Editing a picture

I recieved via a email a photocopy of a old school class photo, very blurry
can Photoshop clear it up to a point of being clearer. The picture appears
to be a photocopy of a photocop.

Peter

 

The answer to that question is no, yes, maybe. Being a photocopy of a
photocopy I have my doubts that there is any possibility of improvement.
Optimally, a decent scan of the original, or a digital photograph of
the original would have been much better.
Without seeing the image in question there is no telling.This is a
non-binary group so don't post the image here, but if you would care
to, I would be happy to see what I could do if you email the file to me
at the above address with the {REMOVESPAM} removed.

 

Sounds like a thankless task that will never have good results.

 

In general the answer is NO, but also depending on the quality and some
trick you may be able to improve a little. This is what you may nêd to d?

1. Asking the person who sent you the blurry photo for a better quality
version. eMail may not be the best way to send large file (image file), so
you guy may want to use one of dozens File Hosts instead.

2. Depending on the quality, you can use some trick like

a. Print the current blurry photo to a large print (like 8x10"), you may
have to do some adjusting before printing, and the 8x10" print doesn't
have to be super clean

b. Snapping the printed photo using digital camera (the photo should be
better than original now), then print to 4x6"

c. Rescan the better quality 4x6" print then you have a better photo to
work on.

That's it! now the newer quality will depend on how well you do those
tricks, how well your photography and photography equipment you have etc..

Also, editing a low quality photo usuallly not a good idea, and this is
one of the reasons why I don't mess with poor photo.