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muppetpinchess · #1 (**permalink**) 06-20-2006

Hi there. I have a bunch of photos that I want to scrap but the quality is pretty poor, so I'm not sure how best to scrap them. Generally I scrap 8x8 @ 300 dpi, but if I try that with these photos then they show up about 2 inches or so. I can get them larger if I scrap the entire page at 72 dpi, but then I'm afraid that the quality will be poor for printing? How do other ladies handle this?

acheese89 · #2 (**permalink**) 06-20-2006

I had the same problem with some childhood photos I scrapped. My best trick to tell you is to use filters, or actions you may have to change the appearance of the photos. CIO Glow and the Midnight actions at atncentral (do a google) are free and work well to subltley blur the photos and make them look better. You could also try a guasiann blur filter if you are using PS. Try changing them to black and white, and try to keep them small on your layout. Definitely keep your layout at 300DPI, just don't blow the photos up as big as usual. You could do a collage of lots of smaller photos. Good luck!

leeandra · #3 (**permalink**) 06-20-2006

You could prolly scrap your page at 200 dpi, which some scrappers always scrap/print at, and see how that helps.

I would try out some filters, maybe a Gaussian blur, and see if you can make it look poor quality 'on purpose' for art's sake.

I would NOT scrap your page at less than 200 dpi.

HTH!

soniecat · #4 (**permalink**) 06-20-2006

I have scrapped at 200dpi when necessary for old/small photos. Don't scrap lower than that and don't enlarge your photos much on a 200dpi layout. But reducing your entire starting layout to 200dpi should give you a bit more size. Filters can work if you like that look, otherwise just accept them for what they are and scrap them as memories - as opposed to awesome pictures.

Something is better than nothing!!