On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 11:42 +0100, Paul Smith wrote: > I have got a TIF picture like the one at > > http://phhs80.googlepages.com/example01.png > > Is there some tool to get rid of the gray around the word 'Because'? I > have already tried unpaper, but not having been successful. Are these scans that you've done yourself? It looks like it could be scanned better, in the first place, with better exposure/illumination. If so, you'd have a much easier job in neatening them up. That one reminds me of the sort of pictures I get from a 1970s video camera I have out the back. ;-) It had the same false glow around the edges of dark objects. -- [tim@bigblack ~]$ uname -ipr 2.6.22.1-41.fc7 i686 i386 Using FC 4, 5, 6 & 7, plus CentOS 5. Today, it's FC7. Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.