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pstewart Registered User Registered: July 2002 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 790 users gallery	Since folks have been changing the books and even putting programs on the TV screen, I thought I'd better add something too, so I put a picture of the picture in her hand. Maybe the person sitting in the chair drew it? I added the dark gradient oval mat to deal with the dark right side and also let the cool 50's TV set show. Mostly used dust'n'scratches filter and healing and clone tools to clean it up. Also needed the blur tool to smooth skin areas. Used smudge tool brush with dynamics adjusted to make realistic hair strokes to redefine her hair. Added missing side of collar from plaid area of skirt. Corrected color in the usual ways, cleaned up the floor and "dusted" under/behind the TV with color and saturation, then increased saturation in the blues, and sharpened eyes, mouth, and plaid slightly. Phyllis
	· Date: 10/10/2002 · Views: 4186 · Filesize: 38.0kb, 152.8kb · Dimensions: 630 x 995 ·
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G. Couch

Senior Member

Registered: January 2002
Location: Raleigh, NC
Posts: 951

10/10/2002 4:09am

Great idea! You really brought the color back to this as well...very natural looking. The drawing fits right in...well done!

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-Greg

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CJ Swartz

Senior Member

Registered: September 2001
Location: Metro Phoenix area, Arizona
Posts: 3,321

10/10/2002 4:13am

Lovely work on the color and damage repair - very realistic. Adding the sketch was a dandy idea!

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CJ (using CS5 on Win 7 )

mama alligator

Member

Registered: August 2002
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Posts: 30

10/10/2002 8:14am

Very nice depth of colour.

Person? What person? That there thing's a pillow, I tell ya, a pillow.
:-)

denijo
Junior Member

Registered: September 2002
Location: Colorful Colorado

10/10/2002 10:06am

Looks great. I like the sketch. Her face looks very good and soft.

siodhach
Junior Member

Registered: July 2002
Location: Myrtle Beach, SC
Posts: 26

10/10/2002 11:21am

Is I said before Phyllis ... your always thinking ... you did a very nice job.

Don

pstewart

Registered User

Registered: July 2002
Location: Chicago suburb
Posts: 790

10/10/2002 1:14pm

Mama says: "Person? What person? That there thing's a pillow, I tell ya, a pillow."

Yikes! I looked at it again and it does look like a pillow...once you know what to look for! The shape and color of it in the shadows sure suggests an arm though...creepy. Must be the Halloween gremlins playing tricks.

Phyllis

DJ Dubovsky

Senior Member

Registered: August 2001
Location: Upper Penninsula of Michigan
Posts: 1,659

10/10/2002 11:12pm

Wow Phyllis, that's fantastic! My favorite part is the drawing in her hand of herself standing there. That was a nice touch. Your colors a tonality are beautiful and you got around those faded and darkened edges by using an oval vignette which I thought was a great way to handle this one and bring out the subject better.
DJ

Leslie

Junior Member

Registered: May 2002
Location: New York City

10/11/2002 12:35am

Wow! I love the way you brought back the colors and sharpened the photo enough to look real crisp, but not overdone.

10/28/2002 3:29am

Outstanding work, Phyllis! Very beautiful!

gland

Senior Member

Registered: July 2002
Location: Texas
Posts: 244

10/28/2002 7:53am

Very creative. Nice job.

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Gary

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