Please help with old photo! - DPChallenge Forums

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

03/29/2010 01:32:15 PM · #1

Hi! I'm having some trouble trying to fix an old picture for a friend, i have no experience in that but i really want to help her. It's a family old photo wich is starting to loose its colors and even some pieces. Should i use a plugin for that or i should start cloning pixel by pixel in a huge photo?
This is the reduced shot!

I really hope someone can give me some tips so i can do this. The size of the original file is 11807x9341 pixels and 21,0 MB.
So..what do i need to know and try?

Message edited by author 2010-03-29 13:32:38.

EL-ROI

Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi

03/29/2010 01:42:48 PM · #2

There is a photo restoration challenge website out there with a good community and probably lots of tips and other photos to look at...

//www.retouchpro.com/

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

03/29/2010 01:43:20 PM · #3

Originally posted by EL-ROI:

There is a photo restoration challenge website out there with a good community and probably lots of tips and other photos to look at...

//www.retouchpro.com/

Thank you very much!

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

03/29/2010 05:50:37 PM · #4

That photo is actually in pretty good shape. Assuming you have a good high resolution scan of the print, it looks to me like about 15-30 minutes of work to get it looking good again.
You *do* want to do the replacement of the damaged areas manually. There is no automated process that can substitute for good manual retouching. This shot really doesn't need that much.

Tez

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

03/29/2010 08:57:47 PM · #5

i was just gonna say, this photo actually looks alright the way it is. The scratches and chips look to be in pretty uniform areas (the most noticeable of which is the girls leg in the lower left) which makes it easier to clone bits from.

It could be a lot worse anyway :) You might want to boost the contrast etc, but then you lose the loveliness that makes it look like film.

SDW

Canon EOS-60D

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

03/29/2010 09:36:47 PM · #6

About 10 minutes. A better job about 30 min like kirbic said.

03/29/2010 10:38:13 PM · #7

Thanks you all!

SDW, can you tell me what you did to the sky?

The big problem is that i can't clone that fast (i can't understand why)...maybe i'm not using it right. :/
And the fullsized photo is really worse than this one. With 20MB i can see a lot of white spots all over the image. A LOT!
If someone is more interested in this i can send you the original, just send me a PM with your email.
The link with almost the same discussion in the website that

EL-ROI introduced me too is here.
Thanks again,
Pedro

04/15/2010 06:10:39 PM · #8

Hi...a lot of time later...
Here is my final work:
Final edition 1

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

04/15/2010 11:50:35 PM · #9

Bump for any opinion!

SDW

Canon EOS-60D

04/16/2010 12:29:02 AM · #10

Looks good. The water could be toned down a little; to me it seem to blue. The woman on the right side; her hair (on the left top) looks sharp. I may need a very little blur to make it blend with the water.

Nice work from the original.