advice please. how should i retouch this

[goulden]

I've been asked to retouch this scan to remove the light marks on the

negative but I'm not sure what technique to use? anybody done this

before with good sucess?<div></div>

[sean de merchant httpw]

Start by looking at the individual color channels. Then duplicate the background layer and use the clone tool, patch tool, or healing brush to fix all errors that occur in one or two channels on the individual channels. Then proced to deal with the more global issues. Painting on the layer masks for curves adjustements is a good tool for such problems.

 

This should get you started.

[brandonhamilton]

Played around for a while, but I am nowhere near good enough to make it look right. My only suggestion is BW.<div></div>

[sean de merchant httpw]

It could be done in color. Here I used the data in the red and green channels to invent data for the blue channel as needed and then tweak the color to match. The rest is a mixture of the cloning tool, healing brush, color and luminosity blending modes, curves, the history brush, and layer masks. Below is a sloppy job of it. It is easier to do at high resolution, it just takes more time.<div></div>

[will_hammond]

I think you might find this far easier to do in LAB mode as in RGB the color channels

contain both color and density information. In LAB the "A" and "B" channel are color

information only.

 

Regards,

 

Will Hammond

A.C.I. Photohop

[mondiani]

Maybe with a better scan... anyway here is my suggestion