FOAK: Paging the photoshop (or GIMP) - isti

External Since: Sep 30, 2006 Posts: 79

I've scanned in some photos from a 1949 booklet at 600 dpi for an
article I'm writing. Obviously, it's made up of dots from the original
plate process. Question: should I try to smooth these out before
submitting to my publisher, and if so how? or simply send them as they
are without risking introducing any more artefacts. What says the FOAK?

External Since: Jan 03, 2005 Posts: 211

"Derek Turner" wrote in message

> I've scanned in some photos from a 1949 booklet at 600 dpi for an article
> I'm writing. Obviously, it's made up of dots from the original plate
> process. Question: should I try to smooth these out before submitting to
> my publisher, and if so how? or simply send them as they are without
> risking introducing any more artefacts. What says the FOAK?

What scale is the scan to be reproduced?

Smaller than the original? Don't bother.
Larger than the original? There are special filters available to handle the
patterns caused by the print process but they take some trial-n-error to get
the best affect.

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Dave
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