Are these images too blurry?

[artsygal]

Good morning! I'm working on website and am having trouble with getting clear images from the photos that were provided.

http://www.tickledinkdesign.com/Celebrations/index.htm

(Yes, the design stinks, this is what she wants... long story..)

The photos she sent me were "ok" and I've scanned them, but I'm not sure how to make them sharper. I've slowly taken down the image size and kept using the unsharp mask filter, then optimized, but this is still not good enough for her. I don't think they look too bad, except maybe the ones on the home page, and I'm trying to keep the image as small as possible for load time.

Thoughts?

Thanks!

[grafick]

What resolution did you scan at? Try scanning at 144 dpi, this will give you more data to work with in the begining. While in the preview mode of your scanner try adjusting your brightness and contrast. I don't think your problem is that the images are too blury I think that you have the brightness up too high. In Photoshop (if you don't feel like rescanning or if you have the original scans) try using auto levels or contrast, if your familiar with some of the finite controls you can mess with levels and curves.

Your white end is way high so you are losing detail this is what is making them look blury and low res. thus adding to the hallo effect that you see, especially since you are using transmitted light rather then reflective.


If you have anymore questions drop me a line at tmasingale@gmail.com I could even take a look at them if you want.

Later T.

[artsygal]

Thanks - I'll try the brightness/contrast thing. I actually scanned them in at 200 dpi!

The whites were way overexposed in the original photographs, so not much I can do there...

I appreciate the help :) Thanks...

[dera]

try gettin the orginal and using jpg to lower the quality down instead of your self, use one of the sub sampling filters and see which works better for you. how small do you wish to have the images though?

[BeachSide]

First try rescanning them at 300dpi. This is what print uses. Then when you go to save for web you can scale them down to 72dpi. After you scan them (I am assuming you are using Photoshop) use the adjustments to correct the exposure. I suggest using the Levels and/or Curves this will correct the over-exposure.

If you are unfamiliar with these tools this link (http://www.twistedtreephoto.com/Photoshop%20tutorial/Photoshop%20tutorial1.html) has some good information regarding them.

When you go to save for web make sure you change the dpi to 72dpi!