[bcarll]

Found this picture of an uncle of mine. It was in an ice chest in a very wet basement. Thank goodness the somewhat air tight chest protected this and other pictures of my family. Not much to do with this photo in restoration but as you can see after scanning it in color mode it shows up some serious mold and other unknown growths. I also scanned it in a grayscale mode and no change only the mold is not in color. Question is this -- if the picture was cleaned before scanning I know it would be better but I don't know a safe way to do that. So any help with that would help. Then if I do try working it as is what procedure is going to give me the most sucess removing the colored creatures growing on the face of Uncle Dan?

bcarll

[DCobb]

This is my try

-Started with channel mixer set to monochrome: R (+29), G (100), B (-44) This went a long way to correct many of the color problems.
-Painted out the hot spot on forehead and then went over the area with the healing brush to give it matching texture.
-Brun tool
-Clone
-Healing brush and patch tool
-Contrast adjustment


dc

[saby]

After checking the channels, all them got noise individually different of amounts, the red was the best so it got least after this it was desaturated and despeckled together and colorized

saby

[Dave.Cox]

DCobb, and Saby, Both are really nice work!

[unimatrix001]

this was a very good picture to work with. wasn't much damage to repair. I thought i would try my hand a coloring. I haven't done to much coloring but it was worth a try.

[Kraellin]

excellent job, dc.

and great coloration, saby, though i dont quite agree with the coat color choice.

also nice, unimatrix. a bit yellow in the face. i'd say your suit color choice is fairly close also, though a tad light, i'm thinking.

you guys been taking skill pills or something?

also, if anyone can answer the original question by bcarll that would be great.

[zganie]

Very nice work

zganie

[saby]

Originally Posted by Kraellin

excellent job, dc.

and great coloration, saby, though i dont quite agree with the coat color choice.

also nice, unimatrix. a bit yellow in the face. i'd say your suit color choice is fairly close also, though a tad light, i'm thinking.

you guys been taking skill pills or something?

also, if anyone can answer the original question by bcarll that would be great.

Hi Craig,

You've right, these kind of work needs more aware, I've been waiting for the scanner when i've done. Hopefully at the weekend i'll do it againg. This is a great picture to practice. I prefere something instead of skill pills, like Villányi Cabernet Frank

saby

[DCobb]

If you are talking about physically cleaning the print, this might help.

Here is the site for PEC 12 a cleaning product.
http://www.photosol.com/pec12.htm

You could also use Google for answers to your topic. If you are near a major city with a museum, they might have someone that could give you help.

dc

[Kraellin]

saby, i dont understand the reference but i do understand the jist of it

thanks, dc

[saby]

Craig, in Hungary "skill pill" a word with double meaning one of them when teacher tells to student after excellent examination other is the dope

saby

[Graphics23]

I couldn't resist.

This is such a great picture and I love to colorize.

The stains live almost entirely in the Blue channel, I removed them with a channel blend of the Red and Green.

A little cloning and patching fixed most everything else up nicely.

Then a couple of different sharpening moves.

To add color I converted to LAB and painted directly into the A & B channels.

The last thing was back to RGB for a luminosity blend to add shape.

Regards,

Michael

[Kraellin]

saby,

ah, i would have never guessed. i simply meant it to mean that you all did a good job on this one

graphics23,

a bit splotchy in the face and some distinct red in the beard. otherwise looks pretty good.

[saby]

Craig, I've never thought You are talking about dope, It was my far-fetched comparison for a joke

saby

[Kraellin]

hehe, no, not talking about dope. and i think i get the joke now