[enigmatic]

Firstly let me apologise for the delay in responding....I'm afraid the 'day job' got in the way.

Thanks for all the great advice and I'm amazed at what you've done with this small sample. I've tried previously and not come anywhere close to this standard after quite a few hours of trying.

So I'll take on board all your good advice and go play. This sample was only about 10% of the image so it's going to take me some time. When I get somewhere near your good standards I'll post the results for your comments.

Just out of interest I had trouble viewing the attachments. My firewall doesn't want to let them through so I had to temporarily switch it off....something I'm reluctant to do these days.

Once again thanks

Colin.

[Leah]

Colin, Which firewall are you using? With most of them it's the pop-up ad blocking functionality that interferes with RetouchPRO. You shouldn't need to turn it off altogether - they are almost all configurable so that you can add retouchpro.com to the "override" or "trusted" list.

[enigmatic]

I'm using ZoneAlarm Pro. Not sure how to just let RetouchPro attachments through.

Colin

[Leah]

I don't have it myself (I have the free version which doesn't have a problem), but I gather from those who do that you need to:

• Make retouchpro.com a trusted site in the Firewall section
• Make sure it is listed under the sites in the Privacy section (add it if necessary)
• Then go to Privacy -> Site List, select retouchpro, then select options (bottom right of window) and uncheck "Remove Private Header Information"

[Rexx]

Originally Posted by Vikki

Was this what you remembered?
http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/sho...68&postcount=6

No...? The thing is I am absolutely certain it contained the explanation of your previous post here, "...It works by changing the light that passes over the cracks. Once you layer these over each other, it cancels it out...." and the post you're linking to doesn't contain this explanation. I also think (but am not certain) it was written by a man, someone called S* or W*.

Well, it doesn't matter. Now we've made so much noise about this technique that most members should have caught up on it, which is the most important thing

Argh, it reminds me I need to get my scanner to work again

[enigmatic]

Leah....

Thanks for the tips on Zonealarm but I still can't get the attachments unless I turn it off completely. The 'smilies' will come through but no attachments.

Flora...

I've had time to digest all the advice but I'm still a little unsure as to what you did. This is my first attempt at anything like this....

Could you take it a little slower, please? What exactly did you copy to a new layer...selected good bits or bad bits. You then moved them over to cover the damages.....moved what over?

Did you clone largish areas like a new hat for example?

Thxs
Colin

[Leah]

Hmm... are you seeing the thumbnails for the attachments but not the attachments themselves, or are you not seeing even the thumbnails? And what exactly happens if you click on a thumbnail (or a where-a-thumbnail-ought-to-be)? Do you get a blank popup, or no popup at all, or...?

[enigmatic]

Underneath the words 'attached thumbnail' there is nothing. However, if I move the mouse over to the left of the box underneath the words, a link appears to the attachment, which when I click, opens!!

Colin

[Flora]

Hi Colin,

Originally Posted by enigmatic

Could you take it a little slower, please? What exactly did you copy to a new layer...selected good bits or bad bits. You then moved them over to cover the damages.....moved what over?

The technique I used for it, is explained in Katrin Eismann's book "Photoshop Restoration & Retouching" .... If you don't have it, you can read and download this Sample Chapter at her site.

The technique is described on Page 5 of this sample chapter under the heading: Hiding Clutter and Distractions.

Originally Posted by enigmatic

Did you clone largish areas like a new hat for example?

No .... I usually never clone large areas .....

Please, don't hesitate to contact me, should you need more help on this.