Guest Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 (edited) Hi, i have a few scans of documents which are 20-30 years old. Some text on this documents is written on a typewriter. Now im trying to make this text to be more clear in relation to the background. I tried to to this using Curves and Levels. The text is getting darker as i want it, but also the background changes which is what i dont want, because if i do this on a rectangular selection it is visible. Curves is quite ok, but it still changes the background to much in my opinion. Is there a way only to make the text more black without changing the background much? You can view the original text and my tries here i full resolution here: http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/283/inputo.jpg Edited December 27, 2012 by quickpost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdnnoob Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Try this: 1. Duplicate the layer so you have two copies of the typewriter text 2. On the top layer, run the threshold plugin (from Ed Harvey's plugin pack). Adjust the sliders so that the text is black and most of the background is white. 3. Set the layer blend mode to Reflect 4. Flatten the image Quote No, Paint.NET is not spyware...but, installing it is an IQ test. ~BoltBait Blend modes are like the filling in your sandwich. It's the filling that can change your experience of the sandwich. ~Ego Eram Reputo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 More techniques > image enhancements Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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