Help please: We lost our dear old Dad in August and I am about to buy PSE11. Can anyone give me pointers as to how to enhance this wartime picture of him as I want to make a nice...

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Jan 7, 2013 19:31:29 #

cockney greg Loc: London E17

We lost our dear old Dad in August and I am about to buy PSE11. Can anyone give me pointers as to how to enhance this wartime picture of him as I want to make a nice portrait for my mom. Hopefully I've attatched this. Thanks for looking in at this.

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Jan 7, 2013 19:35:17 #

mdorn Loc: Portland, OR

cockney greg wrote:

Photoshop. Sorry to hear about your dad. btw: you didn't store the original photo.

Jan 7, 2013 19:36:05 #

Ambrose Loc: North America

I have a feeling you're going to get a few examples of how it's done before this thread is over :).
But if you're doing it yourself, there are some easy fixes you can make including, but not limited to:
> cloning the background to remove the crease
> adjusting contrast/curves to build more richness
> sharpening just a touch to bring up the detail a bit.

Bottom line, just get in there and play with it. You'll be amazed at the variety of results you'll come up with. Good luck.

Jan 7, 2013 19:42:45 #

cockney greg Loc: London E17

Thanks guys,that was a rapid response. How do I go about storing photo?

Jan 7, 2013 19:47:46 #

sarge69 Loc: Ft Myers, FL

When you put a photo in here for us to see, make sure you put a checkmark in the (store original) box. then folks can get it and possibly fix it for you and then put it back in here.

Sarge69

Jan 7, 2013 19:53:22 #

cockney greg Loc: London E17

Thanks Sarge.

Jan 7, 2013 19:55:17 #

cockney greg Loc: London E17

Here's hoping.

Jan 7, 2013 19:58:28 #

cockney greg Loc: London E17

Maybe now. Just want to add how much I love the help and fellowship you all contribute to help us Luddites.

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Jan 7, 2013 20:19:26 #

AndyCampbell Loc: Shanghai

Sorry to hear about your loss, I personally would not try and make it look new...

Jan 7, 2013 20:23:29 #

cockney greg Loc: London E17

Thanks Andy you're a pretty fast mover.

Jan 7, 2013 20:38:16 #

AndyCampbell Loc: Shanghai

cockney greg wrote:

Thanks Andy you're a pretty fast mover.

Yea sitting in Shanghai with ps open helps, actually I really like the original so maybe just a contrast adjustment...

Jan 7, 2013 20:43:43 #

cockney greg Loc: London E17

Cheers Andy,looks much better.

Jan 7, 2013 21:23:42 #

sinatraman Loc: Vero Beach Florida, Earth,alpha quaudrant

my condolences for your loss. Any one who wants to do somethingnice for their mom gets my help. I take it your dad was in the Royal Army? Was he a ww2 or Korea vet? I am giving you 3 different aproachs. all used levels, clone stamp and healing brush. then on one i gave it a tint and used some of the artistuic filters, #3 I gave a painting look to as well as a gold monochrome tint to look like an old fasioned photo.