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You be the judge!

Recently I bought an Epson v200 photo scanner. After scanning and touching up with the scanners software I still was not satisfied with the end result.

Then I remembered a post that Jeff Turner of Real Estate Shows had done last year talking about a site called Picnik that he used to really snaz up his pictures. I think that the following pics speak for them selves.

Not bad for a free site!

This picture was taken in the late 60's (who would

have guessed) as you can see the first picture

looks washed out, and this is after I touched it

up with the scanners software. Then I went to

Picnik and played with it for a couple of minutes

and this 2nd picture is what I ended up with. Note

the yellow on the little girls coat was due to a

lousy storage practice, not recomended. In the

event you are wondering who these people are. The

man is my father-in-law, my brother in law is on

his right, and holding his left hand is the gal I have been married to for the last 22 years.

Now when I take my pictures for the MLS, of the great Santa Clarita Real Estate, they will look awesome.

Posted by Rob Baldwin, Santa Clarita REALTOR® on 05/22/2008 02:06 AM

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15 Comments on You be the judge!

A remarkable program, if you can find it, is Micrografx Picture Publisher 7. It was one of the finest photo editing software suites ever produced and came bundled with the old Plustek scanners from the late 1990's. Astonishing program, and runs on very little drive space, is compatible with nearly any scanner, camera or imaging device known to mankind, and has thousands of brilliant editing features, and is so user friendly it nearly does everthing for you. It's one of those great programs that became hard to find before people realized what they had. The best programs are the least popular.

Here's a link to the paid version, but if you look around you might find a free download.

http://www.shopping.com/xPO-Micrografx_PICTURE_PUBLISHER_7

05/22/2008 02:24 AM

by David Saks - Real Estate Broker (The Real Estate Mart of Tennessee, Inc.)

Rob...

I love Picnik...When Hubba (Jeff Turner) showed it to us I spent days fixing up some of my images. As you can see by the following I had a blast Picnicking in the Rain :)

Sole Property of TLW and Roar Productions. Get off my images people :)

Image: Sole Property of TLW and Roar Productions. Get off my images People :)

TLW...ROAR!

05/22/2008 06:28 AM

by "The Lovely Wife"...Broker Bryant's Wife... (Co-Owner Tutas Towne Realty, Inc.)

Sorry ...

About all the white space. It appears AR is burping in the Rain :)

ROAR :)

05/22/2008 06:29 AM

by "The Lovely Wife"...Broker Bryant's Wife... (Co-Owner Tutas Towne Realty, Inc.)

You are right about that, not bad for a free site. We all need to get our pictures to digital!

Your Friend in Charlottesville Virginia!

05/22/2008 07:03 AM

by Charles McDonald / Your Trusted Broker for Charlottesville Real Estate (RE/MAX Assured Property)

Bob, you did a good job at restoring the old photo. Not bad results for a free program.

Good Post!

05/22/2008 10:15 AM

by Michael Setunsky (Michael's Commercial LLC)

Hi Rob, what a dramatic difference in the two photos! Also, great pic by the way.

05/22/2008 10:25 AM

by The Blog Artist - marti garaughty (The Art Of Marketing You)

Awesome tool. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Ced

05/22/2008 10:51 AM

by Cedric (Ced) Reynolds - (909) 597-3502 (CedReynolds.com)

This is an adorable post! BTW, that was me in Facebook or whatever it was that you sent the comment on! I just had my email switched and lost your message! :( Hope you're doing great! Hugs!

05/22/2008 04:32 PM

by Shannon Lefevre Naples, Florida CRS (John R. Wood REALTORS Inc.)

Dave: Thanks for the tip.

TLW: Keep on roar'n

Charles: Thanks for stopping by.

Thanks Michael and marti

Ced: Your welcome!

Smart Girl: Look me up on Facebook and send my an invite to be your friend. And any one else for that matter!

05/22/2008 08:45 PM

by Rob Baldwin, Santa Clarita REALTOR® (SCV Home Buyer)

Hi Rob,
I used Picnik a couple of times and forgot about it, I usually use Picasa (free too) and it does a super job also. Now I need to compare. You've made work for me, thanks a lot. LOL.

05/23/2008 06:39 AM

by Cynthia Tilghman, Realtor® Onslow County NC Home Specialist (Kingsbridge Realty, Inc)

Your welcome Cynthia. In my opinion Picnik offers more than Picasa.

05/23/2008 12:06 PM

by Rob Baldwin, Santa Clarita REALTOR® (SCV Home Buyer)

Awesome photo touchup Rob. I didn't know there was an ability to enhance photos this well.

05/23/2008 11:22 PM

by Gary Woltal - REALTOR® Dallas Ft. Worth (Keller Williams Realty)

I just started to try Picnik and it is pretty fun. You did a great job on your photo -- your wife was an adorable little girl!

05/24/2008 02:09 PM

by Elaine Hanson, REALTOR® ~ Topanga, CA Real Estate Specialist (Pritchett-Rapf & Assoc. Realtors, Topanga)

Quite a difference! I didn't know about Picnik. Thanks for sharing! :)

05/24/2008 05:19 PM

by Debi Ernst GRI, e-PRO, Broker/Sales Associate (St. Charles County, Missouri - Prudential Alliance Realtors)

Gary: Thanks you can really have fun with it.

Elaine: Thanks.

Debi: Your welcome.

05/26/2008 12:49 AM

by Rob Baldwin, Santa Clarita REALTOR® (SCV Home Buyer)

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