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Real Estate Agent with US ECO-GREEN REAL ESTATE INC.

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.

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David Saks
Memphis, TN
Broker / Industry Analyst

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

May 21, 2008 07:24 PM
"The Lovely Wife" The One And Only TLW.
President-Tutas Towne Realty, Inc. - Kissimmee, FL

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!

May 21, 2008 11:28 PM
"The Lovely Wife" The One And Only TLW.
President-Tutas Towne Realty, Inc. - Kissimmee, FL

Sorry ...

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

ROAR :)

May 21, 2008 11:29 PM
Charlottesville Solutions
Charlottesville Solutions - Charlottesville, VA

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!

May 22, 2008 12:03 AM
Michael Setunsky
Woodbridge, VA
Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

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

Good Post!

May 22, 2008 03:15 AM
marti garaughty
garaughty.com - Montreal, QC
a highly caffeinated creative type...

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

May 22, 2008 03:25 AM
Cedric (Ced) Reynolds
Covina, CA
(909) 263-4569

Awesome tool.  Thanks for sharing it with us.

Ced

May 22, 2008 03:51 AM
Shannon Lefevre
John R. Wood Properties - Naples, FL
Shannon Lefevre, PA Your Naples Smart Girl

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!

May 22, 2008 09:32 AM
Rob Baldwin
US ECO-GREEN REAL ESTATE INC. - Santa Clarita, CA
REALTOR, Santa Clarita

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!

May 22, 2008 01:45 PM
Rob Baldwin
US ECO-GREEN REAL ESTATE INC. - Santa Clarita, CA
REALTOR, Santa Clarita

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

May 23, 2008 05:06 AM
Gary Woltal
Keller Williams Realty - Flower Mound, TX
Assoc. Broker Realtor SFR Dallas Ft. Worth

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

May 23, 2008 04:22 PM
Elaine Hanson
Coldwell Banker Realty - Malibu | Topanga - Malibu, CA
REALTOR - Topanga, CA Real Estate Agent

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!

May 24, 2008 07:09 AM
Debi Ernst
St. Charles County, Missouri - Prudential Alliance Realtors - O'Fallon, MO
GRI, e-PRO, Broker/Sales Associate

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

May 24, 2008 10:19 AM
Rob Baldwin
US ECO-GREEN REAL ESTATE INC. - Santa Clarita, CA
REALTOR, Santa Clarita

Gary: Thanks you can really have fun with it.

Elaine: Thanks.

Debi: Your welcome.

May 25, 2008 05:49 PM