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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1947629" data-attributes="member: 190607">That's an excellent question, as it comes up all the time.&nbsp; By and large you can only do so much to fix a low quality scan.&nbsp; If the file doesn't have the data that you need in it, the old guidance was that you couldn't create it.&nbsp; You can adjust contrast, brightness, tint, and do some small amount of sharpening, but you are limited by the data in the file (e.g. the resolution of the original scan.)This has all changed recently with the advent of artificial intelligence (AI).&nbsp; And...I don't have a lot of experience with AI apps yet, so I can't tell you what to use for your use case yet.&nbsp; You may want to check out:Adobe Express&nbsp; (free; commercial version adds more features)<a href="https://www.adobe.com/express/?msockid=3a77bcdb92846eb222f7a83993fd6f35" target="_blank">https://www.adobe.com/express/?msockid=3a77bcdb92846eb222f7a83993fd6f35</a>Pixelmator Pro ($50)<a href="https://www.pixelmator.com/pro/" target="_blank">https://www.pixelmator.com/pro/</a>Apple's included Preview and Photos apps have some very powerful editing tools built-in, but they are somewhat hidden.&nbsp; However, they aren't hard to access and use.In Preview, with a graphic file open, go to the Tools menu, and choose &quot;Adjust Color&quot;.&nbsp; A number of useful tools will become apparent.In Photos, open an image, go to the Image menu, choose &quot;Show Edit Tools&quot;.&nbsp; There are a surprising number of great tools there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1947629, member: 190607"] That's an excellent question, as it comes up all the time. By and large you can only do so much to fix a low quality scan. If the file doesn't have the data that you need in it, the old guidance was that you couldn't create it. You can adjust contrast, brightness, tint, and do some small amount of sharpening, but you are limited by the data in the file (e.g. the resolution of the original scan.) This has all changed recently with the advent of artificial intelligence (AI). And...I don't have a lot of experience with AI apps yet, so I can't tell you what to use for your use case yet. You may want to check out: Adobe Express (free; commercial version adds more features) [URL code="true"]https://www.adobe.com/express/?msockid=3a77bcdb92846eb222f7a83993fd6f35[/URL] Pixelmator Pro ($50) [URL code="true"]https://www.pixelmator.com/pro/[/URL] Apple's included Preview and Photos apps have some very powerful editing tools built-in, but they are somewhat hidden. However, they aren't hard to access and use. In Preview, with a graphic file open, go to the Tools menu, and choose "Adjust Color". A number of useful tools will become apparent. In Photos, open an image, go to the Image menu, choose "Show Edit Tools". There are a surprising number of great tools there. [/QUOTE]

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