blow it up

BigBouncyBall

try looking up "genuine fractals" for blowing up images.

JustCharlie

Red_Rose_Exile wrote: »

You could always try the rasterbator

wow this websites great. i wouldnt like it for this beause of the obviously lines when u put the A4 sheets togther but it will come i really handy on another prject im doing at college.

JustCharlie

bookduck wrote: »

A bribe to the salesman or evaluation scan at PCWorld etc. might be your answer.

i used to wrk in comet so im gonna take a trip down there after work this week n see if i can get one of the guys to test one of the higher quality scanners.

this is turning into quite an exciting little adventure!!!

Browntoa

I've been scanning old photo's using a 6400 dpi x 9600 dpi , when you blow up the size of the picture you see EVERY bit of dust and imperfection

unrich

I would attack this using a two stage process.

One:
Get the photo professionally restored. There are companies/photogaphers who will (for a price) restore and copy old photos. The contrast can be improved and imperfections touched up. You will then have the original photo and a decent copy.

Two:
I would then have a look at getting the restored photo scanned and blown up. The imperfections will get bigger as you increase the size of the photo but take heart. Many older studio photos will have been taken with a medium format negative. This would be 60*60mm or so. As opposed to 35*24mm for your 35mm print.

Your photo may have more detail in it than many 35mm original negatives would have and their prints. It depends on the original studio's skill. 35mm get shaky when you enlarge then too much e.g. past 10" by 8".

As post above says try A3. You could try a portion of the final print as A3 to get an idea od what the final thing would look like.

johnmc

It doesn't have to be a high tech option. Just because we can, doesn't mean we have to!

Before the advent of scanners I used to do this with a 35mm SLR camera, a decent set of lenses and a tripod.

Obviously it will pick up all the defects, but if you take it to your local photographers they all use high definition digital cameras these days which can then be manipulated to take out the scratches.

And it won't cost a fortune.