If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You may have to register
before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,
select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.
Welcome to RetouchPRO .
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload images and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact us.
A friend of mine gave me a photo of himself and family taken in 1954. At the time he was 5 yrs old. With time and uncareful handling it turned bad. I've tried several times to clean it up,but being too new to PS 6 I need more help. Can anything be done or is it too late.
Love to all Don Majors
Don
Welcome aboard. We would be glad to help you but from your description, it's a bit hard to do. We need to know more or better yet, see the actual damage. I don't know if you tried to attach a file or not but that would help greatly.
When you reply, you will see an area below the reply to attach a file. It needs to be no larger than 102 kb and in JPG format so you may have to resize a copy to upload.
DJ
Most of the discoloration is in the blue channel. I would replace it, maybe with a copy of the red or green channel, and then readjust your colors. The scratches and damaged areas can then be cloned over.
This is a quick fix I did just by replacing the Blue channel.
2. On the duplicate image change to Lab mode – Image > Mode > Lab Color
3. On the original image activate the blue channel
4. Now select the L channel of the Lab mode copy image (Select > Select All). With the move tool active, Shift and drag the L channel on to the original image. That will position it perfectly over the original image.
5. This will not correct the color but the image damage will be gone. Now use an adjustment layer to correct the color as best you can and then add color as needed to finish it off.
Margaret - With this particular image, there is not much color info to begin with, although it's hard to tell from a low res. jpg. After you replace the channel you will need to readjust the colors and much of the time, especially with an image like this one, you will have to do some colorizing.
Thanks for the info - I looked up the section in Katrin's book and will play around with it.
I've been practicing with colorization - When I first thought of this as a business, I thought I'd leave the colorization to the folks who are good at it, but now I realize that I may not have any work unless I get good at it too LOL
Take care, Margaret
PS: how do you get the little smileys to show up in the middle of messages??
You'll need to have javascript installed and enabled to see the smiley controller. It should be available for your Mac via your browser's update function.
Learn by teaching
Take responsibility for learning
Originally posted by Doug Nelson You'll need to have javascript installed and enabled to see the smiley controller. It should be available for your Mac via your browser's update function.
I do have javascript installed and enabled, but no smiley controller. Don't know what you mean by "update function"
Comment