Restoring an old photograph.

[mickyhovis]

Thanks,

I understand most what you saying but when I get near of the the end of the tutorial were it says ‘Add Layer Mask’ and you get a layer that is black to work on with a soft brush, I dont get this even though I see a black mask in the layors palete. How do I work on it? I completed the tutorial to this point perfect and then cant finish it.

Regards Micky

[BillFrey]

Hi mickyhovis,

Chose a white brush and paint white on the black mask. It will reveal that part of the layer where you have painted white on the mask.

Hello Camraken, I am having problems at the end of the tutorial when you say...
Alt click ‘Add Layer Mask’. This adds a hide all black mask and hides the layer. Now just paint over the marks with a white brush on the layer mask.

Good luck,
Bill

[Cameraken]

Hi.

Thank you everyone, for you kind comments. I am pleased you are finding this tutorial useful.

Hi Micky

Alt click ‘Add Layer Mask’. This adds a hide all black mask and hides the layer. Now just paint over the marks with a white brush on the layer mask

Please see the pictures below. Notice the border around the layer mask in Picture 5. This border tells us if we are painting on the image or on the mask. The border is turned on or off by clicking the image or the mask in the layers palette.

It may help to work through this excellent tutorial by Flora

http://retouchpro.com/tutorials/?m=show&id=166

And this one by Vikki is identical to how I used it

http://retouchpro.com/tutorials/?m=show&id=63


Hope this helps. Please let me know if you are still having any problems.
I am using PS7. I think the method is the same in CS.


Ken.

[mickyhovis]

Great tutorial, I have now tried it several times and learnt a great deal many thanks Ken...

[bkpoltis]

I'd love to see this tutorial, but I can't find a link to it.

[Britsdad]

bkpoltis....the link is at the end of Ken's first post like this.....[details]
John

[rubykate]

My first RetouchPRO tutorial!

Here are my results:

http://1ofakindx4.com/retouch/1family%20copy%20copy.jpg

I had some problems with the layer mask and the sharpening but I was pleased with the end result.

Thanks for this tutorial!

[Cassidy]

And so you should be rubykate, very well done especially with a first attempt

[Cameraken]

Great job RubyKate.

I am glad you found the tutorial useful.

Most of the steps outlined can be used in most restorations so, once learnt, they should give a good start for any picture.

Ken.

[rubykate]

Most of the steps outlined can be used in most restorations so, once learnt, they should give a good start for any picture.

Ken, That's what I was thinking so I have it in my saved file.
Thanks for posting it.

Kelly