Boris77

This is the clear winner. It is sectional touch up from here.
Boris

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

This is REALLY weird!

When I view JimmyT's 4.9MB image at the top of page 2 in my Internet browser it looks quite over-saturated. When I click through to view the larger versions, they also are over-saturated. In both cases I'm using Windows and Firefox browser, which is supposedly color calibrated, on a computer monitor that definitely is calibrated.

However, if I save that image and then open it in Photoshop, it's a world of difference! Near perfect. Any changes I made to it were more a matter of opinion or personal preference, not really necessary.

I don't know why it is, but images here on UHH look quite a bit different than when on my own computer and viewed in Photoshop.

In fact, somehow the image color space is changing merely by me opening the file in Photoshop. Attached here is JimmyT's image from the top of page 2, saved afresh to my computer with no changes of any sort made to it. I just opened and looked at it in Photoshop, then saved it with a different name. Should be identical. But it's not. Compare the clicked-through versions in your browswer alongside JimmyT's 4.9MB file.

Images I post elsewhere online appear very much the same as they do on my computer. It is only here on UHH that I see these weird color shifts happening, even when I don't make any actual changes to the image file.

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goldbergsfg

I used Topaz Photo AI and Adobe Neural filters

RJW Loc: Oregon

OK, This is my final redo. Spending WAY too much time on this but I feel like it's a Photo Contest or something !
This time I used Gigapixel high compression plus 2x resize but adjusted sliders to a slightly less than perfect facial redo. Then to Luminar AI , then to Pixelmator Pro because it has a better and faster erase tool. Final adjustments in Affinity Photo and saved to largest size I could to get under 20MB as now it was up to 40.8 MB. I think this turned out better, looks more natural and color and shading is good. There was something weird in the sweater that I could not fix. Maybe it was Mohair or something and the light on the fiber caused reflection. Not sure. Anyway, it's been fun and educational and I hope we all collectively solved your problem ! RJW

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burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Do you have the original film image? This looks like a bad scan of a slide, but I can't tell whether the issue is with the slide or the scan. I suspect a bit of both.

Shooter41 Loc: Wichita, KS

Dear Architect1776...
Yes, this is a scanned image. I found my old, blurry, color print made 40 years ago and scanned it on my CanoScan 5600F flatbed scanner. I tried using the software I normally use to sharpen and denoise, but it didn't help. I don't know where the negative is after 40 years, or I would scan it, sharpen the file, denoise the file and make a new color print. Any suggestions? Shooter41

Shooter41 Loc: Wichita, KS

Dear Boris77...
Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to help me try to correct a photographic mistake that I made forty-years-ago. You helped sharpen her face and eyes considerably and made her beauty far more apparent than my pathetic results. It's not often that I get to go back and correct mistakes that I made earlier in my life. I respect your vast photographic knowledge. It is a shame that my photographic knowledge at that time in my life was inadequate to take full advantage of a lifetime opportunity to photograph one of the most beautiful women I ever met. If I can locate her and give her a slightly-late, excellent color print, I can finally relax. Shooter41

Shooter41 Loc: Wichita, KS

Dear Amfoto1...
I know exactly what you mean! When I look at the excellent editing work fellow photographers on UHH did on my blurry shot, I see one thing. When I open the image in Photoshop and look at the same image on my computer monitor, I see something different. I suspect that my monitor is not set up for perfect color rendition. Thank you for your assistance on my project and the time and energy you spent helping with excellent comments. Shooter41

Shooter41 Loc: Wichita, KS

Dear burkphoto...After forty years of moving from one house to another and taking hundreds of thousands of indoor soccer images since I photographed the pretty woman, I have no idea where the negative is. I see a lot of noise in the background and I am not sure if I recorded that when I took the image forty years ago, or during the years I store the color image itself. In any event, thank you so much for taking the time and energy to help me on my project and sharing your photographic knowledge. Shooter41

Shooter41 Loc: Wichita, KS

Dear therwol...Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to try and help me fix my problem. My forty-yar-old print must have had some dust in the background or noise when I took the original image. thank you for responding and letting me know what you tried. Shooter41

Shooter41 Loc: Wichita, KS

Dear RJW and goldbergsfg....
Thank you so much for taking the time and energy to help me in my meager attempt to correct a forty-yar-old problem I created. I also use Topaz Photo IA and love it, but you went way past me when you mentioned Adobe Neural filters. I hope someday to return the favor as I am still attempting to get better at what pictures I am taking now. Here is one of my favorite shots of my favorite sport. Shooter41

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burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

OUCH!!!

Nice catch!

Jimmy T Loc: Virginia

I'm really intrigued by your comments . . . .
Since the first photos, I posted on UHH I have received comments such as "Overcooked, Oversaturated", etc.
Even on photos where I never made any corrections/adjustments to the colors. Also, I usually shoot RAW and when shooting jpeg, I never use any color setting except Canon, AWB, sRGB, Picture Style Auto, Clarity 0,
Full disclosure, my monitor is not color calibrated, and I usually have my "Color Monkey" (AKA Wife, grin) look over my shoulder as my official color checker.
Since I am "color challenged" I really avoid ANY color changes to pics.
Specifically, on the "1982 image of a pretty woman", I only used Topaz Gigapixel AI (4X & Face) and PhotoScape X Pro, "White Balance" for the yellowed background.
Later I posted that file after applying Topaz Sharpen AI. I'm not a fan of my posted second pic of "1982 image of a pretty woman".
Finally, I also notice that my posted pics do not look like what I posted in both Saturation and Exposure.
This is really a quandary for me since my files also print out (Costco.com) beautifully.
Best Wishes,
JimmyT Sends

daledo Loc: Billings, MT

I recently purchased the Topaz Photo AI am pretty pleased with it. The Noise strength and softening as well Sharpening strength, for lens and motion blur and the upscale function options make it adjustable and not locked into the auto function. It particularly works well with old photo scans.

rsellas Loc: Laguna Beach,Ca.

I use the app Pixelup on my I Phone and it works. I end up with a very sharp picture.
Good luck.