A roll of film exposed before development

[venivedi]

I worked with this scanned image at a person's request.
It looked not so much difficult but required much perseverence to restore it.
It took me about 2-3 hours...
24 layers and 7 alpha channel were used...
I think it has room for improvement which I've overlooked.

Any suggestions or critics would be appreciated.


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[v.bampton]

Nice work! I'm impressed!

[CJ Swartz]

venivedi, looks like an excellent job on a tough job! Some folks would have just figured they had lost those images -- good thing you were available (or that it was your film). I took a quick look at the image and saw that the green channel was relatively undamaged, but the other channels showed damage as well as strong color cast. I started off with a mask made from the Red channel and used Channel Mixer and Selective Color to make some big improvements, but it still looked very obviously damaged. You spent a lot of time and effort making it look like it never happened -- Good Work!

What was YOUR workflow strategy?

[cspringer]

very nice!

[venivedi]

Originally Posted by CJ Swartz

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What was YOUR workflow strategy?

(I just finished up my business of the day~ ^^)
Thanks all for the comments.

### I needed a decent red channel, otherwise a (weak) negative, to restore ***the facial part***...because I can clone colors from undamaged part separately.

In my case...(Sorry, I can't remind of the exact steps I followed ^^;;;...trial & error)

@ started with Channel Mixer and layer mask(Apply Image : Red channel, Multiply)
@ L channel from a duplicate, Image>Calculations

@ sky part : copy & paste, used clone stamps to make some border smooth

( Maybe my English has gotten rusty. It took about 30 minutes to make a post. )

[CJ Swartz]

Originally Posted by venivedi

( Maybe my English has gotten rusty. It took about 30 minutes to make a post. )

If you've gotten rusty, then it's good practice for you to post here more often!

Thanks for the general workflow -- again, you did an excellent job on a difficult assignment.

[venivedi]

I agree!
Maybe I'm not familar with essey type problem.
I prefer multiple choice or true false type.

[Indigo]

Hi Venivedi,

Correcting images showing such damage as yours is my worse nighmare. I am not very good at it and it takes me forever.

So jealous.

Indigo

[venivedi]

Hi, Indigo~ Thanks for your comment.

[yuppicide]

Amazes me how people do this type of stuff. I've never tried it before and I originally came to this forum to find tutorials and help taking my vacation photos to a higher plateau. Seeing the work you guys do makes me want to dig out an old photo from a family member and restoring it.

Keep up the good work!

[venivedi]

Thanks yuppicide for your comment. I also hope you enjoy working with your pictures reminding of pleasant memories.