Photo Restoration - - Help please with this faded photo - Page 2

Gary · #16 04-09-2006, 11:38 PM

Removed color cast, corrected contrast and improved saturation with numerous curves in LAB mode; selective color adjustments for skin tones; neat image to remove noise; selective sharpening.

Kraellin · #17 04-10-2006, 12:53 AM

excellent job, gary!

craig

Gary · #18 04-10-2006, 09:15 AM

Appreciate yur comments.

Cheers.

Gary

ifixpix · #19 04-23-2006, 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gary

Removed color cast, corrected contrast and improved saturation with numerous curves in LAB mode; selective color adjustments for skin tones; neat image to remove noise; selective sharpening.

Hi Gary,
I would love to get more details on the curves that you did in LAB mode--very impressive!!
Bob

Gary · #20 04-23-2006, 06:31 PM

Thanks infixpix. Very difficult to recall just what I did with this particular picture but I use selective (.. and often numerous ..) curves in LAB with most retouch work. The Lightness channel for contrast, darkening, etc and the A & B channels for color and saturation changes. I highly recommend any writings by Dan Margulis on this subject, in particular, his ' Photoshop Lab Color - the Canyon Conundrum ' book.

This thread expains it somewhat ..
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=18308

HTH.

Cheers!

Gary

Daviskw · #21 04-23-2006, 07:31 PM

Hi there

I decided to try and keep the whole picture. I used dueling levels adjustments to get as close as I could.

Then I painted a few areas that just would not match then blended with the original background.

I had to make a few patterns for the dresses to get them to match across the fade line.

Then just a little selective blurring and application of noise where needed.

Butch

ifixpix · #22 04-24-2006, 04:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gary

Thanks infixpix. Very difficult to recall just what I did with this particular picture but I use selective (.. and often numerous ..) curves in LAB with most retouch work. The Lightness channel for contrast, darkening, etc and the A & B channels for color and saturation changes. I highly recommend any writings by Dan Margulis on this subject, in particular, his ' Photoshop Lab Color - the Canyon Conundrum ' book.

This thread expains it somewhat ..
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=18308

HTH.

Cheers!

Gary

Thanks, I'll check it out Gary.
Bob

Flora · #23 05-03-2006, 08:51 AM

I 'landed' here and had to have a go ... I just love these kind of challenges!

Like Butch, I workd on the whole picture.

Gary Richardson · #24 05-03-2006, 09:43 AM

Hi Flora,

Back with a bang I see. We've missed you.

Lovely job (as if we expected anything else).

Kraellin · #25 05-03-2006, 12:33 PM

welcome home, flora

and i second what gary said; excellent job!

craig

Cameraken · #26 05-03-2006, 03:57 PM

Hi Flora.

Great job and Great to see you back Flora.

Ken.

laradfreder · #27 05-03-2006, 09:02 PM

i'd rather make a photo black and white then end up with a picture full of funky colors. If you cant make it look at least half way natural....black and white. it is more important (in my opinion) to make the detail come out a bit and have the people look like people not aliens.

Flora · #28 05-04-2006, 06:06 AM

Gary, Craig, Ken,

thank you so much for your 'welcome back'!!!

The kind of life I'm living makes of me the most 'unreliable' person of RP ...

.... But it's just great to come back to my friends!!!

Flora · #29 05-04-2006, 06:41 AM

Hi laradfreder,

Welcome to RP!

I agree with you on the fact that if you can't bring back acceptable colours, B&W (or a light overall tint) is the way to go .... But, if you are required to bring the colours back, B&W (or a light overall tint) aren't a choice

Sometimes it's not possible to bring the 'original' colours back, in that case you could always turn to colorization .... where, lacking information, the choice of colours is subjective....

As a detail-aholic myself, I couldn't agree more with you about bringing out details... but, in my opinion, balancing shadows/highlight is just as important.

You did quite a good job in bringing out the faded details but, by increasing the 'shadows' you lost details in the darker parts of the picture ...

By decreasing the black in your version, a lot more details are visible: hair, clothing (the buttons on the young man's sleeve, a clear definition of the young woman's jacket and the bench ... etc) ... If needed, increased contrast can always be added to selected parts of the picture later ...

pambill · #30 05-05-2006, 09:10 AM

Thank you all so much for taking the time to look at my photo and adjust it for me. Your passion has got me interested in repairing photos and I haven't stopped at the one that I posted here. I am now repairing all of my old photos - removing red-eye and unwanted items in the photos! I don't think I will ever be as expert as you all are but, at least, I am trying! Thanks again. Pam