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From: Dave <>
Subject: Re: [UPP-CAN] 1851 Census page enhancement
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 05:59:09 -0400
In-Reply-To: <00b601c67d41$99a60b60$6ccd7144@Annandale>


And a good day to you also

Cheers from
Government employees everywhere ( yes we can read as well)





on 5/21/06 9:46 PM, CJMax at wrote:

> Fortunately for the pages that are available the quality is reasonably good.
> The pages are fairly easy to read. The photographers could have done a better
> job with the lighting, but for government employees, it's OK.
>
> For those who may want to make the pages even easier to read, if you have
> Photoshop you can go to Image > Adjustments > Levels and do a black point and
> white point enhancement which will darken the black ink and lighten the paper.
> By moving the dropper around you can try several different settings before
> selecting the one that you prefer. Then if you want a hard copy it's much
> easier to read than the original.
>
> Cliff. Johnston
> "May the best you've ever seen,
> Be the worst you'll ever see;"
> from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay
>
>
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