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Using PSP to touch up scanned images

Original image 395 KB

Final image 55 KB

1) Consider increasing the brightness and contrast in Paint Shop Pro select: Colours | Adjust | Brightness/Contrast...
In this example we used 3% more brightness and 15 % more contrast.

2) You may want to resize the image use: Image | Resize... | Percentage of Original.
In this case we used 33% of original size. The result is a smaller file size and faster download.

3) Sharpen the image use: Effects | Sharpen | Unsharp Mask... experiment with different values for strength to see what looks best.

4) Consider saving as a GIF file for text or simple line drawings (reducing to only 256 colours).
In this example the final file size was reduced to 55KB from 395 KB.

Created: June 29, 2002
Last modified: December 03, 2003

URL: http://www.rupert.id.au/tutorials/scanner/touchup.html

APA citation:
Russell, R. (2003, December 3). Using paint shop pro to preserve privacy on the Internet. Retrieved December 3, 2003, from
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