Help Restoring Damages Photo
Sep 29, 2013 11:42:17 #
Fellow Hogs, I am asking for your advice and critique in regards to my efforts to restore a badly damaged photo for a friend of a friend. Attached is the original and my attempt at restoring it. I am sure that many of your are far more skilled than I am at this.
I am wondering what to charge and whether or not this could be done much better. How would you handle this with the customer, given that I am not a pro, but did put some serious time into this, and will continue to try to improve it further by removing more of the small blemishes that remain. I tried to get the color better, but this seems to be the best I can do with that aspect of it.
Thanks in advance.
I am wondering what to charge and whether or not this could be done much better. How would you handle this with the customer, given that I am not a pro, but did put some serious time into this, and will continue to try to improve it further by removing more of the small blemishes that remain. I tried to get the color better, but this seems to be the best I can do with that aspect of it.
Thanks in advance.
Sep 29, 2013 12:05:18 #
The index finger of the girl on the right is wrong. The end of that finger is actually shown on the image.The finger should be bent, not straight out.
I think you did a good job with the colors.
I think you did a good job with the colors.
Sep 29, 2013 12:08:07 #
Sep 29, 2013 12:12:07 #
Quickflash wrote:
Fellow Hogs, I am asking for your advice and criti... (show quote)
Other than the girls index finger I think you did a hell of a salvage job. :thumbup:
Sep 29, 2013 12:43:13 #
Pretty good job but as was said the finger looks weird.
One thing to know...sometimes discretion is the better part of valor...if you have a wicked color cast and your finished product doesn't look great (color wise) then convert to B&W....that fixes a multitude of sins.
One thing to know...sometimes discretion is the better part of valor...if you have a wicked color cast and your finished product doesn't look great (color wise) then convert to B&W....that fixes a multitude of sins.
Sep 29, 2013 12:46:03 #
Wow, thank you for the replies. I agree totally that the girl's finger doesn't look right. I'll have to try again to see if I could do better. I tried to whiten the eyes and teeth more, but could not get it to look right. I'll have to get away from it for a while and go back and try again.
Thanks again to both of you!
Thanks again to both of you!
Sep 29, 2013 12:48:49 #
Thanks, rpavich, I appreciate your feedback. I'll try again to see if I can do better on the finger. Also on slightly whitening the eyes & teeth a bit.
Sep 29, 2013 13:05:54 #
Quickflash wrote:
Thanks, rpavich, I appreciate your feedback. I'll try again to see if I can do better on the finger. Also on slightly whitening the eyes & teeth a bit.
Do you mind if I show you the B&W version? It really hides a lot of issues.
Sep 29, 2013 13:13:09 #
Sep 29, 2013 13:15:03 #
Sep 29, 2013 13:15:03 #
Quickflash wrote:
Sure, please do. I need all the good info I can get. Thanks.
Ok....keep in mind...this was a 10 minute job.
Convert to B&W
fix face dark patches.
Fix a few white spots
Fix hand.
Recrop to get rid of too much head room.
That's it...but it's just for demo purposes.
Sep 29, 2013 13:16:50 #
Quickflash wrote:
The client does not want B&W, I though of that too, but thanks.
That's fine..but you might have to educate them a bit...in my opinion, a nice B&W looks a lot better than a badly done "colorized" image.
To each his own though.
Sep 29, 2013 13:19:53 #
You did great, and I completely agree with the idea, but not my decision. I'll probably do a B&W version anyway, once I finish and get it the best color version I can, and give him both. Thanks.
Sep 29, 2013 13:23:11 #
Quickflash wrote:
You did great, and I completely agree with the idea, but not my decision. I'll probably do a B&W version anyway, once I finish and get it the best color version I can, and give him both. Thanks.
No problem.
Sep 29, 2013 14:14:53 #
If you want to reply, then register here. Registration is free and your account is created instantly, so you can post right away.