All my Zcash to whoever can repair this photo

[Boobmeister]

http://www.zgeek.com/forum/gallery/files/8/8/9/4/Pop_thumb.jpg Click for larger size

[Spades]

am i missing something?

[Boobmeister]

As in?

[kré]

http://www.zgeek.com/forum/gallery/files/8/8/9/4/Pop_thumb.jpg Click for larger size

i gave it a quick shot

http://www.crayonline.com/pics/Pop.jpg

[Jimma]

Can't help sorry mate, but I'm sure someone here could.

[oggy]

sticky tape should do the job boobie...:shrug:
either that or a photolab/developing shop maybe!

[Holster]

This is my quick attempt.

http://www.zgeek.com/forum/gallery/files/9/3/1/PopBandW.jpg

I can work on the body more if you really want, but i'm no PS gun

[Asmodeus]

still working, but this is my progress so far:

http://www.zgeek.com/forum/gallery/files/8/Pop1.jpg

[Asmodeus]

ok, this is about the best i can do. im just not in teh mindset to do better right now.

http://www.zgeek.com/forum/gallery/files/8/Pop2.jpg

[Boobmeister]

Ok ... Ive given Cray, Holster and Asmo 10k each .... excellent work you guys .... the rest of my zcash will be given out tomorrow to whoever I decide has done best ....

Any more takers?

[druid]

I've attached my take. I built it on holster's excellent face lift. This is about the best I can do with such a poor quality (I mean digital quality) image. An original with at least triple the dimensions and without the horrible JPEG compression artifacts would yield ever so much better results.

[Sinergy]

i think mine came out ok,....as long as you don't mind him looking like "Elephant Man"..

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y218/darvenraven/Pop1.jpg

[Maleficent]

I'm intrigued now. Who is this guy?

[PsychoNavigator]

Good work, druid.

[Boobmeister]

I've attached my take. I built it on holster's excellent face lift. This is about the best I can do with such a poor quality (I mean digital quality) image. An original with at least triple the dimensions and without the horrible JPEG compression artifacts would yield ever so much better results.


Ok .... its a scanned image of a really old photo ... best my scanner does is 300dpi ... how do i increase the image quality?

and its my late grandfather ... my mum found this old pic and wants it copied to send to her sisters ... thought it would be nice to try and fix it before copying it

[johny_roberts]

pretty cool jobs I'd say and its going to a good cause

[FatherShark]

I've taken druid's last edit and tried to focus on removing blemishes from the image as much as possible. Click for full file size.


http://www.zgeek.com/forum/gallery/files/1/1/7/8/Pop_thumb.jpg (http://www.zgeek.com/forum/gallery/files/1/1/7/8/Pop.jpg)

[Boobmeister]

you guys are fucking good .....

i'll print them out tonight and see which one comes up best .....

[Boobmeister]

Ok ... they have been printed out .... and the prize goes to ....



Druid .....


Excellent work the lot of yas ... thanks very much ....

[druid]

Ok .... its a scanned image of a really old photo ... best my scanner does is 300dpi ... how do i increase the image quality?


300 dpi should be enough. Without knowing the scanning program it's hard to say what settings you need to change but I'd say that picture is far from 300 dpi. If I create a 300 dpi image in Photoshop that's 10x7 cm the resolution comes at 1181x827 pixels. I don't know the original dimensions but your resolution might be around 150 dpi.

One thing you should definitely look into are the quality settings. It looks like it was saved as a JPEG and compressed to hell. Jpgs are fine but the quality should be set to maximum. Now there's a lot of LEGO blocks around the image and they are very large. Another thing that might affect the outcome is that some scanning programs let you scan as a halftone or some other settings that can dramatically produce crap in the image if the method does not fit the original.


and its my late grandfather ... my mum found this old pic and wants it copied to send to her sisters ... thought it would be nice to try and fix it before copying it

That is a nice idea and I'm sure everyone here is willing to do the best to get this cleaned.

[druid]

Ok ... they have been printed out .... and the prize goes to ....



Druid .....


Excellent work the lot of yas ... thanks very much ....

W00t! How did the print out work? I think I will forward part of my donation to holster.

[Boobmeister]

settle ... I already gave holly 10k ... and you only got 20 ... and Sharky got the rest (6 odd) ... im now devoid of zcash .... first time I ever used it too ....

Print came out quite good .... again ... thanks druid ... and I owe the lot of yas several beverages at some stage ....

[kré]

good work all 8)

[Boobmeister]

Ive also asked Buffy to spread some rep ... she said she would do it if she remembered later ... so make sure you remind her :D