I've been holding off, expecting Jerry Freeman have a more authoritative answer.
The good news is that since you're going to use it on the web, you as you edit, will see on your screen what they will see on the web. Using the images to print would greatly complicate editing. I have had and solved this problem, but don't recall exactly how. So winging it: 1. scan the picture at a 45 degree angle. 2. scan at normal or higher resolution. 3. Using graphic converter, use picture/median, which averages adjacent pixels. You can set it to average fractional pixels. Try setting at 0.5. 4. Median will slightly blur the picture (which is why you scanned at high resolution). Now, rotate the image to vertical, re-size to the size and resolution you will use to print. 5. use "un-sharp mask" set to 1 pixel. You may run into moire. >moire |m??r?; mw?-; mw?r| (also moiré |mw??r?; m?-|) >noun >silk fabric that has been subjected to heat and >pressure rollers after weaving to give it a >rippled appearance. >adjective >(of silk) having a rippled, lustrous finish. >* denoting or showing a pattern of irregular >wavy lines like that of such silk, produced by >the superposition at a slight angle of two sets >of closely spaced lines. >ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: French moire 'mohair' >(the original fabric); the variant moiré 'given >a watered appearance' (past participle of >moirer, from moire). Does your scanner software have a "descreen" setting? Use it. Scanning at an angle also helps. At 12:31 PM -0400 5/17/08, Profile wrote: >Harry, > >First of all you are YOUNG, I had my 45 sometime in the past. I also >did what you are doing, scanned in every picture and then moved them >to my iPod so when I went to the party I could look people up. >There are NO dots on mine while viewed in iPhoto unless you zoom in >to eyeball closeness. I am using an Epson 4990 Photo scanner with >the Epson software. I scanned at 300 dpi. I don't know if my >results are different due to the scanner, the quality in the yearbook >or dumb luck. > > >John > > > >On May 17, 2008, at 11:43 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > >> My highschool class is having their 45th reunion. I'm creating a web >> page for it. >> >> <http://homepage.mac.com/harryjb/seneca/> >> >> I'm scanning photos from the year book and, of course, there are >> visible >> dots from the printing process. >> >> Is there any way to convert the photo so the dots won't show? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Harry >> >> >> ps I'm using Adobe photo elements 4 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >> be May 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >> Posting address: [email protected] >> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> > > >_______________________________________________ >The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >be May 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >Posting address: [email protected] >Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be May 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
