Hauptmann Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Wondered if any of our members might be able to help me out with this. I've acquired a WW1 EK with it's original award document. It's a great set, framed, etc. It has both handwriting and type written material on it. Problem is the type written material is extremely faded. I've scanned it (900 dpi) and fiddled with the image but wondering if perhaps one of our members might have more experience with doing this than I and might be willing/able to help me out? I can send over what I've got and what I've done so far. Send me a PM so we can exchange emails and I'll then send over what I have. I'd really love to bring this document back to life and especially learn the history of who this EK was awarded to, etc. Keeping my fingers crossed that someone out there can help me out with this. Many thanks! Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mervyn Mitton Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Dan - try one of those ultra violet lights - or, perhaps an infra-red ? A good camera shop should be able to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 Dan - try one of those ultra violet lights - or, perhaps an infra-red ? A good camera shop should be able to help. Actually Nick tried a black light on it when he had it and he said it was no help. Far as a camera shop, good or otherwise, that may be a bit of a chore as we don't have anything like that here in little Carrington. There might be one in one of the bigger cities but till we can make a trip over (4 hour round trip plus a small fortune in gas these days) for other things I'll just have to stay in a holding pattern. I "think" there is at least one copy shop over in Jamestown and there may be one in Devils Lake, both of which we get to much more often than any of the bigger cities. If so, on our next trip over I'll try to take it along and see if perhaps they can do a better scan on their professional equipment to see if we can come up with a clearer version of the doc. Will keep ya'll posted. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter3 Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Any updates on this?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted July 28, 2011 Author Share Posted July 28, 2011 Very sorry... thought I'd posted a link here to the other thread but guess it fell by the wayside. http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/48783-ww1-ek-2-with-original-award-document/page__hl__document__fromsearch__1 Dan :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Kind of missed this thread!!! Dan, have you thought of scanningf the document and then enhancing it digitally. By scanning it in a high resolution, you may then be enable to darken the type written text through the use of the software..... Just an idea! Of course you may have to open the frame so as to scan the document on a flat scanner for the highest detail possible. Regards, Jim :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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