Bad Patina on old photos

[pallidin]

Bart:
Thanks for the amplification. I will try to replicate what you have done & ordered the book.

[pallidin]

Bart:
I started out trying to follow your instructions but PSE4 will not let me erase the faces from Layer 1 (called background copy) In experimenting I could not figure out a way to erase faces except on the basic layer. Point me in the right direction, please.

[sunfly]

Hi Pallidin,

I was referring to the Power Retouche plugin... the Pro version. I opened the layer with the Power Retouche Pro and applied the black and white filter. Thank you for your compliment.

Cheers


Sunfly:
Your results look pretty good to me. However, I cannot figure out what you did. The following comment:
"Take it into Retouch Pro and filter to black and white." ??
Retouch Pro doesn't have any editing capabilities that I can find.
What do you mean by the above Bit of instruction?
Thanks

[bart_hickman]

Originally Posted by pallidin

Bart:
I started out trying to follow your instructions but PSE4 will not let me erase the faces from Layer 1 (called background copy) In experimenting I could not figure out a way to erase faces except on the basic layer. Point me in the right direction, please.

Are you getting an error message or is it just not doing anything or is it painting a color instead of erasing? Is there a chance the copy layer is locked (little padlock symbol in the layer palette)? Just to be sure, I'm talking about the simple eraser--not the background eraser or magic eraser.

Bart

[jaxk]

This is a non 'digital' method of cleaning up old photos
The 'patina' is in fact metallic silver that was not 'fixed' away in processing the print.
Try this on a corner
Take Silver polish/metal /polish on a cotton bud and gently work a small area in a circular pattern.
Let it dry then polish off.

[pallidin]

Jaxk:
Thanks for the non-digital method of getting rid of the patina. It worked like a charm and is a lot easier than using PSE4 and all its tools.