Re: Image Newbie Question

ImageJ? OK, I will check it out.

Thanks
Jim

"Tom H." <tom_reader@xxxxxxxxxx*.net> wrote in message
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> It does not sound too promising to me, but you might just try edge
> detection or thresholding and see what happens. It might just bring out
> some shapes that are not so readily apparent. But, in the end, it will be
> the human visual system (yours) that will have to see if anything is
> readable. It may not work, but it is at least quick and easy to try. I
> use ImageJ for this but I am sure that there are many programs that can do
> the thresholding and edge detection. I like ImageJ because of my frugal
> (wife says cheap) nature, its free.
>
> Tom
> "Musashi" <musashi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>I have a JPG of some books in a bookcase
>> (from a b&w picture taken in the 50's)
>> and I'd like to be able to recover the
>> names on the books.
>>
>> When I zoom in on the jpg, the letters are too blurred
>> to read.
>>
>> Could someone point me to the correct image
>> processing algorithm to try and recover the
>> titles on the books in this jpg.
>>
>> Would it be some sort of low pass filter.
>> I am a software person, so once the
>> correct algorithm is suggested,
>> I can implement it.
>>
>> Thanks
>> M
>>
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