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From: "CJMax" <>
Subject: Re: [UPP-CAN] 1851 Census page enhancement
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 06:11:44 -0500
References: <C09703AD.15238%davey.gravey@sympatico.ca>


Just the critical eye of a professional photographer :-) I've seen much
worse. It's not that bad, but it certainly could be better...notice the
darker top and brighter bottom - incorrect lighting....

Cliff. Johnston
"May the best you've ever seen,
Be the worst you'll ever see;"
from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave" <>
To: "CJMax" <>; <>
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 4:59 AM
Subject: Re: [UPP-CAN] 1851 Census page enhancement


> 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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