Photo Restoration - - Help... Restore this 25 year old pic

amp30 · #1 11-28-2005, 10:54 AM

Hello everyone,
My name is Mandy and I am very new here and new to re-doing pictures. I got this picture from my father last night and he was wanting me to try to restore it to the more "natural" colors.... Instead of the orange glow it has on it. This picture is of me and my 3 sisters. The youngest (the blonde) is no longer with us anymore she was killed in a car wreck a few years ago and I so hope some one can restore this picture for my dad. Thank you all in advance.
Sincerly,
amp30

NancyJ · #2 11-28-2005, 11:10 AM

Just a quicky I whipped up in PS using auto levels, auto color and using a gradient overlay to balance the lighting

amp30 · #3 11-28-2005, 11:15 AM

Thank you Nacy it looks great

sarbeka · #4 11-28-2005, 11:40 AM

may be you like it

sarbeka

philbach · #5 11-28-2005, 03:19 PM

Well I used a levels adjustment layer to start out with an used the white eyedropper on the white shirt to start balancing the colors. On the right side of the picture I removed some yellow and subdued the highlights some.

Serissa · #6 11-28-2005, 05:18 PM

I did this earlier and I can't remember now what all I did.

nebgranny · #7 11-28-2005, 05:54 PM

Here is my try. Neb Added the white border as looked like it once had one. Neb

robboard · #8 11-28-2005, 05:56 PM

hi mandy. just a beginner but tweaked levels, auto colour and cloned the corner damage.

CJ Swartz · #9 11-29-2005, 12:35 AM

Mandy,

I used Levels to start, but found I needed Selective Color to reduce the yellow and magenta in some areas, then paint it back in your sister's dress and two of their faces. Used Patch tool to eliminate discolored area on older girl's arm, and cloned upper left corner where torn.

Hope you are able to give you Dad a refreshed keepsake of all his pretty girls!

deadants · #10 11-29-2005, 02:07 AM

Adjusted the levels with the eyedropper tool to get into the ballpark. Then sharpened a bit.

Kraellin · #11 11-29-2005, 05:01 AM

amp30,

welcome to RP!

i gave this one a shot also.

dupe original layer.
contrast/brighness adjustment layer
color balance adjustment layer
Fast Fix plugin adjustments
sharpen more.
jpg artifact removal at 'normal' '50'.
backlighting
clone and push on edges where torn or missing.
curves adjustment layer
color balance (not an adjustment layer...it's different)

done.

Craig

Gary Richardson · #12 11-30-2005, 07:02 AM

Hi Amp30,

Thought I'd have a go with this as well.

Cropped image.

Levels Adj layer, and adjusted individual R,G,B channels to colour correct.
Curves Adj layer to tweak the blues a little.

Applied Neat Image to reduce noise a little.

New layer, cloned out minor ommisions in BG.

MargaretM · #13 11-30-2005, 08:53 AM

What an adorable picture. I tried Neat Image, levels adjustment, some cloning and sellective blurring for artifacts. Then upped the saturation. Hope you like it. MargaretM

amp30 · #14 12-05-2005, 07:19 PM

THANK YOU ALL FOR SUCH WONDERFUL JOBS YOU ALL DID.. MY DAD IS GOING TO BE SO HAPPY WHEN I GIVE IT TO HIM AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT.

mistermonday · #15 12-05-2005, 11:29 PM

And here is one more variant. BTW, this original you uploaded is quite small in size and highly pixelated. If you would like a print quality image just upload a larger file to www.pixentral.com and post the link here. I think they will accept an upload of at least 2MB. Regards, MM