RAAF airman in khaki has red lines on photo

[Fer]

This photo was scanned from an original and sent to me as a digital image. It is a World War 2 Australian airman. What I need to fix is the red wavy lines on the image. Can they be fixed? Is there a name for them?

Jennifer

[mepaulus]

Do,nt know what anyone thinks of this , i used adjustment layers of levels and saturation messing around in channels till it looked a bit cleaner then applied neat image plugin.

[skipatk]

Don't know if there is a name for the red lines, but here's a try to enhance the picture.

I first used Neat Image to get rid of the noise in the picture, then added a Color Adjustment and Hugh and Saturation layer to bring out some of the color.

Hope this is what you were looking for.

[mepaulus]

Originally Posted by mepaulus

Do,nt know what anyone thinks of this , i used adjustment layers of levels and saturation messing around in channels till it looked a bit cleaner then applied neat image plugin.

When i looked again this morning was,nt happy with the green cast in parts and unfortunately i had changed his eye colour so had another mess round with it , i think this looks more true to the original.

[Daviskw]

It is just a little moiré … I used the de-grunge routine

Butch

[mepaulus]

Originally Posted by Daviskw

It is just a little moiré … I used the de-grunge routine

Butch

Hi Davis , great result there and very true to the original.What exactly is the de_grunge i,ve never heard of it being new to restoration work.

[James Penner]

Here's my try. Convert to lab and apply an inverted b channel to the lightness using a hard light blending mode. After that, blurred the a and b to remove remaining colour noise.

[igot2pman]

Interesting calculation and great result James Penner. I'll have to try that one when i get a chance.

-Keven

[Daviskw]

Originally Posted by mepaulus

Hi Davis , great result there and very true to the original.What exactly is the de_grunge i,ve never heard of it being new to restoration work.

Just search the tutorials section...But I just tried James' technique it works great you should give it a try. Although you will need to adjust the contrast

I'll remember that one James... Did that come from Margulis?

Butch

[James Penner]

Originally Posted by igot2pman

Interesting calculation and great result James Penner. I'll have to try that one when i get a chance.

-Keven

Thanks! I wish I could take some credit, but I first came across this technique in Dan Margulis' book on lab colour. I've since seen it online, and http://unsharp-mask.blogspot.com/200...photoshop.html seems to do a good job demonstrating it. It's a great one to add to the arsenal.

- James

[mepaulus]

Originally Posted by James Penner

Thanks! I wish I could take some credit, but I first came across this technique in Dan Margulis' book on lab colour. I've since seen it online, and http://unsharp-mask.blogspot.com/200...photoshop.html seems to do a good job demonstrating it. It's a great one to add to the arsenal.

- James

Great link , many thanks for sharing James.And now i know its called a Moire pattern too lol.

[Fer]

Thanks to everyone for their help. I really appreciate it.

Jennifer

[Kenia]

Have you tried the "Dodge" tool? Or Lasso the red, then color adjustment? Also lightly paint over the area with white (set to low opacity) then use the "Eyedropper" to select a part of the face that has the color you want and simply paint out the defects. Hope this helps.

[Kermy]

here's my two cents worth. spent 10min max on it. just used multiple but varying degrees of the hue sat adjustment layer for different parts of the image...