Fellow restorers:
I've attached a photo which is giving me a moderate amount of grief.
As you can see, it is severely faded and speckled with damage (mold?, foxing?).
My basic problems are
1. When I adjust contrast via curves, the damage becomes pronounced. Correction with the clone or patch tools would be a Herculean effort.
2. Use of a "salt and pepper" filter to help eliminate the spots causes sharpness to suffer too much.
I'm inclined to increase contrast, but less than optimally to minimize the apparent damage.
How would you approach this restoration? I believe there may be no ideal solution, but rather a good compromise.
Thank you very much for any suggestions.
ExclamPt
I've attached a photo which is giving me a moderate amount of grief.
As you can see, it is severely faded and speckled with damage (mold?, foxing?).
My basic problems are
1. When I adjust contrast via curves, the damage becomes pronounced. Correction with the clone or patch tools would be a Herculean effort.
2. Use of a "salt and pepper" filter to help eliminate the spots causes sharpness to suffer too much.
I'm inclined to increase contrast, but less than optimally to minimize the apparent damage.
How would you approach this restoration? I believe there may be no ideal solution, but rather a good compromise.
Thank you very much for any suggestions.
ExclamPt
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