Need help with a scanned picture

[Rinaldi]

Hi there, I have a scanned picture, not really a big size but still retouchable I guess and its entirely striped. What steps do I need to do/think of to remove the stripes or sort of 'iron' the picture? The stripes are horizontal and when zooming in I can see the RGB colors in it.

Thanks.

[0lBaldy]

Rinaldi, welcome to RetouchPRO , have fun, learn a lot, join in, any problems just ask

By attaching the image to the post it will be very helpful.

The following links may help!

Attaching Files or Images to Threads or Posts
Size and quality for Attached Images!

After you post your less than 100K version here, you could also post a link to the site that is hosting a larger version Use one of your own or any of these other host options:
ImageVenue.com (3Meg max, free) or pixentral.com (2Meg max, free) or photobucket.com (1 Meg max free,... 5 Meg PRO)-- .Flickr.com (5Meg max free.. BUT they resize to 1024 long side if you don't pay)

[Rinaldi]

Olbaldy, thanks but I can't attach the pic, otherwise I would have done it already. Reason is, its a picture of a maxim and fhm model and she entrusted me the pic without signing anything, so it might sound stupid on the thread but I want to keep trust from those who are sending me pics.

What I can do is attach a part of the pic without the girl on it (sorry guys ), hang on.

[Rinaldi]

Here is a part of the pic and her legs, the picture is a scanned polaroid, 300 resolution but the printsize is a thumbnail.

[0lBaldy]

Perfectly understandable! T'is called integrity, and appreciated in this litigious world!

Maybe this will help some..
I tried the FFT filter, with poor results (maybe I didn't know what I was doing)
then tried Image Analyzer with fair results
Into Photoshop and used a plug-in from Imagenomic called Noiseware at the Default setting

Good luck!

[Rinaldi]

Hey thanks, it looks so much better and Noiseware doesn't really cost that much.

[0lBaldy]

Originally Posted by Rinaldi

Hey thanks, it looks so much better and Noiseware doesn't really cost that much.

There is a free version there also!

[franko60]

Noiseware is great - it's saved me many times when I've had to shoot at very high ISOs. I also find it's better than most any other plug in for smoothing skin (including Imagenomic's sister app, Portraiture). I now use it at default settings in a set of batch actions that I run on all images immediately after downloading from the camera (I also keep all RAW files for those large enlargements, etc), convert to jpeg to present to the client.

[chillin]

I used 2xFFT. First on the full picture & the second time on the leg skewed to get the pattern in a horizontal position. At the end some surface blur.

[Rinaldi]

@ Frank, thanks for contemplating. I'm trying out the community edition now (the free one) and I like it, although I am tempted to use full suppression all the time so I have to be careful about it. It is a program that I think its worth it to buy, even as a beginner.

@chillin thanks for the efforts. What is FFT? about the skew, I guess my eyes aren't trained well enough for now because by first glance I was convinced the stripes were already horizontal haha...lol, or...I entirely forgot that pixels are straight sequenced and picture under a degree have to be skewed first.