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Damaged photograph

Alice1 · 2011-03-15 21:41:47

Can you help please? My son has scribbled with ballpoint on a favourite photo - photo has sentimental value and it is my only one. :mad: Photography shop said they might be able to fix but will cost €60 to €100 - eeek!

15-03-2011 9:41pm

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Can you help please? My son has scribbled with ballpoint on a favourite photo - photo has sentimental value and it is my only one. :mad:

Photography shop said they might be able to fix but will cost €60 to €100 - eeek!

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#2 15-03-2011 9:43pm

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Alice1 wrote: »

Can you help please? My son has scribbled with ballpoint on a favourite photo - photo has sentimental value and it is my only one. :mad:

Photography shop said they might be able to fix but will cost €60 to €100 - eeek!

Scan + Clone stamp tool. Then print it again.

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#3 15-03-2011 9:44pm

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They'll only tell you to blast it with piss in here.

Try here, OP.

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#4 15-03-2011 9:44pm

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Cloning may help here.

Download a free program called GIMP (don't let the name put you off). It's free and similar to Photoshop.

Learn how to use the 'Clone' tool. There's a wikipedia page on it. Google some GIMP help guides on cloning.

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#5 15-03-2011 9:44pm

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How much scribbling? It probably can be repaired but depending on how much ink there is could be very time consuming.

You won't get much help in AH tough...

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#6 15-03-2011 9:44pm

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Kill him.

It'll save you a fortune in the long run.

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#7 15-03-2011 9:44pm

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Don't worry about it. A Hitler moustache drawn on dear old granny will always get a few laughs.

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#8 15-03-2011 9:45pm

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best way to get ink off photos is to use fire.

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#9 15-03-2011 9:45pm

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Try the photography section. You can copy it & undo the damage but I'm not sure how much it will cost.

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#10 15-03-2011 9:45pm

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the keen edge wrote: »

Don't worry about it. A Hitler moustache drawn on dear old granny will always get a few laughs.

As does a granny moustache on a Hitler photo.

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#11 15-03-2011 9:46pm

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Alice1 wrote: »

photo has sentimental value and it is my only one. :mad:

You only own one photograph??
Weird..

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#12 15-03-2011 9:47pm

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It really comes down to how much of someones time it takes.

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#13 15-03-2011 9:51pm

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Alice1 wrote: »

Can you help please? My son has scribbled with ballpoint on a favourite photo - photo has sentimental value and it is my only one. :mad:

Photography shop said they might be able to fix but will cost €60 to €100 - eeek!

I'll do it for twice that price!

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#14 15-03-2011 9:53pm

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El Weirdo wrote: »

They'll only tell you to blast it with piss in here.

Try here, OP.

Have you tried blasting it with piss.........

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#15 15-03-2011 9:54pm

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Alice1 wrote: »

Can you help please? My son has scribbled with ballpoint on a favourite photo - photo has sentimental value and it is my only one. :mad:

Photography shop said they might be able to fix but will cost €60 to €100 - eeek!

PM me. I'll fix it for you for free.

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#16 15-03-2011 9:55pm

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And I will beat your child for free for being so impudent.

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#17 15-03-2011 9:59pm

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Pics Photo or GTFO! :pac:

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#18 15-03-2011 10:13pm

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Alice1 wrote: »

Can you help please? My son has scribbled with ballpoint on a favourite photo - photo has sentimental value and it is my only one. :mad:

Photography shop said they might be able to fix but will cost €60 to €100 - eeek!

so far some quality hints there

take a photo of the picture with your phone and put it up so we can see what we a dealing with.

we can then talk

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#19 15-03-2011 10:14pm

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ignore them, they're only taking the pics

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#20 15-03-2011 10:18pm

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Scribble all over your kids face with permanent marker. That'll teach him..

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#21 15-03-2011 10:21pm

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More bollocks threads in After Hours...

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#22 15-03-2011 10:37pm

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try white spirits or meths gently dab on ink,test first on different photo.

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#23 15-03-2011 10:41pm

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White spirits should get it off.

Off your monitor that is.

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#24 15-03-2011 10:43pm

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And people wonder why I hate children.
Little sh!tes the lot of em

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#25 15-03-2011 10:44pm

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To be fair Forest Master has offered to do it for free.

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#26 15-03-2011 10:48pm

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AnonoBoy wrote: »

To be fair Forest Master has offered to do it for free.

OP should be changed to something perverted.

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#27 15-03-2011 10:55pm

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what are you talking about?... off your monitor i mean...

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#28 15-03-2011 11:10pm

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Eeerm, thanks for all the helpful hints. I'm not sure about killing him - but I have threatened to put him up on ebay. Tisn't a moustache on Granny - tis a lovely pic of His Lordship graduating from his playschool and the little fecker angel has inked out his eyes, nose and mouth and written "Jackie Chan" on the photo.

Fraid I'm a techno peasant and don't know how to post pics. Anyway, I'm not putting it up here.

Now gonna PM Forest Green and visit the photography board....

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#29 15-03-2011 11:14pm

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That'll be tough, with the eyes and nose covered there's nothing to clone. Was it a pro photographer? Might be worth a call to see if there is an archived digital copy.

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#30 15-03-2011 11:19pm

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It wasn't a professional photographer. I rang the playschool to see if they had a copy on disc but they are not sure. Checking and will call me back - didn't sound too hopeful.

I was sort of hoping I could copy and paste his face from another pic or something like that. Don't really want to use meths cos I'd say it would wipe all the picture off.

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#31 15-03-2011 11:21pm

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Alice1 wrote: »

Eeerm, thanks for all the helpful hints. I'm not sure about killing him - but I have threatened to put him up on ebay. Tisn't a moustache on Granny - tis a lovely pic of His Lordship graduating from his playschool and the little fecker angel has inked out his eyes, nose and mouth and written "Jackie Chan" on the photo.

Fraid I'm a techno peasant and don't know how to post pics. Anyway, I'm not putting it up here.

Now gonna PM Forest Green and visit the photography board....

I'd like to apologise for the negativity shown here by certain individuals -they know who they are. Some people just can't see the big picture and think nothing of zooming in just to take the piss, or blast it, or whatever.

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#32 15-03-2011 11:47pm

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I knew I was taking my life my hands posting about this on AH but at least it gets a lot of traffic.

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#33 15-03-2011 11:52pm

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Sent you a PM op.

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