Photo Restoration - - Say Hi from Asia

Akarat · #1 03-13-2007, 07:48 AM

Hi everbody, i've just joined today
i come from Thailand
i have a Retouching-House there, my works is about old b&w photos and a few of colour photos
Restoration, Colourising and Improving. All i do!

i have some to show
All comments are welcome!

ps. I'm sorry for my poor english

Swampy · #2 03-13-2007, 10:50 AM

Hi, Akarat, welcome to the RTP Forums

Your retouch is quite good, but I find the skin tones not very realistic. Almost too much like Kaboki makeup. Perhaps a small "S" curve to add a little contrast?

Kraellin · #3 03-13-2007, 09:27 PM

hi akarat and welcome to RP.

i have to agree with swampy. these are a bit overly smooth. very nice colorization.

Mchilly · #4 03-15-2007, 01:57 AM

Hi there! Yeah I agree with them, the skin and the hair doesn't look good.
The best thing when you're doing photo restouching is maintaining the picture looks real as if no retouching was done. We also do photo retouching and image enhancing too.

Akarat · #5 03-15-2007, 12:51 PM

Thanks for comments
in fact i like your restoration style ( looks real, keep original as much as possible)
but for my customer can't agree this

so.. i must to retouch those photos looks smooth, ultra-white and colourful

Thanks for your comments again
i shall improv it

Akarat

Mchilly · #6 03-15-2007, 08:30 PM

Thanks, keep on improving the pictures and probably post it here so that you can get some ideas. We are here to help you!

Kraellin · #7 03-15-2007, 11:08 PM

that's fine, akarat. if that's what the customer wants, then that's the thing to do.

i'm curious; what method did you use to colorize the image?

admirer · #8 03-16-2007, 12:13 PM

Sawatdee Kap Akarat,

Welcome to the Forums. I can only repeat what the others have said about smoothness, it kind of makes the faces a little flat you need to retain some of the detail. I do like the painted effect and the colour just not for colourization.
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Akarat · #9 03-19-2007, 04:24 AM

Thank a lot everybody

to Kraellin
i'm use "Color Balance" for colorize those images
it's can put vivid color more than any method, for me

and how about you?

Kraellin · #10 03-20-2007, 10:27 PM

thanks, akarat.

i tend to use either the hue/sat method that vikki uses or a blank layer set to color mode and airbrush on the color.