New Photo Help

hoodman3 · September 13, 2007, 07:55:29 PM

Does the yellow part of the girls shirt seem to be the accurate or original part of the photo? The yellow also shows up on the bottom part of his shirt that makes it red not maroon. There is also a definite line across his forearm and her face. Seems to me there are mutiple types of damage and possibly not caused at the same time.

Any input would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Pete

Tess (Tassie D) · September 13, 2007, 08:49:14 PM

Theres a definite line there. The question is, is the more brightly coloured area the correct piece or the other way round? It looks like something was over the top opf the dull section.

sanbie · September 13, 2007, 09:22:48 PM

I would definitely say the girls top is beige..not yellow...as the line going across and up are all surface colours so must be damage...
Well thats the way I see it!

Sanbie

hoodman3 · September 13, 2007, 10:22:08 PM

For this thread I'm calling the areas yellow and maroon. The yellow looks more natural than the maroon. It's very puzzling that the parameters are rectilinear. I can't imagine how the damage occured. I'm leaning towards the yellow area. It makes the girl look right and after I doctor the photo the boys shirt will be red.
Thanks,
Pete

glennab · September 13, 2007, 11:46:59 PM

Pete, I agree. I just ran auto levels and auto color on the original, and the skin tones, especially of the girl's hands look much more natural than the boy's skin where there's less yellow. I did a loose selection around the boy, added yellow, inversed the selection and took out just a little yellow from rest of the photo, and the balance looked pretty good. Very strange damage, for sure.

Good luck!

Glenna

Hannie · September 14, 2007, 04:05:47 AM

To add to the confusion Pete:

When you look at the blue jeans, the little girl's are partly in the yellow area and it doesn't look right. It seems to me that the jeans in the "maroon" area look more natural. :D

Hannie

P.S.
I found this on the web, haven't had time to try it myself but it looks interesting!
http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/photo-restoration/12622-removing-yellow-blotches-restoration.html

phischer · September 14, 2007, 09:49:42 AM

I think the "yellow" area is the more natural looking one. I also think she is definitely wearing a yellow shirt.

Mhayes · September 15, 2007, 09:33:28 PM

I'm going with the yellow shirt also. I think the other shirt is maroon and I'm wondering if the funny shade at the bottom is a case of the yellow ink washing into the other shade. I think that is why the jeans look funny on the one side is because of the yellow mixing in with blue to give it a funny shade of green.

Margie

Hannie · September 16, 2007, 05:32:07 AM

Hi Pete,

To remove the yellow lines I copied the light channel in Lab colors, pasted in to the RGB blue channel, then adjusted the RGB blue channel curves.

Hannie

sanbie · September 16, 2007, 07:08:48 PM

Mmmm looks beige to me...Aren't they cuties though!

Sanbie

kiska · September 17, 2007, 04:28:47 AM

Here's a look.

http://upload.pbase.com/image/85732505

sanbie · September 17, 2007, 07:32:28 AM

Is my screen not seeing right..I think thats a brown/beige not yellow...am I missing something?

Sanbie

kiska · September 17, 2007, 07:52:34 AM

:wow: It looks brown/beige to me.................or am I TOTALLY :crazy:?

RGB = 159,117,103.

Hannie · September 17, 2007, 08:04:32 AM

Nope, nothing wrong with your screen, beige all along!

Hannie

sanbie · September 17, 2007, 05:45:09 PM

WooHoo..I picked right!! It happens sometimes!! :funny: :funny:

Sanbie