I have a few pictures with barely unreadable text in them, and I'd like to know how to bring it into focus so I can read it.
2007-12-02 17:23:13 · 4 answers · asked by MBtheI 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
The simple answer is that you can't.
If the image did not capture the detail, there is no software that can go back in time and space to read what the sign says, or to find out what the person looked like.
An out of focus image cannot be brought back into focus. A low resolution photo cannot be made to fill in the missing pixels.
There are software applications than can "fake it" and, marginally, improve the esthetics of an image, but there is no way a software can rearrange the pixels in the sign so that it can be read, or put the person's proper eye color and shape of his nose as it should appear in real life.
How would the software "know," for example, if that jagged bit is just a big pixel, or if it is a genuine detail of a distant object?
2007-12-03 07:22:59 · answer #1 · answered by Vince M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming it's digital:
1.Open it up in any image editing program
2. Increase the "zoom" until it's big/clear enough to read
3. If there's no magnification at which you can read it, try sharpening it and increasing the contrast
4. Still can't read it? Sorry, UR out of luck
Hope this helps.
2007-12-02 17:30:27 · answer #2 · answered by V2K1 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
View this sample full size and read the text.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstein/1529463804/
2007-12-02 17:28:14 · answer #3 · answered by Picture Taker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
USM (unsharp mask) filter in photoshop could do the trick.
2007-12-02 21:42:39 · answer #4 · answered by Photographer 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋