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A 17 year old feline Photoshop expert, Ginger, 
explains the steps involved in her image restoration:
"I selected the image, 'Ziggy’s Mum' for restoration.
First ran the Dust and Cat Scratches filter very strongly and used the History brush to eliminate large cracks and scratches.
Used Levels and Hue & Saturation adjustment layers to eliminate orange discoloration.
[Orange- brown simply looks better on cats than it does on humans.]
To properly restore photo to natural condition, elements were added; such a lovely child would have obviously been under the supervision of the family cat.
[I have offered my services to sit in for this one restoration simply because there was no other suitable choice.]
Color was retained for my coat simply because I wanted it. A drop shadow and lighting pattern were added to match the lighting of the original.
[ If you don’t think that it’s a perfect match, you’re wrong, and you’re probably a dog.]
The lower portion of this image has been left in its natural, unrestored state because its elements were too damaged and of no real importance to the image as a whole. A final Gaussian blur was added to certain portions of the image to reduce distracting elements.
Thank you for providing a stimulating exercise. If you have any questions, don’t bother me – I’m napping."
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explains the steps involved in her image restoration:"I selected the image, 'Ziggy’s Mum' for restoration.
First ran the Dust and Cat Scratches filter very strongly and used the History brush to eliminate large cracks and scratches.
Used Levels and Hue & Saturation adjustment layers to eliminate orange discoloration.
[Orange- brown simply looks better on cats than it does on humans.]
To properly restore photo to natural condition, elements were added; such a lovely child would have obviously been under the supervision of the family cat.
[I have offered my services to sit in for this one restoration simply because there was no other suitable choice.]
Color was retained for my coat simply because I wanted it. A drop shadow and lighting pattern were added to match the lighting of the original.
[ If you don’t think that it’s a perfect match, you’re wrong, and you’re probably a dog.]
The lower portion of this image has been left in its natural, unrestored state because its elements were too damaged and of no real importance to the image as a whole. A final Gaussian blur was added to certain portions of the image to reduce distracting elements.
Thank you for providing a stimulating exercise. If you have any questions, don’t bother me – I’m napping."
Click here to see:
The sharp focus and color on the Main attraction and the faded scratched look on the dog were great along with the unimportant human subject of course only to frame out the true beauty of our feline artist. 
Great job CJ!! I had cats and I still had a hard time trying to imagine how to go about this one. You hit it dead on.
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