Removing Dust and Scratches

[HILDA WOOD]

Ziaphra,
Just had to give it one last shot.
Ali

[Ziaphra]

Much, much better! Well done!

[secretagents]

Had a quick jab at it and did this in an hour or so. First I reduced most the scratches with the Gimp FFT filter and then used layers/masking + median/gausssian filters on selections in PS5. Pointless going any further because of the blockiness of the jpg but with an orginal scan it should be fairly easy to get a perfectly restored pic with no loss of important detail in a day or so using this method.

[HILDA WOOD]

Gret Job Secretagents!!
Ali

[Daviskw]

Hi there

I spent 25 minutes on this example..not an exaggeration.. so it is fast and easy...Not the best quality but easy...Not sure the quality you are trying to get.

I used THIS procedure

Butch

[HILDA WOOD]

Hi Butch,
Thanks for that, I had a quick go at it when I got home from work this evening. It certainly is a very quick way to go and is a good result. I've put that one in my archives for future use. Many thanks.
Ali

[Kraellin]

that looks good, butch, except for the hair. kinda looks like a solid block. but, the rest i like a lot.

[secretagents]

Originally Posted by HILDA WOOD

Gret Job Secretagents!!
Ali

Glad you like it. I have seen your work on it in the galleries and albeit it is actually more an enhancement by stylization rather than a flat restoration, I find it is very good.