A photographer client shot a portrait of a man and the man died soon after. The man was not wearing his glasses in the portrait and his family now wants his glasses added to the portrait so it is more like how they remember him. The photographer has obtained some old photographs of the man wearing his glasses, scanned them and it is my job to add them to his portrait. The scans I was supplied with are low res jpeg files.
I don't know much about scanning and am trying to give the photographer some guidance so she can supply me with better scanned images to work with. I am hoping someone can tell me what settings are best for professional quality scans.
This is all I know about scanning:
1. Scan at the highest resolution possible, 1200 dpi or greater.
2. Turn unsharp mask off as it is better to sharpen in photoshop later.
3. Output as a tif file rather than a jpeg.
Should scans from old photos be done in 24 bit color or 48? I'm confused about this. I will retouch the portrait image in either an 8 or 16 bit RGB workspace.
I've attached a screenshot of my scanner settings which I will send to the photographer as a guide to help her. Do any settings need to be changed?
Thanks so much.
I don't know much about scanning and am trying to give the photographer some guidance so she can supply me with better scanned images to work with. I am hoping someone can tell me what settings are best for professional quality scans.
This is all I know about scanning:
1. Scan at the highest resolution possible, 1200 dpi or greater.
2. Turn unsharp mask off as it is better to sharpen in photoshop later.
3. Output as a tif file rather than a jpeg.
Should scans from old photos be done in 24 bit color or 48? I'm confused about this. I will retouch the portrait image in either an 8 or 16 bit RGB workspace.
I've attached a screenshot of my scanner settings which I will send to the photographer as a guide to help her. Do any settings need to be changed?
Thanks so much.
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