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Matt Roberts Junior Member Registered: December 2002 Location: Australia users gallery	Pheeeeew! there was some heavy duty cloning and toning here. The faces were tough going. There wasn’t enough detail in the drivers face, so I had to draw his eyes, nose and mouth. Hope it looks ok. In the original photo the car was level but the background was sloped upwards. So much so that I thought it detracted from the look of the restoration. Straightening the background made this more of a reconstruction rather than a restoration. But I was happy with the look of the straightened background. This was hard work. I seemed to spend ages cloning, patching and cutting and pasting. I don’t know how long I spent on this restoration. But it must have been at least 4 hours. Best Wishes to all who battle on this one Matt
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cazubi

Senior Member

Registered: February 2005
Location: Los Angeles area
Posts: 352

5/4/2005 10:06am

Nice work Matt. I know what you mean about this being a tough one. Your car came out great.

Cathy

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ckc108

Junior Member

Registered: August 2003
Location: Singapore
Posts: 1

5/4/2005 7:11pm

I like the new straightened windows in the background. I think you have brought out the details in the windows reflection as well. I don't know abt the face though but overall NICE!

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Forget the past. Cherish the present.

Matt Roberts

Junior Member

Registered: December 2002
Location: Australia

5/5/2005 6:54am

Thanks Cathy - The car came out better than I dared hope for.

Ckc108 – I like the straightened background better than the sloped original.
I know the face of the driver is a bit iffy.
I enlarged the original and tried everything to get some more detail
in the facial area. But couldn’t find enough pixels to work with.

Matt

Shalford
Member

Registered: October 2003
Location: Solihull - United Kingdom
Posts: 67

5/5/2005 1:53pm

Hi Matt

You really are tireless in your restorations!
The attention to detail is superb.
I've tried this one, managed the car but gave up on the background.
I couldn't restore it - let alone reconstruct it.
Well done Matt - beautiful clean car.

Steve

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Steve

Doug Colwell
Senior Member

Registered: October 2003
Location: Alberta
Posts: 157

5/7/2005 3:17pm

Super clean, very realistic restore Matt. Car looks right-on. Store front, windows and road look freshly photographed. The only problem I see with the faces is that some of the mouths (as in the orig.) are barely visible. I'm not really convinced I'd have noticed a face problem if it hadn't been mentioned. Well done!

Matt Roberts

Junior Member

Registered: December 2002
Location: Australia

5/11/2005 1:49am

Thanks for the comments Steve and Doug,
I was hoping to see more submissions on this challenge.
There was work on every inch of this challenge.
Perhaps some of the members are still working on it.

Matt

vijayan

Member

Registered: January 2003
Location: Trivandrum, India
Posts: 73

5/12/2005 3:36am

Excellent restoration work from you once again. well recreated the ambiance..
good details on the body part of the car is a bonus.

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Thanks,

Vijayan
vijayan@nova-concepts.com

Lioth
Junior Member

Registered: December 2003
Location: Norway
Posts: 2

5/18/2005 5:48am

I think this is an excellent result, nice balance between the car and the background.

Matt Roberts

Junior Member

Registered: December 2002
Location: Australia

5/19/2005 7:29am

Thanks for the comments Vijayan and Lioth,
I wasn't going to do this restoration but am glad I did.
I love interesting old photos from the early 1900s.

Matt

Mark Slater
Junior Member

Registered: October 2003
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posts: 9

6/7/2005 8:42am

Most excellent work getting such clean lines and detail on the car. I was starting to wonder if you were using the same original! lol Terrific job!

krishna
Member

Registered: July 2002
Location: Trivandrum, India.
Posts: 35

6/13/2005 8:31am

Very neat work, Matt. I really liked the way you handled the background area, especially the darker ones. The way you have reconstructed the background is amazing.

Matt Roberts

Junior Member

Registered: December 2002
Location: Australia

6/14/2005 7:38am

Thanks for the comments Mark and Krishna,

Krishna - I was happy with the way the background came out.
In some previous restorations I over-restored damaged backgrounds.

Matt

RestaurArt

Junior Member

Registered: November 2005
Location: Teresópolis / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

11/7/2005 1:25pm

Simply a masterpiece of restoration... You deserve a golden medal for this work. Congratulations!!!!

Matt Roberts

Junior Member

Registered: December 2002
Location: Australia

11/29/2005 1:20am

Thanks for the comment RestaurArt,
It makes me tired just thinking of all the cloning in this restoration.

Matt

chanchalbd

Junior Member

Registered: March 2005
Location: Bangladesh
Posts: 10

11/30/2005 11:20am

Dear Matt!
You're the best.
Greate restoration.
Thanks

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