Anyone else do any photo restoration?
Apr 21, 2018 10:53:34 #
DanielB wrote:
So I don't think I've seen this topic come up - although I'm sure it has at some point. I have been doing photo restoration from time to time and I wanted to post one of the more difficult projects I've done. I'd be interested in seeing other members work so if you would like to share; I look forward to seeing your work.
Turn of the century family photo of my wife's father's family. Photo had been rolled up in an old newspaper and stored in a closet.
Apr 21, 2018 11:02:39 #
Apr 21, 2018 11:11:29 #
You did a great job but with so many faces, and more to do is it worth it? Who would appreciate all your work except us?
DanielB wrote:
So I don't think I've seen this topic come up - although I'm sure it has at some point. I have been doing photo restoration from time to time and I wanted to post one of the more difficult projects I've done. I'd be interested in seeing other members work so if you would like to share; I look forward to seeing your work.
Apr 21, 2018 11:42:00 #
To both restorers, great job. Important skill to save those old, torn, tired photos! Patience and skill. Thanks for sharing.
Apr 21, 2018 11:51:51 #
Apr 21, 2018 12:19:10 #
Apr 21, 2018 12:26:28 #
rdrechsler
Loc: Channel Islands Harbor, CA
Nice job. I have boxes full of 30-70 year old photos. Some day!
Apr 21, 2018 14:54:48 #
Thank you Dadcowell. I had to isolate the underlying oxidation color which was the yellow/orange that you can see in the original around the edges. I then used Hue & Saturation layer to desaturate that color. There is so much that goes into a restoration like this that I can't remember every step I ended up using. I'm pretty sure towards the end I took it into Silver Effects Pro for final B/W adjustments.
dadcowell wrote:
Daniel. Great job. Thanks for sharing. I have done a few restorations using Elements, but not nearly as good as what you presented here. I'd be interested mostly in how you were able to get the uniforms back to their proper shades from the whitish fading that we see in the original.
Apr 21, 2018 15:00:17 #
Very well done rlaugh - specially hard are the facial details like the young mans ear on the right.
rlaugh wrote:
I do a lot of restoration projects...this is one I did several years ago, before a lot of the newer restoration tools were out
Apr 21, 2018 15:02:31 #
Well done FL. Do I see a hint of colorization in the original?
FL Streetrodder wrote:
Turn of the century family photo of my wife's father's family. Photo had been rolled up in an old newspaper and stored in a closet.
Apr 21, 2018 15:03:59 #
Here I'll do it - and thanks.
StevenG wrote:
Sorry! Frown face hit in error!!
Apr 21, 2018 15:28:07 #
So I've tried scanning and didn't like the results I was getting. Even at High Res it wasn't detailed enough to work with and it was jpeg or PDF. I found that if I take the original photos and mount them on a wall then place my camera on a tripod and take a large RAW images using bracketed exposures it works much better and the end results are so much better. Side note: I used one of my studio lights to light them up. In this case, however, the photo was so damaged and creased that it would not lay flat enough to get a good image so I placed it on a photo trimming mat on the floor with a picture frame glass over it. I even had to weight down the glass a little to flatten the photo out as much as possible. The camera for this (Canon 5D III) I mounted on an adjustable tripod and orientated the camera looking straight down over the image. This setup worked really well and RAW is definitely the way to get the most out of your restoration. Programs used were Lightroom 5, PS5 and some misc plug-ins from NIK.
Bunko.T wrote:
Yes, I've done some with obvious improvements, using Picassa is very time consuming but by scanning at high res makes it easier.
I haven't been able to get my head around PSE9, which I have, although had many tries at it.
I love to see old pics brought back to life & brightened up, they're usually very clear basic pics. It's the damage or the mist/fade that one can brighten up. Very satisfying result.
I haven't been able to get my head around PSE9, which I have, although had many tries at it.
I love to see old pics brought back to life & brightened up, they're usually very clear basic pics. It's the damage or the mist/fade that one can brighten up. Very satisfying result.
Apr 21, 2018 15:28:13 #
This photo was from the middle ages when 'leather helmets' and 'pink footballs' were the rage. circa '1950s
Apr 21, 2018 15:49:14 #
This is a thread worth looking at. Great jobs on these restorations. I have to dig mine out of the closet.
Apr 21, 2018 20:41:55 #
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