What Would You Do (#46)

[dlaf]

Originally Posted by djcassar

The minute you reduce the size and save it as a jpg your drematically reducing your change to restore it.

dj - if not jpeg, what is a better way to save a picture from my scanner?

[Nicole]

Just moved a few posts over to last week's thread since they were for that picture

[Mr.Intensity]

Originally Posted by windrider86

Having never worked on restoring an old image I didnt and still dont have a clue where to start so I improvised. lol
duplicated, converted to black and white with a green undertone. adjusted the contrast up to 30. This is where I cheated cause I had been very carefully trying to use the blemish tool and thought what if i use the noise removal tool? I did and it really smoothed things out. Burned the white areas, sharpened the faces up (I think I did too much) went around the edge with the burn tool set on 30 opacity and shadows. and then went around the edges with the soften tool set on 45 opacity.

I thank you, you don't know how two-fold ofa rush I'm getting from this; I'm learning to do it myself, with all of your help. I see you lean - like I do- toward crisp great job.

[EdithOSB]

Thanks for the advice about the scanner - and I love the description of trying to work with a small JPEG.

I'm not so knowledgeable about file types - I do know that JPEG loses some information everytime it's saved. If I want to restore old photos like this one, using Photoshop Elements, is there a format that is better than others to use?

Thanks for the help you're giving me - I may finally be able to produce some of the historical information we've wanted.

[jiminyClickit]

Mr.Intensity,

Even though often I do edits for practice, restoration is a chance to bring back to life a memory that has been faded, scratched, bent, stained, or was too light or dark originally.

My own family photographs from the '40's were a challenge, and the joy I got from bringing them to life again helps me appreciate your response, and led me to do the best I could with your photo. It's gratifying, and if you wondered why we think DPS is "community," it is partly because we'd likely help anyone with their photos, even without a thank you or any recognition. But reading your response means so much more, as a reminder that sometimes the value of the photo is beyond the electronic image, and more than simply an exercise in post-processing.

Thanks for taking the time to personally address the efforts of all the submitters of edits, and let us know if there is anything else DPS can do to make photography more enjoyable for you.

[KatzPhotography]

Here is my version...



I did LOTS of cloning, took out the line going through both of them, did a sharpening, turned picture b/w, straightened, then cropped it to make them more the focal point, used the burn tool to create a vignette effect, the turned Sepia, aged 40 years.....

[Mr.Intensity]

Originally Posted by jiminyClickit

Mr.Intensity,

Even though often I do edits for practice, restoration is a chance to bring back to life a memory that has been faded, scratched, bent, stained, or was too light or dark originally.

My own family photographs from the '40's were a challenge, and the joy I got from bringing them to life again helps me appreciate your response, and led me to do the best I could with your photo. It's gratifying, and if you wondered why we think DPS is "community," it is partly because we'd likely help anyone with their photos, even without a thank you or any recognition. But reading your response means so much more, as a reminder that sometimes the value of the photo is beyond the electronic image, and more than simply an exercise in post-processing.

Thanks for taking the time to personally address the efforts of all the submitters of edits, and let us know if there is anything else DPS can do to make photography more enjoyable for you.

Well Noted my friend.

[shazzt]

I ran out time time to get all the scratches out of this beautiful photo but this is my effort:


Brought into Camera Raw in PSCS3 and boosted the exposure a bit to bring out the detail of the dresses. Cropped the photo a little. Used the clone tool and spot healing tool to get rid of most of the scratches and spots. Used a hue/saturation adjustment layer to destaurate the photo then a colour balance adjustment layer to add a tint. In the colour balance adjustment layer I cooled the shadows a little (pulled them slightly towards blue) and warmed up the midtones and highlights but pulling them slightly to yellow with a touch a red and magenta. Finally, I pulled the file into Neat Image to clean it up a little bit more.

[Mr.Intensity]

Originally Posted by KatzPhotography

Here is my version...



I did LOTS of cloning, took out the line going through both of them, did a sharpening, turned picture b/w, straightened, then cropped it to make them more the focal point, used the burn tool to create a vignette effect, the turned Sepia, aged 40 years.....

Thanx for getting in on this. This means a ton to us. I keep seeing that I got so much to learn, your awesome.

[Mr.Intensity]

Originally Posted by shazzt

I ran out time time to get all the scratches out of this beautiful photo but this is my effort:


Brought into Camera Raw in PSCS3 and boosted the exposure a bit to bring out the detail of the dresses. Cropped the photo a little. Used the clone tool and spot healing tool to get rid of most of the scratches and spots. Used a hue/saturation adjustment layer to destaurate the photo then a colour balance adjustment layer to add a tint. In the colour balance adjustment layer I cooled the shadows a little (pulled them slightly towards blue) and warmed up the midtones and highlights but pulling them slightly to yellow with a touch a red and magenta. Finally, I pulled the file into Neat Image to clean it up a little bit more.

wow...I tried to get that scar out of [Ezella's face (the taller one) and I kept deforming her eye; you did a great job with that too! Thank you very much~