I have some large sepia tone photos for retouching that are still in their frames. I am not sure how to proceed.
There appears to be some sort of watter damage in some areas. It is a darkenning under the glass and other areas of splotchy darkenning. I am not sure if I should try to take the photo out from behind the glass because it might adhere to the glass making the damage much worse. I can get a decent scan with the photo behind the glass but I would like to remove it for a better scan and better starting point to work from digitally.
My question is:
Are there any good techniques for removing the photo from the glass without damaging it. I am told by a local frame shop that a hair dryier can be used or soaking the glass and photo to loosen it. The glass is badly cracked on one of them.
Also what is a good dots per inch resolution to scan at. I plan to have the digital file printed at a local color lab back to sepia tone.
There appears to be some sort of watter damage in some areas. It is a darkenning under the glass and other areas of splotchy darkenning. I am not sure if I should try to take the photo out from behind the glass because it might adhere to the glass making the damage much worse. I can get a decent scan with the photo behind the glass but I would like to remove it for a better scan and better starting point to work from digitally.
My question is:
Are there any good techniques for removing the photo from the glass without damaging it. I am told by a local frame shop that a hair dryier can be used or soaking the glass and photo to loosen it. The glass is badly cracked on one of them.
Also what is a good dots per inch resolution to scan at. I plan to have the digital file printed at a local color lab back to sepia tone.
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