Photo Restoration - - Help please!!! - Page 3

greatguy · #31 08-22-2005, 04:14 PM

Well, I gave it a try as well, I was not satisfied with my first several attempts but this one seems to be the best of my efforts to date. Unfortunately, while I had my head buried in the computer you folks we busy posting some really great stuff. Anyhow, here it is.

Bruce

Flora · #32 08-22-2005, 05:04 PM

Thanks Craig , Bill!!

Craig,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kraellin

...and i hope there wasnt any misunderstanding when i said 'crap'. i meant that as 'crap, i missed that', not 'crap, you're wrong'

i was banging my head on the desk at the time so my typing may not have conveyed the correct meaning

Craig

... No misunderstanding whatsoever there ...I understood perfectly what you meant with your exclamation!!!

... But thank you so much for your consideration...

Flora · #33 08-22-2005, 05:13 PM

Hi greatguy,

If I haven't done it yet ... Welcome to RP!

Really nice job!!! Maybe just a bit too smooth so that a some details in her lovely face have been lost .... but the darkish background really makes her 'pop out' ....

Flora · #34 08-22-2005, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Billfields

...My post with the frame was meant as a joke. Bill

Sorry Bill .... I think I've been too long in the sun and a great part of my brain cells just evaporated!!!

Billfields · #35 08-22-2005, 07:48 PM

Flora---no problem. I think I need to master using the little smiley faces and not rely on my <G>s .....<G>

Bruce, I too like your background a lot. I might mottle it a bit (maybe render clouds using a grey and brown on a layer with a low opacity) but it seems to fit well with what I was talking about earlier about preserving some of the darkened "burnt " look.

Bill

byRo · #36 08-22-2005, 08:37 PM

Congratulations to all, and as always a special

to Flora.

Thought I'd do a bit of "cross-polination" from the arty side of RP.
Something I'd wanted to do is just paint over the cracks.... well seeing as this is a painting...

Did basic retouching steps and then went to Painter and made a new portrait.

OK, it's not really retouching but just thought it might be interesting.

Rô

Kraellin · #37 08-22-2005, 09:53 PM

Quote:

No misunderstanding whatsoever there ..

good

Craig

dbuckle · #38 08-23-2005, 08:16 AM

Used layers in studio artist and finnished in PScs.

greatguy · #39 08-23-2005, 09:12 AM

Thanks Flora and Bill for the constructive comments. Each one gives an idea of how to better "tweek" your technique.

Down2earth · #40 08-23-2005, 10:26 PM

I did this correction only using Photoshop. The first thing I did was to look at the color channels. The blue is trashed so I replaced it with the green channel (I tried the red first, but the green looked better). You do this by viewing the green channel, then Select All, and Copy. Switch to viewing the blue channel, and from the Edit menu choose Paste Into.

After that I tweeked it a hundred different ways mostly trying to get the face color right: Levels, Color Balance, Hue/Saturation, Selective color, duplicated layers (or parts of layers) and changed the blending mode to Multiply and turned down the Opacity, Cloned and Healed, Blurred the background, tried Match Color to get the arms and legs to match the face, and who knows what else.

I'd like to find a replacement shoe.

Kraellin · #41 08-23-2005, 11:02 PM

welcome to RP, down2earth.

excellent job!

Craig