Father's photo

[cate_55]

Hi everyone
I have tried working on my father's only two photos Ihave of him - struggling with fixing the glasses - have included both Zips. One is a photo from his citizenship document and the other is a photo. the one on the document is a bit of a mess but was one taken after the war and I would like to know what i could with glasses and reflections. have enclosed orginal scanned photos.
Thanks guys

[Cupcake]

Here is my try.
I hope you like it.

Large size:
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/3152/papa3.jpg




2nd picture:
citizenship document

[TommyO]

Cate,
Cupcake has done a good job on that one. The two images look so similar, it should be quite easy to use the glasses from the larger/newer one to fix the smaller/older one.

While cloning works, it is generally better in this case to just select one eye/lens, copy & paste to a new layer on the older image, then adjust using transform and adjustment layers (adj layers set to clipping mask so they affect only that lense). Then do the same for the other eye/lens. You may also have to blur the new layers a bit to match up with the smaller images texture. Also, ensuring the ppi matches prior to pasting in usually helps a lot.

[0lBaldy]

What software are you using to attempt the repairs? (it looks as if it might have been a soft #2 pencil in the larger picture)

Just using the cloning and healing brushes with a little noise removal and some levels corrections seemed to help a little and like Tommy said I used the large pictures glasses, flipped for the shadows and Free transformed to fit on the smaller pic (should have added some noise.. but I figure you can do that)

~~ Your Oig ~~~~ My Play

[learninlady]

Wow, cupcake you did a fantastic job for sure! I love the background and the clarity. really good job.

[Cupcake]

Thank You Kate.

[cate_55]

Thank you Cupcake, and everyone
I haven't used any pencils. I just have quite a few versions that I have been working on. I have the original scanned documents and follow Katrina's book in photoshopCS3. I was going to fix his glasses. I have not done anything on the citizenship document. I was waiting on some suggestions.

I will try and see if I can work with the glasses from the later photo. Thank you all for your suggestions.My grateful thanks.
Regards
Cate

[cate_55]

Hi cupcake
The background is beautiful and I can see his eyes. looks so good. thank you so much. can you tell me how you fixed the background.
Cate

[Cupcake]

Hi Cate,
I glad you like the pictures.
I painted the background the same shade as the picture, then I added a frame.

[cate_55]

Thank you Olbaldy
My apologies for not thanking you
Cate

[MiningArt]

Hi, had a go on the larger one. Tried the smaller one later on, worked mostly on the glasses.

[cate_55]

Hi MiningArt
Thank you very much. How did you manage to get his eyes clear. I think that was what I was having problems with -his eyes and ears.
Thanks again

[Sweetlight]

Nice job on the photoss.

[MiningArt]

Originally Posted by cate_55

Hi MiningArt
Thank you very much. How did you manage to get his eyes clear. I think that was what I was having problems with -his eyes and ears.
Thanks again

First I picked the two channels with the most detail and merged them. Then reconstructed elements using cloning and ironing. Worked with a copy using levels to concentrate on details, added a small amount of fine grain overall to this copy. These two were then overlain with the reconstructed copy having precedence, about 60/40. At the end I changed the focal point to the clearest eye, the one on the left. Some of the unconnected added grain was removed during the focus routine, this added a small amount of detail. It helped some I think because the eyes are close to a golden ratio line. I had the most trouble with the ears, tried at one point to clone the whole right ear to use as the left, but gave up and just pixel edited it a bit. (note: artists view left-right)

[cate_55]

Thanks MiningArt
I did not understand what a 'golden ratio line' is. Thank you for the explanation.
Regards
cate

[cate_55]

Sorry MiningArt - what did you mean about a 60/40 preference?
Thanks
cate

[MiningArt]

'I did not understand what a 'golden ratio line' is.'
Just do a Google on, Golden Ratio, it will explain it far better than I can. Basically the eyes have a natural tendency to focus on certain parts.
'what did you mean about a 60/40 preference'
When merging the two layers it is the opacity/transparency of each. The resulting image will be a combination of the two accordingly.

[sananjana]

Originally Posted by 0lBaldy

What software are you using to attempt the repairs? (it looks as if it might have been a soft #2 pencil in the larger picture)

Just using the cloning and healing brushes with a little noise removal and some levels corrections seemed to help a little and like Tommy said I used the large pictures glasses, flipped for the shadows and Free transformed to fit on the smaller pic (should have added some noise.. but I figure you can do that)

~~ Your Oig ~~~~ My Play

yes dear ,really nice