last pic of mum dad

[andyrollins2007]

i used to diff settings so u can take ur pic thanks again

[mistermonday]

Andy, neither of you new files are 1200 dpi. The 1st is 300 dpi just like your orig posting. You 2nd is save as 1200 dpi but if you check the size it is only 0.85 inches meaning effectively it is the orig size at 600 dpi - still inadequate.
If your scanner can only achieve 1200 dpi, my guess is it is quite old and probably very low end which explains why you are getting that heavy color noise.
Try recanning again but but try to see why your software is resizing it down. Also, when you take the scan, turn OFF all of the scanner auto settings - no descreen, no color adjustment, no tone adjustment, NO brightness adjustment, no saturation adjustment, no auto anything. Then save the raw scan preferably as an uncompressed tiff or psd at full size.
Finally if the image is important, consider taking it to a phtoshop or a friend with a higher end scanner and get the best quality scan that you can.
Regards, Murray

[chillin]

I think that the photobucket is resizing it.

[andyrollins2007]

ok thanks for the help everyone ill see wot i can do oh and check out my band website its www.theuntouchables.info

[klassylady25]

Levels
Contrast (slight)
Color corrected
Reduced color noise

A few other corrections, but this is the end result.

[andyrollins2007]

brilliant candice

[klassylady25]

Thank you Andy for your kind words.

Candy

[Nan]

A little late starting this. I used several levels adjustments, cloned the scratches, color correction and digital noise removal. I think I got it too smooth though.
Nan