image impossible?

[jesterjeni]

I volunteer for opr.... they are about to call this photo a non restore...I have seen some amazing talent in this forum, I was wondering if anyone had the skills or talent to make this a usable photo?

[ksparticus]

Figured I'd give it a quick try.

http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/9...20817at846.jpg

[jesterjeni]

omg thats awsome!!! can you share how you did that?

[ksparticus]

Dropped on a new background. A Solid color fill. Rasterized it to fill content then added a slight vignette. The major imperfections on the skin I used plain old dust and scratches then went over it with cloning and healing and dodge/burn. Evened out the skin tone with a solid color with the color setting then lowered the opacity to about 50%.
Finally added some grain to the shot to hide some of the imperfections.

Again this is just working with a small jpeg. If this was needed to go to print 8x10 or larger then a lot more work would have to be put into it

[jesterjeni]

thank you for sharing that...im going to try to see if i can do that too!...do you mind if I post it to opr? do you volunteer for them?

[ksparticus]

Sorry, no idea what opr is. Kind of new to these forums.
But go right ahead

[jesterjeni]

thanks...opr is operation photo rescue....you should look into in they are amazing people who fix photos for people who have suffered a natural disaster like the joplin tornados,is non profit but a great way to learn and show off your skills!! they are always looking for talent to donate their time.

[jesterjeni]

http://www.operationphotorescue.org/

[jesterjeni]

a little more photo-realistic

[jesterjeni]

how do i get rid of the red without loosing skin tone?
how do I give him back his blonde hair?
how do I get rid of the black eye?
no takers? no suggestions?

[jries51]

Has anyone answered your question about removing the red. I have some ideas using a selective color adjustment layer in color mode, perhaps playing with it's opacity. Let me know if you still need help with this.
—Jesse