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FrannyMae Member Registered: July 2004 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 92 users gallery	I was able to correct most of the damage by replacing the blue channel with info from the red channel. This got rid of the yellow spots for the most part. A curves adjustment layer brought back some color balance. To get rid of the canvas texture I used a dust/scratches filter at a pretty high setting. I made that a pattern, undid the filter and "painted" on the un-textured pattern. I didn't touch the eyes, mouths, or details such as the smocking on the dress or plaid on the jacket. I made another pattern from a dust/scratches at a very low setting and used this to get rid of some of the texture in the clothing but keep the details. I blurred around the eyes and mouths to get rid of the texture there, and then used a pattern made by applying the unsharp filter and painted back in some detail. I did some highlighting to bring out the eyes and some detail in the hair. The dark edges were lightened with dodging, and then I airbrushed the background with one of the predominant colors using "color" as a setting. I debated desaturating this picture to make the texture correction easier but decided to try another option. I have a hard time colorizing and wanted to avoid it! This is a corrected version, as Timbo points out, the teeth and eyes were too bright! They looked like a commercial for toothpaste and eyedrops! Part of the problem may have been the color profile I had assigned...I changed it to Adobe RGB to match this site and that helped.
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Timbo

Junior Member

Registered: July 2004
Location: Sheffield UK

8/9/2004 4:13am

This is a great job, but (for me) I think you have slightly over-whitened the eyes and teeth..........only slighlty

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FrannyMae

Member

Registered: July 2004
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Posts: 92

8/9/2004 8:03am

LOL! I agree with you! It looked pretty good here at home, but when I saw it posted it really stands out. I'll see if I can correct and repost. Thanks for the input!

I corrected it and I think it is better. In retrospect I think I changed it from Adobe RGB to SRGB...I get confused about profiles...and so much more! LOL!

Janet Petty
Senior Member

Registered: January 2004
Location: Mid-South
Posts: 1,612

8/9/2004 12:01pm

I love your approach to a very difficult problem. I'm going to copy down the steps and try it out myself.

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Tom Trevelyan
Junior Member

Registered: May 2002
Location: North Wales, UK.

8/11/2004 1:08am

I think this is great and it inspired me to have a crack at it. Trouble is, I liked the canvas texture! it was those pesky blotches that got me.

I also think that maybe it should be a tad more high key.

FrannyMae

Member

Registered: July 2004
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Posts: 92

8/11/2004 10:49am

I liked the texture too, and may go back and see if I can leave the texture but get rid of the blotches. Working with the channels seems to get rid of most of the problem, so it may be doable. Plus, I just upgraded to CS so now have patch/heal available...which might help? Thanks for the kind words.

ckc108

Junior Member

Registered: August 2003
Location: Singapore
Posts: 1

8/30/2004 12:59am

Franny, great job here. I can see why the colour in my work look washed out. I should add the Adobe RGB colour profile to my work and re-submit to see if it works. Thanks for your comment. Cheers.

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