oscar_e Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Hi, I'm kind of new to retouching and restoring old pictures, but I try to do my best. In the following picture, there are areas than lost color and it look very light. http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/5587095-md.jpg Is there a way to restore this picture? I cropped the picture and play with auto color and other tools but is not enought to get it right. Any suggestions? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_blackie Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 There's no color in this photo, period. Not sure what Auto color was expected to do? I played with it by adjusting gamma, adding contrast and applying unsharp mask. It looks a bit better, but there is a scratch down the near center of the shot, running vertically, as well as dust spots. If you want my version, I attached it. Or you can follow my steps, and get better results, I imagine. You just need to spend time with the healing brush in PS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscar_e Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 Hi, Jim I think you got the wrong picture. My picture is in color. Here is the link: http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/5587095-md.jpg Try to copy and paste just in case. I tested the link and it works. The picture that you attached is a B/W picture of a beautiful dog. Let's hope you can give some ideas for my picture. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken dennis Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Make the link hot! <P> http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/5587095-md.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken dennis Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Well, that didn't work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graybrick Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 This is going to be a challenge to restore, but it can be done. Is this scanned from a print, and if so do you still have a negative for it? It looks like your camera has a light leak, and this looks like a fairly old picture as well. You'll need to do a lot of hand correction in the lightened areas, and this will take some well-developed PS skills to do right, but it's not beyond repair- though there are some areas which don't seem to have much recoverable detail, such as the man's pants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken dennis Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Anyway, the photograph of the couple that you want to try and save, there is only so much that you will be able to do with it as the colors are flat and it has totally blown out highlights, someone with more skill in photoshop than I might give it a crack because to me, this is one photo that if possible I personally would just try to re-shoot! Good luck! Ken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscar_e Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 The picture itself is damage and I don't have the negs. I guess I hsave to practice more PS and by the year 2009 I'll able to fix it.....jajaja Anyway, thank you all for your quick response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffOwen Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Not the best results but with heavy cropping a bit of noise reduction and some cloneing (not very good I'm afraid) the result may be just about OK. If the original was a print then rescaning might be a better option.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscar_e Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 I was able to play a little bit look at the picture now. copy and paste link: http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/5589544-md.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobuya_i1 Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 It's possible to improve it to some extent. Here's my try:<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscar_e Posted February 13, 2007 Author Share Posted February 13, 2007 Nobuya, I am very happy with the results. It's almost perfect! This is much better. Good job. Thank for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graybrick Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Not sure how to reduce the noise without severely impacting image sharpness here... but here's my five-minute photoshop fix... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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