joeartist Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Hi, I just downloaded Paint.Net this past week. I take lots of pictures of my family and the more I take the more neat things I want to do with them. Paint.Net so far seems to have as many features as GIMP but appears to be easier to use, at least so far. Annnyway, I recent scanned in a picture from a newspaper but the pixels are rather large looking and fr a distance there is a herringbone look to the texture of the picture. Here is a sample So how can I tinker with the picture in the program to make it look less newpapery? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHMCMINN Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 I'm not an expert on this, so take my advice with a pinch of salt, but you might want to try effects>blurs>gausion(sp?) blur>3px or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picc84 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Than, after your garrisun blur, youd want to sharpen it... maby that would work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkbark00 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 here's a tip... I duplicated thelayer 3 times, set the blending mode to overlay on the original layer and the 2 under it. then I offset the bottom 3 layers by 1 or 2 pixels, each in a different direction. then I blurred all the duped layers a few pixel (3 or 4). then I blurred the original layer by 2 and sharpened by 4. it came out a little dark so I lightened it Quote  Take responsibility for your own intelligence. 😉 -Rick Brewster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picc84 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 wo... thats awesome! good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHMCMINN Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Wow bark, that's great! A bit complex for us weak minded people, lol, but great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeartist Posted September 11, 2006 Author Share Posted September 11, 2006 here's a tip...I duplicated thelayer 3 times, set the blending mode to overlay on the original layer and the 2 under it. then I offset the bottom 3 layers by 1 or 2 pixels, each in a different direction. then I blurred all the duped layers a few pixel (3 or 4). then I blurred the original layer by 2 and sharpened by 4. it came out a little dark so I lightened it Well hey, here goes nothing!! Before: and After: I'm new to this and I'm sure I've got of tweaking on this picture and learning over all, but it looks like it's going to be fun!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digpz Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Maybe this could be moved to the tutorials forum because it seems to be a very nice tutorial on getting newspaper scans to look OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickman Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 I don't think so. the first post was a question, not a tut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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