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lurch Senior Member Registered: July 2006 Location: SoCal Posts: 539 users gallery	Used a mask based on the blue channel to help clone out the big colored blotches (just for the fun of it - don't think it really saved any time), then cleaned up other blemishes using a combination of clone, patch, and healing. Next came channel mixer conversion to gray scale followed by curves to enhance tone and contrast. Then a merge visible. Duplicated that layer and used dust and scratches to get rid of the three million black dots. Added a layer mask to the D&S layer and excluded the things I didn't want softened with a black paintbrush. Next thing was to use Ro's quick degrunge technique to smooth out the facial skin and background. Lowered opacity on that layer to about 30% to keep the face from being over-smoothed. Carole Merged visible again, sepia-toned it, and added a modest high-pass sharpen layer. That's it.
	· Date: 7/5/2007 · Views: 2966 · Filesize: 32.3kb, 197.4kb · Dimensions: 800 x 1000 ·
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Janet Petty

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Registered: January 2004
Location: Mid-South
Posts: 2,116

7/8/2007 5:21pm

Yours has an almost painterly feel. The more I look, the more I want to see the colors you might have if it was done as a watercolor rather than sepia. In other words, I see lots of very creative possibilities.

Janet

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lurch

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Registered: July 2006
Location: SoCal
Posts: 539

7/8/2007 5:54pm

Thanks, Janet. Your opinion counts a lot for me. And you've thrown me a challenge that can't be ignored - though I want to see your version too.

Carole

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Matt Roberts

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Registered: December 2002
Location: Australia

7/9/2007 8:52pm

Good work Carole,
I think Janets watercolor suggestion is a good one.
I also love the look of hand tinted portaits from this era.

Matt

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