Scanning in old photos with matte finish problem

[giraffe]

I tried searching these forums with no luck. What I am trying to do is scan in old photos that have a matte finish. When scanned in the photos have the matte texture all over the photo and it is very very obvious in photoshop. Does anyone know how to get rid of this texture. Hope I have described the problem OK.
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Bert D

 

[WineO]

Its the textured surface that is the problem not the matte finish. There are a few approaches that can help. I think that if your scanner has a descreening filter that may help. Some noise reduction may help as well but applying a Surface Blur and playing with the Radius and the Threshold should give you some improvement. You can also try a Smart Sharpen afterwards or an Edge Sharpening. The other tool that sometimes helps is Polaroid Dust and Scratch Remover. Try them and see what works for you - hope it helps.
Claude

 

[leroyvanhee]

See if you can get it in a light that doesn't show the texture, then photograph it instead of scanning.

 

[Figero]

I have two methods

First method.
Scan photo and then rotate the photo in the scanner 180° and scan again.
Rotate the inverted image and combine the two images In Photoshop.
The white specs will never be in the same place twice.

Second method.

Convert the matte image to glossy with clear Krylon. This works well I don’t know the downside of the life expectancy of the original image once sprayed with the clear spray. Maybe a better choice would be Krylon Preserve It! Glossy Spray, that is made for prints.

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Steve M

 

[cspringer]

http://www.skeller.ch/ps/fft_action.php

I tried searching these forums with no luck. What I am trying to do is scan in old photos that have a matte finish. When scanned in the photos have the matte texture all over the photo and it is very very obvious in photoshop. Does anyone know how to get rid of this texture. Hope I have described the problem OK.
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Bert D

 

[Daviskw]

Post an example, high res if you can, and we can show you the results of various techniques... Your problem can be solved or at least vastly reduced.

Butch

 

[cspringer]

People have also suggested Image Analyzer.

 

[giraffe]

Thank you for all the suggestions. I tried the FFT method as well as scanning in the photo a 2nd time at 180 degrees. Depending on the photo one method works better than the other but both are better than what I was getting originally.
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Bert D

 

[GHwell]

do not scan above 600 for small prints and 300 for 8x10. If you have a good macro lens then photogaph them they will come out a lot better

 

[cspringer]

If the image is photographed at an angle (i.e., to avoid flash reflection in glass) you can use the Crop Tool and check Perspective. Move the end points to the ends of the image and it will snap to a flat image after hitting Enter or the Commit Transform Check Mark. Keep in mind that it will stretch part of the image so don't photograph at a steep angle or you will notice some pixel distortion.

You could also add Ruler guide lines (shortest side) and then Ctrl+T (Transform Tool)/ Distort. Snap the larger sides to the guide lines and use the middle adjustment points to finish the perspective. The image will be a bit smaller but you will not be "stretching" pixels.

do not scan above 600 for small prints and 300 for 8x10. If you have a good macro lens then photogaph them they will come out a lot better