A friend of mine asked me to restore a picture of his mother, who passed away on 1993, and I really don´t have skills or experience to do the task.
I know that I can clone the scratches out, and use some healing on the white spots, but I don´t have a clue on how to remove the brown/green spots on her face... (besides turning them to gray)
Does anyone could give me a tip on how to remove those marks (with photoshop elements)?
Also, if anyone with more skills than me (probably everybody on this site) want to give a try, please feel free to do so.
I took a picture of the picture with my cell phone, because we didn't have any scanner to do it.
I will really appreciate any advice.
Does your version of Elements support layers? If not, one reason "the Pros" use Photoshop (and its higher-end competitors) is to be able to do non-destructive editing by (for example) cloning onto a new layer, using adjustment layers selectively, etc.
Another thing which really helps in this situation is using a graphics tablet/stylus set -- even the smallest will make cloning/retouching, dodging/burning, and other "local" operations far easier than with a mouse or trackball.
I know how do emulate a layer on Elements (using levels adjustment layer, for instance, and not changing any settings, but just using the layer to draw in). I didnt think about using layers, but the "non destructive" editing is really a nice way to to it!!
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Does your version of Elements support layers? If not, one reason "the Pros" use Photoshop (and its higher-end competitors) is to be able to do non-destructive editing by (for example) cloning onto a new layer, using adjustment layers selectively, etc.
Another thing which really helps in this situation is using a graphics tablet/stylus set -- even the smallest will make cloning/retouching, dodging/burning, and other "local" operations far easier than with a mouse or trackball.
Does your version of Elements support layers? If not, one reason "the Pros" use Photoshop (and its higher-end competitors) is to be able to do non-destructive editing by (for example) cloning onto a new layer, using adjustment layers selectively, etc.
Another thing which really helps in this situation is using a graphics tablet/stylus set -- even the smallest will make cloning/retouching, dodging/burning, and other "local" operations far easier than with a mouse or trackball.
Patience is essential. Save your work frequently.
If you are going to be saving frequently make sure your not using .jpeg
A lot of print shops, and camera stores around should be able to do a high resolution scan and burn to CD. Then you could repost here, or even post it up on the PP side challenge thread. Ask that it stay as high resolution as possible, and why, give credit, If for free I’m sure several be only too glad to help..
There is a good community out there similar to this one where they have challenges to retouch old photos' The site is: //www.retouchpro.com/. You may be able to get really good information there if you are interested in doing it yourself.
