My first restoration before and after - all comments appreciated!

[QD]

Oh thank you so much everyone.  That helps sooo much and it is so sweet to see him growing up! 
- Rachel

[glennab]

Hi!

These restorations are all wonderfully done.  I have a feeling they're from the first day when we weren't limiting the number people could bring in.  I don't think this was the largest group collected -- at least one was more than 300. We also took in photos from a wedding that numbered around 170 (most with minimal damage).  Unemployment is not going to be a problem for OPR volunteers for quite a while!

Max, on your masterpiece, I don't think cropping will be a problem.  It would be great if the other people who collected the photos would also give you feedback on what they were told, but I asked everyone who had badly damaged areas that didn't include people if they minded that the photos be cropped, and they all said to crop whatever we needed to; the people were important, not the background.  In this case, I recognize these as photos I collected, so I'd have asked about cropping. 

As for the size of the cropped images, there's a plug-in called Extensis PixlSmart (it integrates with Photoshop -- and possibly other software; I'll check on that) that can take a photo way up in size without losing it's definition or resolution.  I've used it, so I can vouch for that.  Maybe Admin could have a copy for the final images, in case they needed to be sized up to match the original.

Cheers!

Glenna

[schen]

Glenna,

Forgot to ask you to ask them whether they mind a vignette.   :funny:

[sanbie]

Wow some of those look good! Wish I could see the before shots.  :)

Ok since the pics are so big I cropped one for the body and one for the head...

before shots!






See I was driven nuts to!!!

Sanbie

[rockthumper]

Terrific work Sanbie.  8)

[sanbie]

Thank you RT...But those white dots nearly got to me!!

SAnbie

[QD]

ok - heres the latest.  I started all over.

[Hannie]

Rachel, that is such an improvement!  Now the baby still looks like the original without the damage.  I'm sure the owner will be very happy!  :up2:

If you like, you could add just a tiny touch of blur just around the head to make the baby stand out more.  Also a tiny bit of blurring on the skin.  (in my example I also burned the eyelids, eye brows and mouth just a little).

Great job!

Hannie

[glennab]

Hi Rachel

This one was definitely worth the restart.  I do like Hannie's blur around the head, but other than that I think this little guy's ready to go home.  Nice work!

Glenna

[QD]

Thanks.
What I ended up doing was finding a pic of another baby on line and taking a swatch of her skin.  Then I used that as a palette for the healing brush.  It is a technique I will be using again I'm sure.

I like what you did Hannie.  Good idea using the burn tool.  I often forget about that one. 

[Hannie]

A "skin transplant"!  Very smart idea and it worked out so well!
It's great to read about all the different techniques people use, I learn s.t. new every day.  8)

Hannie

[phischer]

Looks real good considering what you had to work with. I would consider softening those two hot spots you have on the bottom of the image. Those bright white areas are a bit distracting. Other than that, I'd say it's probably good to go.