Too faded to read? We'll see about that.

Make gravestones, petroglyphs, and other shallow carvings readable.

Identify graves, read lost inscriptions, or reveal unappreciated details in intact carvings.

Grave with thick lichen

This stone was thickly covered in lichen and deep in the woods. I enhanced it with the hope of identifying the grave, and enough text was visible to deduce it was Joseph Haskell's wife (since his grave was adjacent).

A grave covered in dense lichen that is totally unreadable

An enhancement of the lichen covered grave shows the name Joseph Haskel

Carved ostrich egg

This African carved ostrich egg has very light-colored panels, and I wanted to see it "unrolled" like a comic strip, with better contrast.

Image of a carved African ostrich egg showing a scene that's hard to see

Enhanced depth map of the ostrich egg showing a scene with two people and a camel

Eroded marble gravestone

This stone, at Boston's Market Street burying ground, is made of marble that was dissolved by acid rain. With enhancement I could ID it as John P.W. Pomeroy.

A marble gravestone with badly eroded and unreadable text, except near the bottom

An enhanced image of the marble grave shows the full text of the stone, belonging to John P.W. Pomeroy

Embroidered 16th century book cover

My friend Leah is a book conservator (link to her site), and she was interested in visualizing the texture of an embroidered 16th century book cover. The right image is a crop from the enhancement corresponding to the top left corner of the book cover shown on the left. The individual stitches are clearly visualized, showing the 3D nature of the cover.

An enhanced depth map corresponding to the marked rectangle in the adjacent image, showing the height of the individual stitches on the cover