I've got a ~1000 year old manuscript (ink on vellum) that needs to be enhanced so its easily legible when printed in black and white. I'm including an image from a representative page:
Image
I've played around with the GMIC filters and produced the second image at the link above, but I'm hoping we can get it cleaner (it's super dark and all the dirt/damage is still there). In theory, the ink should be a different color set then the dirt/damage and so I was hoping it would be possible to do something like:
1) Use the color picker to identify the ink color
2) Use some tool to select everything within a certain margin of error of that ink color
3) lift it and add it to a white background
I don't know if that's possible or how to do it. If anyone can help with a guide on what to do (all ideas are welcome) it would be much appreciated.
thanks!
Image
I've played around with the GMIC filters and produced the second image at the link above, but I'm hoping we can get it cleaner (it's super dark and all the dirt/damage is still there). In theory, the ink should be a different color set then the dirt/damage and so I was hoping it would be possible to do something like:
1) Use the color picker to identify the ink color
2) Use some tool to select everything within a certain margin of error of that ink color
3) lift it and add it to a white background
I don't know if that's possible or how to do it. If anyone can help with a guide on what to do (all ideas are welcome) it would be much appreciated.
thanks!