[Gimp-user] Superimposing writing over an image?

[steveyraff <forums gimpusers com>]

Wow - great tip. That is excellent. AND you even done some of my work for me.
Thank you so much, you've no idea how much this has helped me out and saved me a
lot of time and frustration!!

:)
Steve.

> A nice technique to clean scanned docs or photos of ancient paper:
>
>  * duplicate the layer
> * blur the top layer heavily, about 10x the tickness of the details
> (I
>    used 400px)
>  * put the top layer in "Grain extract" mode
>  * Layer>New from visible and streach contrast or better, use Curves.
>
>
> Result; http://i.imgur.com/iaqLxT2.png

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