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<p>[QUOTE="Aquitaine, post: 4481933, member: 602"]<p style="text-align: center">SO, if I go higher that 2X OR use the "Very Compressed" choice, I usually wind up with distortions, so I try to stay away from them which I had to with this.....it was highly in-accurate in my opinion!! BUT, I think I came up with some SLIGHT improvements, but not great, sorry to say!!! You peeps are throwing tougher & tougher ones at me!!!!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />!!! I love the challenge, but get unhappy with many of the results!!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /> ANYHOO, I did pretty much the same treatments, on both images but backed off with contrast as much as I could and sharpened as much as I dared on the lower image.....you can compare the two.....going to post both as you may see something I can miss!!!</p> <p style="text-align: center">SO, it's subtle, but the top one is NOT sharpened....I see....ER then either 2 or Z 7X, then not sure...'c' with a vertical strike through?, < with a vertical strike through, not sure next, then looks like 'G'. NEXT LINE....NOT sure on first, lying down G, (shows up a bit better in second image), what looks like a bird, X or another bird, and 'G'. NEXT LINE....looks like '$', maybe 'X'?, not sure but maybe a star, possibly right facing bird, not sure, not sure, then 'X' or not sure. Sorry, but best I could do!!! BTW, some of what I see as 'G's in the second line <u>could</u> be 'C's........the darkening you see in the second image is me trying to 'pull' out remnants of whatever's there!</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]389445[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]389446[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Aquitaine, post: 4481933, member: 602"][CENTER]SO, if I go higher that 2X OR use the "Very Compressed" choice, I usually wind up with distortions, so I try to stay away from them which I had to with this.....it was highly in-accurate in my opinion!! BUT, I think I came up with some SLIGHT improvements, but not great, sorry to say!!! You peeps are throwing tougher & tougher ones at me!!!!:joyful::joyful::happy:!!! I love the challenge, but get unhappy with many of the results!!:( ANYHOO, I did pretty much the same treatments, on both images but backed off with contrast as much as I could and sharpened as much as I dared on the lower image.....you can compare the two.....going to post both as you may see something I can miss!!! SO, it's subtle, but the top one is NOT sharpened....I see....ER then either 2 or Z 7X, then not sure...'c' with a vertical strike through?, < with a vertical strike through, not sure next, then looks like 'G'. NEXT LINE....NOT sure on first, lying down G, (shows up a bit better in second image), what looks like a bird, X or another bird, and 'G'. NEXT LINE....looks like '$', maybe 'X'?, not sure but maybe a star, possibly right facing bird, not sure, not sure, then 'X' or not sure. Sorry, but best I could do!!! BTW, some of what I see as 'G's in the second line [U]could[/U] be 'C's........the darkening you see in the second image is me trying to 'pull' out remnants of whatever's there! [ATTACH=full]389445[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]389446[/ATTACH][/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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