Noise in Photo.

[Conk]

Thanks Jimmy.
The white corners can only be filled in by your imagination. So yes, what Roger says is exactly right.
Neatimage is a stand alone program that does come as a plugin. I can't live without it since I was turned on to it. Here is a link to the site. You'll find the demo itself works fantastic.
http://www.neatimage.com/

[Jimmy]

Thanks everyone for all the help you have provided here in this topic.

The photo may not be restorable, however, I have learned how to recognize what a unrestorable looks like. This way I know what photos to focus on and what photos to put back.

Roger,

The painting or borrowing idea is out for now. I don't know how to paint that well, and as for borrowing, it would end up looking like Frankenstein's photo.

Oh, well. At least we don't have a mountain stack of bad family photos that are not repairable.

[Flora]

Hi everybody!

Originally posted by catia
Interesting photo. I punt.... Over to you Roger. Or Flora???

.... thank you so much for the trust you put in my 'Photoshop skills' , Catia!!!

...Well, I had to try it .... what I did was:

1) After duplicating the background Layer, working on each individual Channel, I used Levels and Curves to adjust tone and colour a bit (for this picture, it helped to decrease the contrast/shadows and to increase the overall darkness/midtones a bit as to minimize the kind of faded 'halo' around the picture)

2) I used a Selective Color Adjustment Layer to further balance the colour.

After that, it was Layer upon Layer (Blending: Multiply, Overlay, Soft Light and Color) to individually correct different parts of the picture.

The result is a bit on the 'darkish' side ... but it was evening ....wasn't it? ...

[Conk]

Flora
Excellent work. I find a touch of darkness far more acceptable than white corners.

[Flora]

Hi Colin!

Thank you very much for your feedback ... and, needless to say, I absolutely agree with you!

[catia]

I knew you could do it Flora.

Catia

[Fosnocht]

What might help is having the negative to scan....if possible.
The negative may have more usable information and the Dmax of film scanners is generally better than those of flatbeds, bringing out more depth and information. Nice work though Flora...haven't had time to try this myself.