Back Again, Need help with old photo

[ArkNsawer]

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

[Kraellin]

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

[ArkNsawer]

Thank you Craig,

Will the brightness/contrast or hue/saturation take out the yellow tinge to it?

Sharon

[Kraellin]

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

[ArkNsawer]

Craig,
Here's what i got when I use the hue/sat. What do you suggest next?

Sharon

[DCobb]

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.

[ArkNsawer]

Dcobb,
How did you do that? If I may ask and Thank you for working on it.

Sharon

[ArkNsawer]

Ok, Now I see how to get the sat done. Thanks Dcobb and Craig.