except they’re not completely black, just close – so I’m hoping the real text is still in there somewhere. Thanks for your suggestions, and if you have anymore, I’d love to have them 🙂

"JP Kabala" wrote in message

Probably… without seeing the docs its hard to recommend a cure but you

can

try the black and white eyedroppers in levels or curves, or try contrast

or

threshold adjustments.
"Mick" wrote in message

Can Photoshop be used to fix documents that were badly copied, i.e. too

dark

or too light? I’m talking about mostly black and white documents, such

as

medical or school records. If not photoshop, any other program?

Thanks.

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Can you post a piece of one someplace so I can see it?

"Mick" wrote in message

The documents are black and white documents with a lot of text on them. However, when the document was copied, large streaks of "too much

darkness"

ruins the page. Almost like someone took a small paintbrush and painted

on

some black streaks – except they’re not completely black, just close – so I’m hoping the real text is still in there somewhere. Thanks for your suggestions, and if you have anymore, I’d love to have them 🙂
"JP Kabala" wrote in message

Probably… without seeing the docs its hard to recommend a cure but you

can

try the black and white eyedroppers in levels or curves, or try contrast

or

threshold adjustments.
"Mick" wrote in message

Can Photoshop be used to fix documents that were badly copied, i.e.

too

dark

or too light? I’m talking about mostly black and white documents,

such

as

medical or school records. If not photoshop, any other program?

Thanks.

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givemickabreak.com

also you could change over to lab color and then filter , sharpen, unsharp mask, it might clear it up some.
"Don" wrote in message

Sure. I presume you have them in a gray-scale format. The easiest way is to juggle the brightness and contrast to get the result you want (Image>Adjustments>Brightness/Contrast). I usually crank the contrast all the way up and then adjust the brightness. If you like, you can then convert them to bitmap format to produce a smaller file, but often the

print

quality is better if you leave them in gray scale.

Don

—
Experience is what lets you recognize
a mistake when you make it again.

"Mick" wrote in message

Can Photoshop be used to fix documents that were badly copied, i.e. too

dark

or too light? I’m talking about mostly black and white documents, such

as

medical or school records. If not photoshop, any other program?

Thanks.

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givemickabreak.com

Is it pure black/white or are there any shades of gray? If it is the latter ("grayscale") you can use Photoshop,
Otherwise, you should use other tools (have to look them up…).

Waldo

"Mick" wrote in message

Can Photoshop be used to fix documents that were badly copied, i.e. too

dark

or too light? I’m talking about mostly black and white documents, such as medical or school records. If not photoshop, any other program? Thanks.
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Yes, it’s grayscale. What we have is the physical copies of these documents. The originals are gone, but we can scan the poorly made copies using whatever resolution or color scheme.
"Waldo" wrote in message

Is it pure black/white or are there any shades of gray? If it is the

latter

("grayscale") you can use Photoshop,
Otherwise, you should use other tools (have to look them up…).
Waldo

"Mick" wrote in message

Can Photoshop be used to fix documents that were badly copied, i.e. too

dark

or too light? I’m talking about mostly black and white documents, such

as

medical or school records. If not photoshop, any other program?

Thanks.

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givemickabreak.com

You can use Photoshop to touchup the scans. I would make an action (see the help) for that purpose. Once you have the "perfect" action, you can use the batch processing (or maybe the droplets) to process the scans automatically. That may take some time depending on the size and the number of the scans.

Are the documents confidential (the medical will probably be)? If not, you could put a (part of a) scan on the web en post a link so people can have a look at it.

Waldo

"Mick" wrote in message

Yes, it’s grayscale. What we have is the physical copies of these documents. The originals are gone, but we can scan the poorly made copies using whatever resolution or color scheme.
"Waldo" wrote in message

Is it pure black/white or are there any shades of gray? If it is the

latter

("grayscale") you can use Photoshop,
Otherwise, you should use other tools (have to look them up…).
Waldo

"Mick" wrote in message

Can Photoshop be used to fix documents that were badly copied, i.e.

too

dark

or too light? I’m talking about mostly black and white documents,

such

as

medical or school records. If not photoshop, any other program?

Thanks.

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