In the need to invest in a good restoration tutorial either Video or paperback what would the opinions be of the best for me to invest in:).
Thanking you in advance:)
Volvo

reason being , ive a few Pics that are in need of a good "Back to what they were like" or near as i can get..
Example being this one..

Volvo,

There are a number of ways to remove the color cast in the image you posted. One being is using the white eye dropper in Curves or Levels and clicking on the white shirt of the woman on the far right. There are other methods, but this will get you in the ball park---as we say here.

The missing section of the man's face is a bigger issue. Do you have any other images, preferably, in the same series of pictures? If so, you could "borrow" his head from one image and paste it into the the missing section.
If they are of the same series chances are they will have the same exposure, color cast, grain and so on-an easier match. If it is on the same angle, all the better.

K

Hi Volvo, as Ken says, without the missing character's face, you're limited to what's achieveable.

Below is a quick unfinished job (I've gone as far as I can without the missing piece) just to give you an idea.

For the color cast correction, I just saw this and thought I would share.

Open the image, dupe it (CTRL J)

On the dupe layer, Filter>Blur>Average

Invert (CTRL I)

Adjust the opacity till the color looks good

Flatten

Adjust levels to taste.

Seems to work fairly well with images that have a good overall color cast and its quick to do.

#Mike
Guess im not the only one whatching ps tv :D

#volvo
i hope you have a picture with the missing face, so you can copy paste and transfor to make it look real.

Have fun :)

#Mike
Guess im not the only one whatching ps tv :D


Good ideas travel far and quickly I guess :happy:

Thanks for the reply gang:)..Did get to aquire another pic though with the same colour cast.Did some quick selections,copy n pasted along with some maskwork and ended up getting rid of the tears and just need to get some decent colour back into the image if at all possible.
Mike will give your method a go but trying to fugure out how the blur and invert brings back colour??..
Always looking to learn so to do so must ask away ey:)??..
Cheers and thank you all..

PS one Katrine Eismans(spelt that correctly????) third edition on Photo retouch/restoration book on the way:)..
Wise choice????.....