Removing pattern from old photo

[Adam Gardner]

Hello,

I have an old photo of my wife's grandmothers grandparents that she wants to fix up for a present for her grandmother. I have a scan of the image and it contains a pattern that looks something like this



(The scan was at 9348x6912 and this is 100% crop at that resolution).

I imagine this is something to do with the paper that was scanned, is there a process that can remove or significantly reduce the noticability of the pattern? I have been able to select the background and use a gaussian blur on it but that doesn't work so well on faces

I normally use Gimp.

Thanks
Adam

 

[Congaragata]

There was a very similar thread just a few days ago at
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=17262274

Sorry, I'm not familiar with Gimp, so can't really give any advice other than scanning in different ways to minimize the pattern before it gets loaded into Gimp or even take a picture of it with proper lighting instead of scanning.

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Stefan
http://www.skeller.ch

 

[mark allen]

...has this ability to do this.

If you don't have it you could email me a copy of the photo.
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regards, Mark: )

http://www.pbase.com/mark_allen

 

[Adam Gardner]

Thanks, will take a look

 

[Greencog]

Is there a dust and scratch removal action availble that I can

download?

Download free plugin from here:
http://www.polaroid.com/service/software/poladsr/poladsr.html

 

[Wizard65]

This will take care of it ... http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=17023316

wiz

 

[doubleR]

There is a plug in available that works wonders for repetative patterns like this. I read a review on the process on another website maybe digital pro I don't recall. When I go home I can locate it and point you to the link. I have it installed on PSCS2 not sure if it works with GIMP

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double_R

The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE.'

Ernst Haas,

 

[doubleR]

I did some quick research. I found the information on Retouch Pro website.

here is a link to a page explaining the process. Also the download. Good Luck

http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10911&highlight=fft
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double_R

The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE.'

Ernst Haas,

 

[Wizard65]

May I suggest that you READ my link above ... ALL of it. It contains all the information ... instruction, action, and brush ... to accomplish what is required here. This subject has been beaten to death in this forum and the results are all contained in my link. Just read it ...

wiz