Re: [Gimp-user] background question

[Michael Natterer <mitch gimp org>]

On Thu, 2012-10-25 at 13:10 +0200, Chrispy wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am trying to remove the background of an image I have scanned of a Newspaper.
> The paper was thin and the back side of the paper is visible on the image.
> Is there an easy way to remove this?
>
> The reverse image is also visible over the main image I am looking at (the image is a News Headline, not a 
> Picture.
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

If you can, scan again, and put *black* paper on top of
the other side while scanning.

--mitch