Damien Symonds

Sir, Lightroom isn't even the best workflow for raw files. It's DEFINITELY not the best workflow for scanned files. Use Bridge. But yes, I would suggest noise removal, as well as other adjustments such as Exposure and White Balance, in ACR before proceeding to Photoshop. The effectiveness of the noise removal will depend on the uniformity of the noise, I figure. Some extra care, eg with Dust & Scratches filter, will likely be needed in PS as well.

Yep, that helps.

Your first step must be to blur the background. So it's more out of focus than the people, you know? https://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/06/blurring-background-false-dof.html

How did you go with this, @Ange?

May I see some?

Oh crap, sorry. I meant to say it has to be strongly backlit like your photo as well. See how there are VERY strong shadows (and a sun!) in your photo, but none in this photo?

Lightroom has no role here. There is no "back to Lightroom to carry on the editing to the completion".

Bit by bit. Download PSD

Trust me, you want to get rid of it. It looks AWFUL if you try to reprint it.

No, the filter should convert it to black-and-white anyway. Is that what happened?

@jho?

Oh gee, I wish you'd asked me before you started. Google "fourier transform filter photoshop"

Yes, Levels Deluxe next, so that you can join the Skin Class. It will blow your mind.

Because a big chunk of the shirt logo intersects with the child's hair, it's not possible to cleanly remove the logo altogether. So I'd recommend removing the top half.

Yes, that's terrific. This is the best method for the bruise: https://www.damiensymonds.net/2011/01/ridding-pesky-rainbows.html

It's very similar to sRGB, so there should be no need to change anything.

c2 is a Facebook profile. Are you opening photos from Facebook?

May I see the skin you're dealing with?

Acceptable, yes. But I agree, not perfect. The strand of hair just above her inner left eye seems sharper than the eyelashes.

Hi jho, in the interest of "apples with apples" you'll need to find either: A photo of your own where the subjects are light-haired, and wearing light-coloured clothing, per the linked image; or A link to a photo where the subjects are dark-haired and wearing darker clothing, like in your photo.

Honestly, I'm still not convinced you should be doing either of those things. If you have to type the names anyway, why not just type them into the text field in InDesign, after dropping the photo in from Bridge?

This is beyond me, I'm so sorry. I have some experience with InDesign, but it doesn't extend to populating text fields with metadata

Have you already named the photo files with the kids' names? How many kids? Hundreds? Thousands?

This seems terribly unnecessary. Can't you just drop them in from Bridge as normal?

So you're using this TreeRing program to create your book?