CatherineL Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 I have a friend who asked me to fix this photo that will be printed on a banner to be hung outside on a lamp post. I took in into ACR and adjusted the noise and played with the levels in PS. Any suggestions on where to go next? Or what can actually be done to make it better? I have never done this type of work before so I also don't mind referring her to a pro retoucher for this type of project. She reached out to be because they told her it would just come out as a black blob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Did you scan it yourself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineL Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 No, she emailed me the file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Oh rats. No chance of you getting the photo to scan it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineL Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 I'll ask her if she has it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineL Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 Yes, she has it and can get it to me later today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Oh, hooray!!!! https://www.damiensymonds.net/scanning-guidelines-for-old-photo-restoration.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineL Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 These are the options I have when scanning a photo with my printer. Should I photograph it instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineL Posted January 30, 2020 Author Share Posted January 30, 2020 Ok well the original is glued to a bulletin board and cannot be removed so I guess I'll have to work with what I've got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Oh darn Ok, well your next step is to clone out that vertical crease down the photo, yeah? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineL Posted February 1, 2020 Author Share Posted February 1, 2020 Yes, I can try it. Sad to admit, I didn't even see it. Is photo restoration a service you offer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Of course, best in the world. But you've come this far, maybe you should try it, at least? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineL Posted February 1, 2020 Author Share Posted February 1, 2020 I gave it a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Gosh, good job! Now add an overall Channel Mixer layer, hit the "Monochrome" box, and enter +100/0/0/0 for the values. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineL Posted February 1, 2020 Author Share Posted February 1, 2020 Really? Wow, ok. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineL Posted February 1, 2020 Author Share Posted February 1, 2020 Wow. Mind blown. Thank you so much! Does it look a little dark to you? I did a levels layer to the second one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 On 2/1/2020 at 2:37 AM, CatherineL said: Wow. Mind blown. Expand There's lots of mind-blowing stuff in the Channel Mixer class. On 2/1/2020 at 2:37 AM, CatherineL said: Does it look a little dark to you? I did a levels layer to the second one. Expand The second one is definitely better. But of course it's not finished yet. Go ahead and commence your normal Levels work on it, the same way you'd do for any black-and-white photo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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