Help with old instruction sheet

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I am trying to restore the attached picture to black writing on white background.

You can see my attempts so far using a `white fill` I have also tried `levels` and `curves` as a new layer but not very succssesful. I am just basic with photoshop so that might be my problem.

As you can see from the picture the fill does take care of a lot of it but then I have the problem of doing individual letters to get it done properly (using brush tool)

Any guidance would be appreciated.
thanks

Link to picture….

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h194/scudo/AA%20Dates/1209 990677-burmos21asample.jpg

You can select background color …..go to SELECT —- COLOR RANGE ——— and select colors you want to fill
OR
You can convert everything to grayscale as well (set main colors to b&w and click on gradient map) and and set everything using curves.
martin
http://www.gorgolewski.pl

I am trying to restore the attached picture to black writing on white background.

You can see my attempts so far using a `white fill` I have also tried `levels` and `curves` as a new layer but not very succssesful. I am just basic with photoshop so that might be my problem.

As you can see from the picture the fill does take care of a lot of it but then I have the problem of doing individual letters to get it done properly (using brush tool)

Any guidance would be appreciated.
thanks

Link to picture….

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h194/scudo/AA%20Dates/1209 990677-burmos21asample.jpg

On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:18:06 -0000, SS wrote:

I am trying to restore the attached picture to black writing on white background.

You can see my attempts so far using a `white fill` I have also tried `levels` and `curves` as a new layer but not very succssesful. I am just basic with photoshop so that might be my problem.

As you can see from the picture the fill does take care of a lot of it but
then I have the problem of doing individual letters to get it done properly
(using brush tool)

Any guidance would be appreciated.
thanks

Link to picture….

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h194/scudo/AA%20Dates/1209 990677-burmos21asample.jpg

I got pretty good results by using levels on the red channel. Let me know if you’d like me to make this into a short tutorial.
—
Mike Russell – http://www.curvemeister.com

"Mike Russell" wrote in message

On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:18:06 -0000, SS wrote:

I am trying to restore the attached picture to black writing on white background.

You can see my attempts so far using a `white fill` I have also tried `levels` and `curves` as a new layer but not very succssesful. I am just basic with photoshop so that might be my problem.

As you can see from the picture the fill does take care of a lot of it but
then I have the problem of doing individual letters to get it done properly
(using brush tool)

Any guidance would be appreciated.
thanks

Link to picture….

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h194/scudo/AA%20Dates/1209 990677-burmos21asample.jpg

I got pretty good results by using levels on the red channel. Let me know if you’d like me to make this into a short tutorial.
—
Mike Russell – http://www.curvemeister.com

Mike that would be great if you could do that for me.

thanks

On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:33:48 -0000, SS wrote:

"Mike Russell" wrote in message

On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:18:06 -0000, SS wrote:

I am trying to restore the attached picture to black writing on white background.

You can see my attempts so far using a `white fill` I have also tried `levels` and `curves` as a new layer but not very succssesful. I am just
basic with photoshop so that might be my problem.

As you can see from the picture the fill does take care of a lot of it but
then I have the problem of doing individual letters to get it done properly
(using brush tool)

Any guidance would be appreciated.
thanks

Link to picture….

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h194/scudo/AA%20Dates/1209 990677-burmos21asample.jpg

I got pretty good results by using levels on the red channel. Let me know
if you’d like me to make this into a short tutorial.
—
Mike Russell – http://www.curvemeister.com

Mike that would be great if you could do that for me.

thanks

OK – I’m doing some forum maintenance work right now, but will see about doing a video in the near future. If you have any problem with the image being made public as part of the tutorial, please let me know.
BTW – I had the use of a stove exactly like that one, only it was under the
primus brand. A nifty little gadget that belonged to a friend’s grandfather. It produced a tremendous amount of heat.
—
Mike Russell – http://www.curvemeister.com

Using the pen tool and mask just for the two vertical parts here: http://www.digoliardi.net/tmp.jpg

It’s a quick trick. I’m sure once you get the hang of it, you will make short work of the project.

"Mike Russell" wrote in message

On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:33:48 -0000, SS wrote:

"Mike Russell" wrote in message

On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:18:06 -0000, SS wrote:

I am trying to restore the attached picture to black writing on white background.

You can see my attempts so far using a `white fill` I have also tried `levels` and `curves` as a new layer but not very succssesful. I am just
basic with photoshop so that might be my problem.

As you can see from the picture the fill does take care of a lot of it but
then I have the problem of doing individual letters to get it done properly
(using brush tool)

Any guidance would be appreciated.
thanks

Link to picture….

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h194/scudo/AA%20Dates/1209 990677-burmos21asample.jpg

I got pretty good results by using levels on the red channel. Let me know
if you’d like me to make this into a short tutorial.
—
Mike Russell – http://www.curvemeister.com

Mike that would be great if you could do that for me.

thanks

OK – I’m doing some forum maintenance work right now, but will see about doing a video in the near future. If you have any problem with the image being made public as part of the tutorial, please let me know.
BTW – I had the use of a stove exactly like that one, only it was under the
primus brand. A nifty little gadget that belonged to a friend’s grandfather. It produced a tremendous amount of heat.
—
Mike Russell – http://www.curvemeister.com

That particular image I dont own and was using for practice, if going public then it would be best if I supply one that I own which is for a paraffin iron, Link below

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h194/scudo/AA%20Dates/iron 4.jpg

On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:17:19 -0000, SS wrote:

"Mike Russell" wrote in message

On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:33:48 -0000, SS wrote:

"Mike Russell" wrote in message

On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:18:06 -0000, SS wrote:

I am trying to restore the attached picture to black writing on white background.

You can see my attempts so far using a `white fill` I have also tried `levels` and `curves` as a new layer but not very succssesful. I am just
basic with photoshop so that might be my problem.

As you can see from the picture the fill does take care of a lot of it but
then I have the problem of doing individual letters to get it done properly
(using brush tool)

Any guidance would be appreciated.
thanks

Link to picture….

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h194/scudo/AA%20Dates/1209 990677-burmos21asample.jpg

I got pretty good results by using levels on the red channel. Let me know
if you’d like me to make this into a short tutorial.
—
Mike Russell – http://www.curvemeister.com

Mike that would be great if you could do that for me.

thanks

OK – I’m doing some forum maintenance work right now, but will see about doing a video in the near future. If you have any problem with the image being made public as part of the tutorial, please let me know.
BTW – I had the use of a stove exactly like that one, only it was under the
primus brand. A nifty little gadget that belonged to a friend’s grandfather. It produced a tremendous amount of heat.
—
Mike Russell – http://www.curvemeister.com

That particular image I dont own and was using for practice, if going public then it would be best if I supply one that I own which is for a paraffin iron, Link below

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h194/scudo/AA%20Dates/iron 4.jpg

Here’s a video showing one way to fix the image. It turned out to be an interesting exercise.
http://curvemeister.com/tutorials/lineart/lineart.swf