[solitear]

You're welcome, Gary....

unimatrix001, beautiful work!


And, um........ Craig....... CRAIG........ where's your version?....

[Dave.Cox]

I thought I would have a go at this,

I used the channel mixer to get the best information from the best 2 channels, and then cloned / healed the creases. Add a duplicate layer set to soft light to increase the definition of the jacket, and add some color back in.

[soakes]

Hello again, first of all i would just like to thank all of you for your excellent contributions and for taking the time to help with the photo of my grandad. You will all have helped to put a big smile on me and my dads faces, so thank you all

Guy, I had to upload my photo to different host because of the size restrictions on photobucket, hopefully i have done it correctly. link for download of about 2mb
http://download-v5.streamload.com/KM...pg?action=save

Below is my go at the photo, it took quite a while as i had not used photoshop before and found it quite confusing at first, but with the steps that you guys explained i am quite pleased with it. First i changed to gray scale, then i auto adjusted the levels, i then used the healing tool and the clone stamp which took quite a while to get used to and do, then i reduced the noise.

Please feel free to tell me where i could improve, where i have gone wrong, i`m sure there lots of flaws in there.

[Kraellin]

And, um........ Craig....... CRAIG........ where's your version?....

huh? wha? was i asleep again? oh. hmmm... was i supposed to... oh, hi beth! why'd you remove neat image? and what are you using in its stead? remarkable job you did there, considering you used no noise reduction!

[solitear]

Hi Craig...... naw.... I was just picking on you! I've been going crazy with my old 'Millineum Falcon'..... I've been removing files and programs trying to keep it from hanging up..... when I tried to de-fragment it, I got a message that said, "Are you kidding me?..... You've got to have at least 15% free space for me to even begin and you've got, what, something like 7.... Puhleeze....." hehehe

oxoxo
Beth

[Dave.Cox]

Hey Beth,

Don't you just hate when the hardware cops an attitude? lol

[solitear]

Yes, Dave..... I'm thinking about hosting a Computer Smack Down and it's not gonna be pretty..... I'm talking hardcore reboots using the 'Power On/Off' switch .... no using the little girlie 'Start' button....... and spillin' my coke into the keyboard...... well, um....OK.... so I've already done that part ... but the rest of it's gonna loom over the office here like a...... like a ....something that sounds real scary in computer world.....

[Kraellin]

something that sounds real scary in computer world

microsoft?

[solitear]

hehehe..........

[Gary Richardson]

I've found if you have problems with quirky hardware you just can't beat "jump starting" your box ........................... (if it don't start jump on it).

[solitear]

Ok Gary, that's goin' in my 'File of Clever Things to Say' .... too cute! Does anyone remember where I put that dang file?

[Kraellin]

at microsoft?

[Dave.Cox]

Maybe we could find a working trebuchet? That is after Gary is done jumping on it.

[toe]

G'day Soakes.
I had a a go at repairing your granddad, i hope you don't mind, Don't remember all the things i did but cranked up the contrast in the end for a bit of depth. Tried to use the lest amount of cloning that i could.

[soakes]

Hi toe, thanks for taking the time to have a go at restoring the photo of my grandad, you did quite a good job also. Its apparent that there are many ways of restoring photos achieving different but excellent results. Im a novice at trying to restore damaged photos but with the guidance and tips and ideas on this forum i am now able to do things that i could never have done before.

I must admit that although everyone did a great job i was most impressed with what solitear did, , it just shows what is possible.