Hi all.
I'm "trying" to help my girlfriend's family out with their old photos. Unfortunately her house was burnt down, and almost everything was turned to ash. They managed to salvage a few family photo albums, but most of the photos are pretty damaged. Just spent like the last 10 hours trying to pry the photos out of the albums >.<
I figured i'll scan them, and do some light restoration on them (mainly put a soft blurry boarder around where the photo has been burnt).
Question is, what dpi/ppi should I scan the photos? I tried researching online, most say like 300-600dpi. But then found this one website, which says that it depends on the resolution of the original photo. But i have no idea what the resolution of these photos are. They're taken like 10-15 years ago, and most of them are badly burnt to say the least. Scanning is better than taking a picture of the photos right?
Also, any quick photo restoration tips?
Many thanks
I'm "trying" to help my girlfriend's family out with their old photos. Unfortunately her house was burnt down, and almost everything was turned to ash. They managed to salvage a few family photo albums, but most of the photos are pretty damaged. Just spent like the last 10 hours trying to pry the photos out of the albums >.<
I figured i'll scan them, and do some light restoration on them (mainly put a soft blurry boarder around where the photo has been burnt).
Question is, what dpi/ppi should I scan the photos? I tried researching online, most say like 300-600dpi. But then found this one website, which says that it depends on the resolution of the original photo. But i have no idea what the resolution of these photos are. They're taken like 10-15 years ago, and most of them are badly burnt to say the least. Scanning is better than taking a picture of the photos right?
Also, any quick photo restoration tips?
Many thanks