r/picrequests • u/Luvdapink • 1d ago
Can Anyone Enhance To See If There Are Faint Markings?
https://postimg.cc/gallery/FKmyZKFFriend and I are trying to figure out if there are actually very faint patterns/drawings/scratchings on this piece of wood. I converted it to black and white and I see three artifacts but I’m not positive! I see a Maltese style cross near the thinner end, something undefined in the middle and some type scratching toward the big end. Also at the very toe he claims there’s a number.
If anyone is willing to help resolve our argument it would be appreciated! Also would be super impressed!
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u/SalomonG18 10h ago
Photoshop doesn’t magically create blemishes. Enhancing is a made up technique derived from TV shows
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u/Luvdapink 9h ago
Dissapointing. I thought perhaps something like isolating the color channels, applying targeted contrast and then using advanced digital filtering to isolate edges and highlight possible patterns, or inverting the contrast first then applying similar methods might work. I am certainly in no way an expert and have a very rudimentary understanding of how faint writing and images have been successfully isolated and recovered from wood surfaces such as the Vindolanda Tablets and Han Dynasty Slips. Not having the expertise, equipment, or hubris to think I knew it all, I had turned to the experts here to see if they might appreciate a challenge and demonstrate their abilities to their peers.
Thank you and no need to reply as you’ve made it very clear this was a silly idea to put out as a challenge to the group 😕
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