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Cleveland Monster
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Aug 25, 2021 Aug 25, 2021

How can I make pen or pencil writing stand out more on a scanned document? I have saved the doc as an jpeg.

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Greg_S. Community Expert
Community Expert , Aug 25, 2021 Aug 25, 2021

I think a Levels adjustment layer is probably the best approach:

 

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Greg_S. Community Expert
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Aug 25, 2021 Aug 25, 2021

I think a Levels adjustment layer is probably the best approach:

 

Snap_2021.08.25_20h17m7s_008.png

 

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Cleveland Monster
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Aug 25, 2021 Aug 25, 2021
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Thank you. I will try that. Never used that feature before, but I will learn.  Cathy

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