

the halftone and the mezzotint layer a small amount after this though to tone it all down a bit. Push it down slightly so that the entire surface area of the paper is wet. Take a small test piece of your least yellowed paper and put it in the bowl. You'll probably want to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. In a medium sized bowl, create a solution that is about 1 part bleach and about 15 parts water. As scans are never 100% straight, you may also want to rotate the image a fraction too, this will bring in a little moiré pattern though (which could be good but probably bad on screen).And blended these two layers as you'll see below. I just used a mixture of Filter > Render > Clouds and Filter > Pixelate > Mezzotint. Some paper texture and some darker black spots where the ink might be thicker. You just need to add a bit of texture now.You can see on my screenshot below how I set up the curves panel for my test. Curves works great for this! Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Curves. You will want to adjust the shading so that black is grey and you might want the whites to look a bit blown out too.Now put the file back into Grayscale/RGB/whatever as when it's in bitmap you can't access many options.You'll want to make sure the dot style is round for this. I left my output dpi at 300 and dropped the frequency, on the next window to 20 for this particular photo. How it looks will depend on what resolution you'll end up displaying it at. Here you can experiment to get the halftone you like. Put the file in 8-bit mode if it isn't already.Cut the paper at an angle to give the paper a beveled edge. Video of the Day Step 2 Cut or tear your images and print from the newspaper. If you are going to paint the item first, wait 24 hours for the paint to dry. Search for People and Keywords in Alabama Records Search for names and keywords to find your ancestors in historical newspapers.
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