Hi.
I have just purchased an old postcard,about 1920,of my home town.
It shows 4 views. I was wondering if these views can be seperated and enlarged with out any damage to the postcard of course. Will a lot of the definition be lost and would I be breaking any copyright laws.
Anyone had a go at doing this and how did you do it?
Cheers Dave
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Thread: Enlarging an old postcard
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16-01-2008, 1:46 PM #1David AnnisGuest
Enlarging an old postcard
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16-01-2008, 2:53 PM #2Peter_uk_canGuest
My opinion. If it is for your own use, then copyright isn't an issue.
If you haven't got a really good scanner and photo software, one way would be to take it into a place where you can do copies of photographs.
Take as large a copy as the machine will allow. Then cut the new image into the four sections you want, and recopy them, if the resolution is good then you could end up with good and larger copies.
The end resolutions depend on how many pixels per inch there were to start with, very often really old photos and those taken on large glass plates can be enhanced with some great results.
Hope this helps
PeterLast edited by Peter_uk_can; 16-01-2008 at 2:54 PM. Reason: spilling erors
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16-01-2008, 3:07 PM #3GeoffersGuest
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16-01-2008, 8:01 PM #4Geoff RogersGuest
If you don't have a scanner you might like to try experimenting with a digital camera. I've managed to photograph some old family portraits which were larger than A4 size with a 3.5 megapixel digital camera.
Geoff
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16-01-2008, 8:16 PM #5suedentGuest
My Scanner (a Canon) has a toolbox facility which allows me to crop images. Alternatively use an image handling program to select each of the four images.
If you don't have one Irfanview is free to download.
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16-01-2008, 8:45 PM #6
Hi David,
if you have a scanner it's not to hard to do, but you need to scan on a high resolution. If you don't have one, ask a friend, they might be able to do it for you. Would be happy to write out some instructions on how too etc if you like? PM me if you need a Noddy guide.
A local Jessops, would probably do it for you, but charge the earth.
I'm just down the road in Gloucester, (if your location is Pershore) and would be happy to scan it for you.
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16-01-2008, 9:50 PM #7
scanner
Or even I can do it as I more or less next door
Dave
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16-01-2008, 10:33 PM #8
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