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Old 07-10-2016, 06:57 AM   #12
pdurrant
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Originally Posted by Psymon View Post
I really wanted the "engraving" look, as the whole look-and-feel (so to speak) of my ebook is that of an early printed book -- so it would be nice if those illustrations actually looked like engravings, rather than "semi-blurry paintings or drawings."
Fair enough! And looking closer at the original you posted, I think I was wrong about it being a half-tone. Just very fine engravings.

In which case, I'd suggest converting to greyscale, since the original clearly isn't in colour. Perhaps something like this.
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