[maverick911]

This is my first visit and I am astonished at what can be done. Could you suggest what I could do with this image and if there is a tutorial (dont seem to be able to view the tutorials for now)

[albatrosss]

Levels. Dust and Scratches Filter. High Pass Filter

[DCobb]

This is my try.

-levels adjustment
-dust/scratches
-history brush -darken/lighten
-sharpen eyes

dc

[Bill M]

There are some good books on the subject, but this one is not too dificult. The question is: how far do you wish to go with noise reduction? If you go too far you end up losing too much detail.
1. Ran Shadow/Highlights two consecutive times with this setting:
shadows= 25, 40, 100
highlights=10, 40, 100
adjustments= color 0, midtone contrast +15
2. Ran Neat Image plugin noise reduction
3. Ran unsharp mask three times:
20/60/0, 100/1/0, 80/.6/0
4. Cloned out the remaining junk.
5. Used noise reduction again

[maverick911]

Thank you for these. Excellent stuff! I would maybe like to have a go at colouring the image. I guess that is fairly tedious and time consuming?

[Kraellin]

maverick911, welcome to RetouchPRO.

you might want to try this link for some colorizing help: http://www.worth1000.com/tutorial.asp?sid=161015

[BillFrey]

I gave it a try using layers in color blend mode.

[maverick911]

Fantastic.....thank you both. Bill, can I ask how you reduced the grain, you havent lost any detail?

[unimatrix001]

enhanced the blacks and whites.
highpass filter 1.8 set to vivid light
duplicate layer
noiseware default settings to reduce noise
added layer mask to mask out the man

[BillFrey]

Thanks, maverick911 Glad you like it.

I've struggled with noise/grain removal and have tried every technique that I've come across. Being a bit of a perfectionist, lately I've come to the conclusion that the best method is to remove the noise/grain by hand in the most important areas of the photo.

I used two levels layers, one to darken, one to lighten, both with black masks. I then painted white on the mask where I wanted to remove the grain on the face and shirt.

I ended with a tiny touch of overall noise reduction via 3party software.

It's a long and tedious process that I just started to use but the results are better than I've had with any other method I tried.

Good luck at RetouchPro, I'm sure you'll find a wealth of information to take you on the road to retouching insanity

[printmeister]

A quick colourization

[Kraellin]

very nice, printmeister!

[printmeister]

Originally Posted by Kraellin

very nice, printmeister!

Thanks Craig, I was just looking at it on an uncalibrated monitor at work and it looked awful. I hope everyone is calibrated..!

[Kraellin]

yeah, does help to have em calibrated, even if only by software or visual comparisions to charts.

[maverick911]

Well I have followed a tutorial but the results are very poor. Can anyone suggest an in depth step by step tutorial? Thanks