Hey Guys
First off I would like to say thank you for all the help you have given other people, its been invaluble for me to get as far as I have.
I am working on a badly damaged image and as its the first image I am ever restoring, challenging is probably the wrong word, for me anyway. I have included a copy of where I am up to and I know I have a long way to go.
Anyway, I am after some advice on how to proceed from where I am at the moment:
1: What would be a good way to deal with the mirror in the background of the image? I have been kinda focusing on the head as the biggest issue, but getting as far as I have, I realised filling the mirror may actually be worse.
2: I've been removing the cracks semi-successfully, however if I go any further I start to lose details like the necklace and other bits and pieces around the picture. What would be the best way forward?
I have been using a combination of the Dust and Scratches Filter, the Polaroid Dust and Scratch filter, the Median filter and a few others. To be honest I have gone over this picture so many times I can't actually say which tools / filters I have used in this version of the pic.
One thing I haven't been able to do is use the Find Edges filter. Once run I have no idea how to modify it and get back to the original image. Sorry, this kinda shows up my lack of Photoshop knowledge.
3: Looking at the other posts, how does it take some of you guys 10 minutes to remove all the little cracks that I have been working on all weekend!!! And mine is still covered it little crack!
I always knew the small cracks would be an issues, I just didn't think how much of an issue. I thought the big cracks would be much worse, but those I kinda sail through without to much trouble at all.
I also have a folder on my hard drive with 1gb's worth of versions of this image, where I keep going over and starting again and saving it off before I make mistakes.
Any advice is appreciated,
Thanks
David
First off I would like to say thank you for all the help you have given other people, its been invaluble for me to get as far as I have.
I am working on a badly damaged image and as its the first image I am ever restoring, challenging is probably the wrong word, for me anyway. I have included a copy of where I am up to and I know I have a long way to go.
Anyway, I am after some advice on how to proceed from where I am at the moment:
1: What would be a good way to deal with the mirror in the background of the image? I have been kinda focusing on the head as the biggest issue, but getting as far as I have, I realised filling the mirror may actually be worse.
2: I've been removing the cracks semi-successfully, however if I go any further I start to lose details like the necklace and other bits and pieces around the picture. What would be the best way forward?
I have been using a combination of the Dust and Scratches Filter, the Polaroid Dust and Scratch filter, the Median filter and a few others. To be honest I have gone over this picture so many times I can't actually say which tools / filters I have used in this version of the pic.
One thing I haven't been able to do is use the Find Edges filter. Once run I have no idea how to modify it and get back to the original image. Sorry, this kinda shows up my lack of Photoshop knowledge.
3: Looking at the other posts, how does it take some of you guys 10 minutes to remove all the little cracks that I have been working on all weekend!!! And mine is still covered it little crack!
I always knew the small cracks would be an issues, I just didn't think how much of an issue. I thought the big cracks would be much worse, but those I kinda sail through without to much trouble at all.
I also have a folder on my hard drive with 1gb's worth of versions of this image, where I keep going over and starting again and saving it off before I make mistakes.
Any advice is appreciated,
Thanks
David
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