What's Going on Here?

Hi Pat,
I understand your concern. I have seen a similar concern expressed in a FB group that I am in by a very competent user.
She found no way to address this issue. While the image may not appear exactly as you would like it to, if you are using it for the book you are creating,
I think the importance of the picture should override a concern for its appearance. It may be somewhat less noticeable when printed on the paper used in most photo books.
Just my thoughts....

Hi Pat,

I may be wrong but it looks like this is a scanned photo and you are seeing what’s called moiré patterns. If this is the case, try this tutorial.

Remove Moiré Patterns from Scans (PDF)

NOTE:

This tutorial is written for Photoshop but it can be followed in Elements. Just keep in mind . . .

- In Elements the Unsharp Mask filter is under the Enhance menu.
- Elements doesn’t have the Edit>Fade [name of the filter] command. You need to use this workaround. -- How to Edit>Fade . . .

I believe that is a scan of an old school Matte print; if so, the texture can mostly be gotten rid of by Filter > Noise > Dust and Scratches and adjust to your liking.

Hello, Everyone!

I want you to know that I have been puzzling over the various posts, trying out this and that (learned about blending modes. . . .that's a positive) for a while now. One of the posts mentioned a "Remove Moire Patterns From Scans" which I printed out and followed. In item #1 it mentioned scanning at a high resolution. I decided to dig around and find the original book and try rescanning it differently using the higher res plus I made sure I was scanning it as a black & white. Since the original scans were done years ago on a different scanner I am starting to think that was the basic problem. When I scanned this morning the results had NO MOIRE PATTERNS!!! I am SO VERY GRATEFUL to you all for what you wrote put me on the correct track to solving this. I was starting to think I would be unable to use any of these photos. Now I can use any of them I need.

Many thanks!! A friend of mine is starting back into Photoshop and decided to go with Photoshop Elements. She has good experience with PS and I told her to sign up here (which she did). I know she will be in good hands with PSE&More.

Pat

I see a strong resemblance; is that you when you were a little girl ?

Hello, Helen

You are absolutely correct when you write, ". . . .the importance of the picture should override a concern for its appearance." Amen! That thought crossed my mind at the start but then I lost sight of it in all the dithering to figure out what could be done. As it turned out, by rescanning, I was able to add a precious page to the story. I think the images would have been unusable otherwise. As it is, the photos are not very good but I am happy with them all the same because of what you wrote.

Thank you so much!!!

Pat