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Copy Stand-Emily

Porch Swing

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[jesterjeni]

this is what I have so far.....I would love some suggestions and feedback....on how to make this better

[glennab]

Hi JJ

Can you post an original with your WIP? I'm wondering if this is even restorable.  Have you tried going through all the channels, both RGB and CMYK and using calculations to see what comes up?  I'm not sure how you posted this image, but I couldn't figure out how to download it and actually look at it in Photoshop. (I hope you know how to knit!)

Bless,

GK

[jesterjeni]

Im learning how to knit!
it just isnt as spiffy as I want it to be yet
I will look at the channels

[jesterjeni]

to download you have to save background as.... it saves the picture or open in new window, it will give you the picture by itself

[Tess (Tassie D)]

This is a hard one. Yes it would be good to see the original too for comparison. To show it here you can just use the image button below the I when composing your message or reply and then paste the url in.

[battleaxe]

You have picked a nice one...lol

    To bring in more detail, try a levels adjustment... adjust red, green, blue then RGB to bring in the histogram to where the detail is.

Then try a blue channel luminosity layer,  then a color layer above it , sample color from the luminosity layer and paint the different damaged colored areas.  (think all this is somewhere in the tutorials.)

Then the rest is cloning and healing, dodging and burning


Have fun

[battleaxe]

actually forget the blue channel part

you can chose that channel for the base of your repair in B/W.
 What you can do do ...is....select different parts and do curves or levels  on them to bring out the details in the  damaged areas , and adjusting the fill or opacity of the layers to blend them in.

[jesterjeni]

original photo

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[battleaxe]

when using the levels and curves to bring out the details... use soft light or overlay mode to prevent color casts

[glennab]

Hi JJ

I'd just desaturate the photo right away.  The color cast seems to pretty much disappear - I didn't see a lot of unnatural shadow and/or light when I did that.  The tough thing is that there's nothing hidden under the bare spots.  The emulsion is just plain gone.  So what you see is what you get.  If you very carefully follow the contours of her mostly-visible eye, the portion of her cheek at the edge of her hair on the right, what's visible of her mouth and duplicate what you have to to get the rest of her face, you might be able to pull her out.  What I'm concerned about is her chin.  I don't see the shape at all. But if you can find just enough clean area at the edge of where her chin should be, it might be do-able.  You're a brave soul to tackle this one.  Good luck!

GK

[happyheart]

I'm not sure what is going on here...I have this same photo, along with another one from the same person.  We both seem to be working on the same photos.

I just posted about the second photo that I'm having a problem looking like a photo.

Here's what I had so far.

[Hannie]

Hi Happyheart,

The other person is Jesterjeni, she is only using these photos for practice so please go ahead and finish your restore!

Hannie

[happyheart]

The problem with this photo, that doesn't show in these views is that the white spotting is everywhere!  There is very little area that isn't touched by the photo emulsion being removed.  Trying to find areas to clone from, or heal from is very hard.  If there is an area, it is very small, and you end up with a lot of healing and blending trying to get it correct.  I started with a levels adjustment in the LAB color mode.  I adjusted the Lightness channel to get the contrast back.  Then I changed the mode back to RGB.   There are more filters and tools available in RGB than LAB for Photoshop, which is what I use.
Then I started with layers.  I create a new layer for the area I want to work on.  Using a soft brush that fits the area, with paint opacity of somewhere between 20-35%, I started sampling the color around the area and painting very lightly with the colors.  The goal is to get rid of the white spots.  I set the layer blend mode to darken/lighten (depending upon the area I am trying to fix).  That way the paint only affects the white I'm trying to remove.  Once I get rid of the spotting, I can use the healing tools to gently blend it in.  I also use masks to obscure areas I don't want affected.  Another thing I do is copy the original damaged area to a new layer on top of the one I just fixed.  Set the copied layer to multiply, which drops out the white spotting (because I have good color below).  Then you can blend these layers together, or lower the opacity of the layer, use levels on just that layer (I use a clipping mask), etc.

Hope this helps.  There's another photo from this person, that I am almost done with that I posted in another thread "....now it's a painting", if you want to see what the techniques can do.

[jesterjeni]

I saw the other one listed as a painting...it is beautiful!!
thank you for sharing your techniques I will give them a try!!