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| | Photo Restoration Repairing damaged photos | 
09-24-2006, 07:26 PM
| | Member | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Newport, AR
Posts: 41
| | | Back Again, Need help with old photo Hi Everyone,
Thanks to everyone who helped me the last time, I was able to get The Gimp and repaire a lot of my photos myself. This photo is beyound me. Can anyone help.
Sharon | 
09-24-2006, 08:12 PM
|  | Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: somewhere over there
Posts: 6,130
| | | Re: Back Again, Need help with old photo hi sharon,
welcome back
i'd start with fixing the lighting. the tools here are mostly adjustment layers. these are brightness/contrast, curves, levels, and hue/saturation. you might also try a shadows/midtones/highlights layer.
after that, i think it's going to be a LOT of clone/heal.
work on the easy things first. that's why i said handle the general lighting/lightness first. it doesnt have to be perfect to start. just get it a bit better so that it's easier to work on the image.
and here's a suggestion; folks here love to help. post your progress from time to time and we can probably suggest directions and other helps.
craig | 
09-24-2006, 08:35 PM
| | Member | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Newport, AR
Posts: 41
| | | Re: Back Again, Need help with old photo Thank you Craig,
Will the brightness/contrast or hue/saturation take out the yellow tinge to it?
Sharon | 
09-24-2006, 08:38 PM
|  | Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: somewhere over there
Posts: 6,130
| | | Re: Back Again, Need help with old photo use the hue/sat adjustment layer and move the desaturation all the way or nearly all the way down/left (i forget which way the gimp goes) to reduce any color cast or colors in the picture.
craig | 
09-24-2006, 09:28 PM
| | Member | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Newport, AR
Posts: 41
| | | Re: Back Again, Need help with old photo Craig,
Here's what i got when I use the hue/sat. What do you suggest next?
Sharon | 
09-24-2006, 09:53 PM
|  | Senior Member Patron | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Southern California
Posts: 485
| | | Re: Back Again, Need help with old photo Looked interesting. Cloning, healing, spot healing and patch tool. Using the pen tool I made selections and did a cut and paste. I am new at this so I realize that from a professional standpoint there is a lot of room for improvement. | 
09-24-2006, 10:06 PM
| | Member | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Newport, AR
Posts: 41
| | | Re: Back Again, Need help with old photo Dcobb,
How did you do that? If I may ask and Thank you for working on it.
Sharon | 
09-24-2006, 10:20 PM
| | Member | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Newport, AR
Posts: 41
| | | Re: Back Again, Need help with old photo Ok, Now I see how to get the sat done. Thanks Dcobb and Craig. |
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