Face Reconstruct

[Sportyone]

Hi All,

I've got most of the restoral done on this, but could use some help/advice on reconstructing the baby's face in this photo.
The photo was pretty hammered, but I kinda choked when I got to the face of this kid....my customer is happy with my work so far, like to keep it that way.

I tried doing a selection of the right side of the face, reversing it, then superimposing over the left side......eh....not so great.
I'm using Photoshop Elements 9.

Best and thanks
Jim

[jeremy1986]

I copied the left right side of the face.. pasted it.. flipped it horizontally then i went to my "Image" tab on my menu.. then selected "transform" and "distort." I then adjusted it by pulling and pushing the corners until i got the desired affect. I used the dodge and burn to blend in the new layer. I also re-sampled the eye from the partial left eye on the original so that there wasn't a mirror effect in the eyes. You can work a little more at then what i did and get it more accurate.. i hope this helps.

[0lBaldy]

Just another idea..

I found this photo @ SXC.HU by Ben Earwicker - Stock Exchange User bjearwicke who would like a link to his main page.. (http://www.garrisonphoto.org/sxc) for usage..

[Kraellin]

i like that, jeremy. nice.

[Sportyone]

Thank you guy for posting to my question.....here's the finished restore.

[Florin]

K, but take some more minutes and repass the forehead. no too much. good enough

[deew]

Very nice Jeremy!

[jeremy1986]

Thank deew and Kraelin

[Kraellin]

nice, sportyone. i'd now run a denoiser over the whole thing.