diamante67

So... this is a call for help. I did it - thank you so much for the help. But... it took me at least one hour to do the masking part, maybe even more. For the future, is there anything I can do to make the masking less painful? Is it really boiling down to experience or am I missing something?

Wait... let me guess. Channel mixer?

really? I am going to own it alright!

Care to share how?

this shows the colors a bit better (sorry for the double pic - I cannot seem to be able to delete it)

yes - it's because of the backlight and it is blown but I will live with that...

Hi Damien,

I am struggling with a bad red color cast - I tried to increase lightness/decrease sat as well as replacement color with curves and I am not getting anything decent. Do you have any recommendations on how to handle this? (PS I am not done with the editing)

That makes my day!!!! Thanks a lot for all your help!

So... I thought I would post where this ended up. I hope I did not butcher it too much... And a comparison with the image that has been circulating in the family - not exactly the same but must have been taken within moments of each other.

I thought I would check in to see if you think the noise reduction is acceptable. I am fighting between keeping details and getting rid of the noise. Decent enough? I would not want to start cloning if you think I am off by a mile

I swear, you got to be the God of the Channel Mixer! Thanks for all your help and, yes, I agree that the red channel is the one that looks the cleanest and nicest. Thanks again!

2 hours ago, Damien Symonds said:

The method to my madness is about to become clear, I hope.

Zoom in to 100% view, then go to your Channels panel.  Click on the word "Red", then "Green", then "Blue".  Compare them  I think you'll agree that the red channel has the nicest quality detail.

Cool! So, am I supposed to only use the red channel? If so, at what point in the workflow would you recommend doing some noise reduction?

2 hours ago, Damien Symonds said:

Sorry, I don't understand the question.  What makes you say you need to do this?

When I uploaded the last image, I initially saved it with minimum compression. The file was about 9MB and it failed to load. The error pointed out to the max size of the attachments but, given that my file was less than 19MB, it made me think that I had reached some maximum amount of "storage"? for the attachments. I then re-saved the file with slightly lower quality (5MB) and the file uploaded with no problem.

here it is. It is interesting because to me they seem all kind of the same, detail-wise; I am glad you think it is promising

Unrelated, in the future how do I manage posting pictures given the max total size? I assume that if I clear up my earlier attachments then the images get lost?

Confirming the file was 16 bit. Here is the new 100% crop after following the steps you suggested.

glad to hear you think it is promising. I will do as you suggested tonight... could you clarify whether I should work on the negative or on the inverted negative?

It is a TIFF. I "think" it was 16 bit but right now I am at work so I cannot check with photoshop. I re-downloaded the image and it shows a bit depth of 64... I am not sure what to make of that.

The photometric interpretation is RGB. Here is the other data

not sure if you want the negative but, here it goes.  I am adding the detail from the inverted picture.

Wait, I forgot to add that to the first one I posted (original post) I changed the color profile from SFprofT to sRGB, because everything was looking blueish, and I also added you b/w conversion. Since I was worried about the grain and details I did not think of mentioning these steps. The negative file came in as "generic RGB" and, as I said the tones are not exactly grayscale.

i was also sent a file of the same dimensions that looks like a negative. So maybe they scanned a negative and possibly used some software to convert it?

no I did not scan it myself. Someone else did, and I do not think the original is available. Does it look "fishy"?

I received the attached photo from a family member - it is a tiff file of dimensions 0.8"x0.8" (approx) and 6400px/inch. Could I get some advice on how to deal with the noise, and also if there is any way to improve the lady's eyes? My general plan is to mostly clean up the scratches with cloning/healing, reduce the noise, brighten a bit and bring out a bit of clarity. Would the file be decent enough to print in 8x8 format? Any other advice? I am adding a couple of 700x700px snippets as well.