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froggy_flutter
Joined: 25 Feb 2010
Posts: 2
Location: NC, USA
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 Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 4:57 pm Post subject: Remove sun damage and reduce grainy texture |
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This is the only picture I have of my grandmother and I would like to remove the sun damage and reduce the grainy texture. I am redoing my website partly for a class using Dreamweaver but mainly because I needed to redesign my site. Right now I have taken my site content down. My grandmother and hopefully a picture of my grandfather will be on my site.
I have Adobe Web CS4 so any tips on how to improve this picture will be appreciated. I have taken a course in Photoshop but it didn't cover something with this type of damage.
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thehermit
Joined: 05 Mar 2003
Posts: 3987
Location: Cheltenham, UK
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Is this the largest file you have?
It's still workable, I hope that retouches are what you want them to be.
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Zonexl
Joined: 17 Mar 2010
Posts: 61
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Basically what you have to do first is just sit down and do no nothing else but analyzing the issues and only then tackle them one for one, because there is no easy fix.
Few warnings/suggestions:
- Stay away from the clone tool in the face, it does more harm than good. Actually I didn't use it anywhere in the image.
- Make your edits as much as possible on separate layers, because it makes it easier to add blending modes, opacity, softening, etc and it allow a quick before/after check
- try to fix individual areas instead of attacking the whole image all at once. Noise removal for example should only be done where really needed
- Don't go too far. There is nothing wrong with an old image still looking old. You want to avoid to make it look fake.
- Pay the most attention to the eyes, they are the most important part of the face
- Never underestimate the importance of contrast, it will make an image pop. For this image don't do a quick contract correction on the whole image, but focus on specific areas. Selections, curves and dodge/burn are good tools for that.
Here's just a quick example that shows what's possible:
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Matt
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Joined: 24 Sep 2007
Posts: 3515
Location: Haverhill, UK
PS Version: Lightroom 5, CS4 & Elements 11
OS: Windows 8.1
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Zonexl
Joined: 17 Mar 2010
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Thank you mattyboy777. |
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froggy_flutter
Joined: 25 Feb 2010
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Location: NC, USA
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| Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 11:03 pm Post subject: Awesome |
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My biggest fear is not getting a good result. You offered some excellent suggestions along with the work you did. She is a very important person in my life and this is the only picture I have. Thanks for your help. |
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