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josel
Joined: 19 Aug 2005
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 Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:56 am Post subject: Best Tool For Restoration |
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Hi
I am am currently working on a color photo of my school years, it has all the usual marks and scratches over the last 20yrs along with a few coffee stains. How is it best to restore a photo as i am using the clone tool but each time i use it the area i fix goes blurred. Please help what is the best way to do this?
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cbadland
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Healing Brush and Patch Tools act like the Clone Tool, but also sample texture.
You may have to use a combination of methods. Katrin Eismann's book has lots of info on retouching and restoration. |
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josel
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:30 am Post subject: |
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thankyou very much |
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cbadland
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:33 am Post subject: |
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You're welcome. Post back with the results! |
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stevealmighty
Joined: 14 Jul 2005
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Location: upstate NY (WAY UPSTATE!)
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 9:22 am Post subject: Re: Best Tool For Restoration |
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| josel wrote: | Hi
I am am currently working on a color photo of my school years, it has all the usual marks and scratches over the last 20yrs along with a few coffee stains. How is it best to restore a photo as i am using the clone tool but each time i use it the area i fix goes blurred. Please help what is the best way to do this?
Thankyou Josel |
If you lower the feather on the clone tool, that should take care of the blurryness. Carefull with the healing brush, as I've had less than desirable results with it. I usually end up with it being pixelated in the area that I'm using the healing brush.
EDIT: On the flip side, I've also seen people get great results with the healing brush too. I guess it's a matter of what you are working on, and finding "the right tool for the job" 
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lasa
Joined: 08 Aug 2005
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When using cloning tool try not to us too soft a brush..the edges will blur to much..great on open color spaces. but in busy areas it blurs the edges. The healing brush is great but finicky, you're better off protecting areas before apply it...great to clean up a cloned area that shows a obvious pattern.. The healing patch is great for good size clean ups...
Remember you can use the "fade" option imediately after using a tool, to mellow the action..it's a life saver. (under EDIT, shift + Ctrl + F)
A very cool trick with the healing brush, is to heal from a pattern instead of a particular part of the picture. You make a small pattern from a clean part of the picture and use it as the source...
I tend to use the blur / mask a lot when restoring. Dup. the layer then add a small blur, enough to clean up small scratches. Then add an adjustment mask, fill with black to reveal all, then go around with a small soft white brush touching up the blemishes and cracks...
Sorry started rambling..lol
Katrin Eismann's book is by far the best restoration and retouching book out there..
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josel
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Thankyou all for taking the time to reply. |
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qubert
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The pen tool is useful to control where your cloning and or healing brushes go, for more of those "tricky" areas. I use it all the time.
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