need help with ID-ing areas

Tess (Tassie D) · February 09, 2011, 06:45:38 AM

Hi LSC, I edited your post as a poll cannot resize images. Just starting a normal topic instead of a poll is the easiest.

Quote from: LSC on February 09, 2011, 05:27:00 AM
I can't tell how to fill in the areas to the left, near the margin (See notations in white on the photo. Also, Can you tell what is under the pictures frames? -- LSC

Hannie · February 09, 2011, 10:08:29 AM

Hi LSC,

The blue channel may give you some more detail here? It looks pretty good.

Hannie

Tori803 · February 09, 2011, 11:26:59 AM

You sure picked a tough one, although there is a lot of detail in the blue channel. I'd enjoy following your progress with this one. Keep us posted!

Tori

LSC · February 09, 2011, 05:48:31 PM

Thank you, that is very helpful. Tell me, after I have used the blue channel to ID areas, do I ever do any restoration in that layer? Or do I use it simply as a reference? -- LSC (Lee)

Tori803 · February 09, 2011, 10:57:34 PM

Here's one thread on using channels in restoration: http://www.operationphotorescue.org/forum/index.php/topic,394.0.html

Here's a second: http://www.operationphotorescue.org/forum/index.php/topic,1493.0.html

When I first joined OPR, Glenna had posted her WIP on a difficult restore. Here's how she used the blue channel: http://www.operationphotorescue.org/forum/index.php/topic,1252.0.html

These may be able to help you make use of the blue channel.

Tori

Mhayes · February 10, 2011, 02:06:50 AM

Here is another post you might find helpful: http://www.operationphotorescue.org/forum/index.php/topic,2666.msg24995.html#msg24995

Margie

LSC · February 10, 2011, 10:45:33 PM

Thank you ALL for the tutorials on the blue channel. I am now finding this restoration accessible! -- Lee (LSC)

Tori803 · February 17, 2011, 07:32:16 PM

Hi Lee,

Regarding:

I think the ear is covered mostly by hair. You can see that the earring has damage. You could copy the earring on the other side, if necessary, but the portion of ear on the right will have to be reconstructed.

To find a thread you had previously posted to, you can always click on "Profile" in the menu bar at the top, then click on "Show Posts" under "Profile Info" on the left.

Hope this helps!

Tori

Candice · February 17, 2011, 07:45:12 PM

I see it as a bit of hair coming over the ear.

LSC · February 17, 2011, 08:08:02 PM

Great, thanks-- and while we're at it, that dark area above the ear is a killer. No matter what channels or what adjustments I do, it is a dark blob. I can tease out a little bit of hair, but mostly dark. In a case llike that, do I just leave it dark? I tried to creat hair there, to match what her hair has on the other side, but it looked false.

LSC · February 18, 2011, 08:32:35 AM

Any last observations on this one?

LSC · February 18, 2011, 08:44:58 AM

Adjusted color on my middle lady

Hannie · February 18, 2011, 09:59:48 AM

Nice adjustment Lee!

I wonder if the highlights on the forehead of lady on the right could be a little less blown out?

Hannie

LSC · February 18, 2011, 06:22:17 PM

How did you make that adjustment Hannie?--

Hannie · February 18, 2011, 06:45:32 PM

Lee, I duped the layer and used the menu Image>Adjustments>Shadows/Highlights.
The shadow slider went right back to 0% and the highlight slider some to the right, I don't remember how much, perhaps 20%.
Then a hide all (black) layer mask and with a very small white brush only go over the highlights on her face and forehead.

That left her skin tone too cyan so I used a selective color adjustment layer and in the whites I lowered the cyan all the way and increased magenta and yellow some. Again a hide all layer mask and with the white brush go over the areas of her face where it was needed.

You can vary the opacity of the (adjustment) layers.

Hope this makes sense!

Hannie