Would like to see and hear what to do with this

[peoples10]

Hi love the forum.
I would love to know where to start with this.
I have knowledge of photoshop but not of the original print tone should be etc etc.
All comments appreciated as I'm a newbie at restoring.

The pic is of my wifes grandads grandad.

Thank you

[HeatherRankin]

Hi Peoples10,

For me, because of the amount of scratches and age on the photo, I couldn't clean it up too much. However, by using the Clone and Heal tools in Photoshop, I was able to remove most of the creases and major imperfections. I did an Auto Levels to darken the photo without too much contrast. I cropped the photo and repaired the large gaps by filling in with a similar background. I used the Dust & Scratches filter to soften the photo. Finally I changed the hue/saturation to a sepia tone. Normally I would keep a photo in the original colour, but since this one had so many different tints, I just went with sepia.

This must be a very old photo!

Good luck with your retouch!

Heather

[Ken Fournelle]

My version:

[HeatherRankin]

Nice Ken! Lots more detail and less blur than I could manage

[peoples10]

Originally Posted by HeatherRankin

Hi Peoples10,

For me, because of the amount of scratches and age on the photo, I couldn't clean it up too much. However, by using the Clone and Heal tools in Photoshop, I was able to remove most of the creases and major imperfections. I did an Auto Levels to darken the photo without too much contrast. I cropped the photo and repaired the large gaps by filling in with a similar background. I used the Dust & Scratches filter to soften the photo. Finally I changed the hue/saturation to a sepia tone. Normally I would keep a photo in the original colour, but since this one had so many different tints, I just went with sepia.

This must be a very old photo!

Good luck with your retouch!

Heather

Thanks for your info
where the pic is a brown to orange in the original do you think that it was sepia originally.
Yes it is a very old picture

Thanks Steve

[peoples10]

Originally Posted by Ken Fournelle

My version:

Thanks Steve

[klassylady25]

What a wonderful picture to work with. When looking for the detail, I saw that on the board with the other watches was the picture of a boy. How one spends their time was important then and now. The skill that this man had was indeed a needed one.

Thank you for sharing.

[Kraellin]

had a go also. tons of clone and push. some clarify and the rarely used fade correction. also some airbrush on a blank layer.

craig

[peoples10]

Originally Posted by Kraellin

had a go also. tons of clone and push. some clarify and the rarely used fade correction. also some airbrush on a blank layer.

craig

Thank you for you information
Steve

[peoples10]

Originally Posted by klassylady25

What a wonderful picture to work with. When looking for the detail, I saw that on the board with the other watches was the picture of a boy. How one spends their time was important then and now. The skill that this man had was indeed a needed one.

Thank you for sharing.

Thanks
can i ask how you got it to the stage you have please

Thanks
Steve

[Verywierd]

I decided to leave the wall surfaces rough and a few spots and scratches in place. Combined with the platinum paper tone it looks more like an old photo that survived a little bit better than your original.

I desaturated the image to almost black and white, adjusted contrast with several soft light and screen blending layers. Some sharpening with a high pass filter and lots of reconstruction with the heal and clone brushes.

Finally added some grain and re-toned to a platinum brown.

[peoples10]

Originally Posted by Verywierd

I decided to leave the wall surfaces rough and a few spots and scratches in place. Combined with the platinum paper tone it looks more like an old photo that survived a little bit better than your original.

I desaturated the image to almost black and white, adjusted contrast with several soft light and screen blending layers. Some sharpening with a high pass filter and lots of reconstruction with the heal and clone brushes.

Finally added some grain and re-toned to a platinum brown.

I like it thanks for the info
Steve

[Daviskw]

Hi there

I know this is an old thread but i am trying to catch up and learn

Butch

[Verywierd]

Originally Posted by Daviskw

Hi there

I know this is an old thread but i am trying to catch up and learn

Butch

Nice work

[klassylady25]

I love that fact that the guys workbench is messy and the gals neat. LOL