|
|
| Author |
Message |
boppy
Joined: 13 Aug 2011
Posts: 2
Location: new zealand
|
 Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 5:33 pm Post subject: How to clarify and improve colour and quality of 1970s photo |
 |
|
A friend has asked me to scan some old photos and print copies. This is typical of the quality of most images: http://imm.io/80Wv
Every search I've tried on how to improve an old photo simply explains how to fix tears and creases, which is not this photo's problem.
What I want is to improve the colours and quality to make it worth printing.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions on this.
Jo |
|
|
|
|
 |
hawkeye
Joined: 14 May 2009
Posts: 2377
Location: Mesa, Az
OS: Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
|
| Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 7:05 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Curves adjustments. |
|
|
|
|
|
boppy
Joined: 13 Aug 2011
Posts: 2
Location: new zealand
|
| Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 11:52 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Great, thanks Hawkeye. |
|
|
|
|
|
jerryb4417
Joined: 20 Dec 2008
Posts: 710
Location: Oklahoma
PS Version: photoshop cs5
OS: win7 pro 64 bit, i7-3.2g, GTS 450,
|
| Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 10:02 am Post subject: |
|
|
hi bobby,
just a couple of added thoughts....
1. great suggestion by hawkeye i know i always do a curve adjustment in the beginning of the work flow just for this reason to balance the colors and it does alittle sharpening...
2. now i noticed a lot of verticlelines in your image on my display ... i call those moire patterns... there common when scanning ...
a. sometime rescanning at a different resolution can minimize or eliminate....
b. however there some ps techniques to eleminate that
-- make dup layer and then do a select all, and then select overlay and the shift the whe whole dup layer by just a couple pixals .... now one can also then merg the layers and then do some sharpening....
-- another meathod is get a hold of a third party plug-in-- fft filter ..... there several easy tutorials on this that can eliminate the lines... may end up alittle bluriness but you come back and some sharpening ...
--now those two come to mind... but other meathods people llike is utilizing lab to do it or guassian blur ..
3. sharpening... many times unmask sharp or smart shapren is sufficent but sometimes i find using the hi pass filer helps a lot....... it sime and thee tutorials on that...
4. see color noise... that hard and generally the various meathods will leave things alittle blurry and hense a little sharpening after equired....
this is just one meathod reduce that noise
http://digiretus.com/tippek/cikkiro.php?SORSZAM=27
well those are my 2 cents woth you can do alot with that image to clean it up and get oooh and ahhhs from your frineds.. smiling... |
|
|
|
|
|
|
