How was this photo restored

Netaddict · Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 1:20 am Post subject: How was this photo restored

I was looking online for a pic to restore and I found the attached image. How did the restorer restore the boy's let cheek? The left and right sides are not symmetrical.

Frank1263 · Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 2:13 am Post subject:

If I had to guess that would be hand drawn.

seaco · Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 5:27 am Post subject:

I have had to do a fair bit of this in the past and it's a combination of tools a lot of CLONE TOOL and a fair bit of imagination to fill in the blanks but in my opinion it has been made from the original, this is one I had to do not so long ago!

Netaddict · Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 11:59 pm Post subject:

Seaco, your restoration work is amazing!
I'm surprized that after restoring the characters in the photo to clear and sharp characters you insist on using the old cloudy/grungy background?

While we are talking about restoration, I need some advice on the attached images which I'm working on. The second image is the original where the black colors have faded to browns. In my restoration, I wanted to recreate the background lighting so I put a black background and used a white brush with 0% hardness for the "lighting". I have only used black on white for the background but I don't know why there is a blue tint there.

Secondly, does the "synthetic" background that I have produced fit the picture?

Thank you in advance

seaco · Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 1:51 pm Post subject:

I suppose it totally depends on what you are trying to achieve I was asked to keep the image as original as possible while removing the defects, no way is right or wrong it's just what you want to end up with!

I can't say why your background has a blue hue but in my opinion it does all look a little to processed more like a painting you seemed to have lost the photo quality in the picture, unless that's what you were aiming for?

Netaddict · Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 11:15 pm Post subject:

As always, wise words from seaco. Thanks

Come to think of it, yes it does appear too processed, I think I've pushed the contrasts up to high.

I can fix the lady by reducing the contrast a bit but I don't know what do to about the background though.

seaco · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:49 am Post subject:

The pic is a bit to small to see properly, have you tried adding a little noise to the background being as it's a photo your eye automatically needs to see some grain?

Netaddict · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:51 pm Post subject:

" being as it's a photo your eye automatically needs to see some grain"

I have never thought of that. OK I'll add some noise and reduce the contrasts a bit and get back to you.

Netaddict · Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 12:07 am Post subject:

Reduced conrast and added a bit of noise to the background. I'm not sure if the noise is enough though.

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