[Gimp-user] tips on enhancing text written in pencil

[norman]

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> I'm not any kind of gimp power user or anything--I usually just feel my way
> around the program and usually get it to do the fairly simple graphic
> manipulations I want. So far, that method has not worked well for this
> project. So I'd like to ask some tips here on accomplishing the goal I'm
> after. Ideally, I'd like all the yellowed paper that forms the background of
> these images to turn as close to white as possible, while all the pencil text
> should be as close to black as possible. Can anyone point me to things I can
> try under gimp that will help me accomplish these aims?

I think there was a video covering this sort of thing on
www.meetthegimp.org some months ago, but I am not absolutely sure. 

Norman