RP Tutorials - - Remove Photopaper Texture From Old Photos - Page 2

Leah · #16 10-22-2004, 11:18 AM

Thanks! I have a whole bunch of these from the 1970s and will have to try this out (I've never been entirely satisfied with what I've managed to do before).

ajcutler · #17 10-22-2004, 02:45 PM

Flora:

Thank you so much for doing this wonderful tutorial! Its the best method for removing photopaper texture I have seen.

I used your method on FrannyMae's photo of her Mom and colorized it. (FrannyMae told me the color of the hair an eyes).

Alan

Flora · #18 10-22-2004, 03:44 PM

Leah,

Hope this works for your pictures!!!!

Alan,

WOW!!!! Stunning .... simply stunning!!!!

.... Sorry forgot my manners .... Thank you so much for your great feedback!!!

ajcutler · #19 10-22-2004, 05:34 PM

Flora:

Wow! Thank you very much for the compliment! The hard part was done by using your method which made the colorizing a lot easier. It was a pretty picture to begin with.

Alan

Duv · #20 10-22-2004, 09:20 PM

Flora, Thanks so much for your tutorial. When I look back at what we were accomplishing with texture removal just one year ago..it's amazing how far we, "you" have progressed.
Alan, what you have done is really superb.
My question is this. Rather than Neat Image, I used Noise Ninja and tried to use the absolute minimum amount of reduction to retain critical detail in the eyes, mouth and nose. There is still a small amount of noise left. Do I try to take it further to remove all texture or should I leave well enough alone. What I'm afraid of is losing detail in her right eyebrow.
Thanks for your help!

Cheers
Dave

ajcutler · #21 10-22-2004, 09:37 PM

Dave:

First of all thank you very much!

I looked at your fine retouching and at 100% I saw very little texture left, even at 200% it is a little more noticable but still not bad, so I would be inclined to leave it as is.

Alan

Flora · #22 10-23-2004, 06:54 AM

Hi everybody,

Dave,

Thank you so much for your kindness!

Great, great job!!

But....I can still see some of the 'blasted' pattern lines in the darker parts of her face...

What I would try is duplicate the background twice:

run the first duplicate throught Noise Ninja with stronger settings,
for the second duplicate (on top), use the settings you used here.
Create a Layer mask for the 'softer settings' (top) Layer and, with a soft black brush (Opacity 20-40%), paint over the pattern that can still be decreased without loss of too many details ...

To bring back some of the deatils in her hair, with the help of a Layer Mask, I partially uncovered the hair from the original background and used the Smudge Tool to help hide the pattern...

Please let me know if it works for you....