Hello All:

I am very knew to this board and very, very new to Paint Shop Pro 10. My very lovely mother would love for me to restore this wedding picture of her. I don't mind admitting that I am lost!!! I have tried adjusting for fade, cloning, then airbrushing on a blank raster and blending w/ color legacy, but it either looks very fake, or remains cracked. I made sure to keep opacity of the clone/airbrush at 50%.

I would appreciate any suggestions. It would make a lovely Christmas gift. Thanks in advance.

Cynthia in Boston

Can you post the image? otherwise people will be guessing at what could help you.

Lasa

Lasa:

I guess I am really showing what a newbie I am! It just took me an hour to resize small enough. I hope it's not too small! Cynthia

Here is my take on the picture. Neat image-twice, degrunge, lots of trial and error. Some improvement.

dc

Hi Cynthia

Your example is too small and lacking in detail I'm afraid. Much of the dress has no detail under the damage. I am not an artist and i believe it would take someone with more skill than I. I tried to estimate where the shadow folds would be. I painted on a blank layer set to Multiply where I thought the shading would be. Then below that layer I painted with white. Then played with opacity and blur. Not very well I'm afraid.

I painted the curtain with gray and a pattern to try and match the existing... used another shade layer for the folds.

For the brides face I just used the smudge tool.

Butch

Well, I think everyone has done an incredible job! I guess I will just keep playing with it until Dec. 24th! Of course, I am open to more suggestions. Thanks again.

P.S. Even when I scanned the image in Tiff, it has lost a lot of detail. I am interested in painting on a blank layer in multiply........

Cynthia in Boston