Removing writing over pic?

Hello----

I have a few black and white pictures that were put in an old aunt's scrapbook years ago. Some child (I guess) came along and made circles over the picture in ink. Not really heavy circles---the picture still shows through clearly.

Is there a way to break the picture apart with Photoshop Elements and take away that upper layer of scribbles?

Or is there another way of working with this problem that someone can suggest?

Thanks----

Donna

I assume you are going to scan the pictures?

There are several ways I use to do this.

If the pen line, as you say, is very thin, try using the clone tool. If the scan is at a high resolution 300 - 400 pixels, you will have a good size picture to work with.

Another option is to use the healing brush tool in Elements 3.0.

It is a slow process but can give very nice results.
"Donna" wrote in message

Hello----

I have a few black and white pictures that were put in an old aunt's scrapbook years ago. Some child (I guess) came along and made circles over the picture in ink. Not really heavy circles---the picture still shows through clearly.

Is there a way to break the picture apart with Photoshop Elements and take away that upper layer of scribbles?

Or is there another way of working with this problem that someone can suggest?

Thanks----

Donna

Thanks for the reply. In using the clone tool, is there a way to make the cloned imprints less "flat" and more subtle? Is fiddling with opacity the only way to do this?

Thanks--- Donna

"mrfss" wrote in message

I assume you are going to scan the pictures?

There are several ways I use to do this.

If the pen line, as you say, is very thin, try using the clone tool. If the scan is at a high resolution 300 - 400 pixels, you will have a good size picture to work with.

Another option is to use the healing brush tool in Elements 3.0.
It is a slow process but can give very nice results.
"Donna" wrote in message

Hello----

I have a few black and white pictures that were put in an old aunt's scrapbook years ago. Some child (I guess) came along and made circles over the picture in ink. Not really heavy circles---the picture still shows through clearly.

Is there a way to break the picture apart with Photoshop Elements and take away that upper layer of scribbles?

Or is there another way of working with this problem that someone can suggest?

Thanks----

Donna

Also--- When I use the clone tool, I am sometimes ending up with this circle-stamped looking area. What can I do to avoid this?

Thanks again--

Donna

"mrfss" wrote in message

I assume you are going to scan the pictures?

There are several ways I use to do this.

If the pen line, as you say, is very thin, try using the clone tool. If the scan is at a high resolution 300 - 400 pixels, you will have a good size picture to work with.

Another option is to use the healing brush tool in Elements 3.0.
It is a slow process but can give very nice results.
"Donna" wrote in message

Hello----

I have a few black and white pictures that were put in an old aunt's scrapbook years ago. Some child (I guess) came along and made circles over the picture in ink. Not really heavy circles---the picture still shows through clearly.

Is there a way to break the picture apart with Photoshop Elements and take away that upper layer of scribbles?

Or is there another way of working with this problem that someone can suggest?

Thanks----

Donna

Donna wrote:

Also--- When I use the clone tool, I am sometimes ending up with this circle-stamped looking area. What can I do to avoid this?
Thanks again--

Donna

In version 3.0 (I can't remember about 2.0) there are options to set the size, mode (couple dozen choices) and Opacity 0-100%

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit

make sure that you are using a soft brush - enlarge the image to at least 100% if not greater - use the smallest possible brush - keep the source as close as possible to the destination to keep colours constant slow process but quite do-able
jw
"Donna" wrote in message

Also--- When I use the clone tool, I am sometimes ending up with this circle-stamped looking area. What can I do to avoid this?
Thanks again--

Donna

"mrfss" wrote in message

I assume you are going to scan the pictures?

There are several ways I use to do this.

If the pen line, as you say, is very thin, try using the clone tool. If the scan is at a high resolution 300 - 400 pixels, you will have a good size picture to work with.

Another option is to use the healing brush tool in Elements 3.0.
It is a slow process but can give very nice results.
"Donna" wrote in message

Hello----

I have a few black and white pictures that were put in an old aunt's scrapbook years ago. Some child (I guess) came along and made circles over the picture in ink. Not really heavy circles---the picture still shows through clearly.

Is there a way to break the picture apart with Photoshop Elements and take away that upper layer of scribbles?

Or is there another way of working with this problem that someone can suggest?

Thanks----

Donna