Picture repair - DPChallenge Forums

01/15/2012 12:28:47 PM · #1

My (deceased) Dad's German shepard (Thor) damaged an old picture of my Mom and Dad. My Mom was a wreck so I snuck it out and attempted to repair it using PS.

Any suggestions before I surprise her with it?

ORIGINAL:

REDO:

Thanks in advance!

KarenNfld

01/15/2012 12:32:45 PM · #2

Wow, great job, she'll be thrilled with it!

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

01/15/2012 12:38:12 PM · #3

I like very much what you did, except for his jacket that is quite strange.

o2bskating

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

01/15/2012 12:39:08 PM · #4

yeah you might want to sit her down before you give it to her, holy crap dude nice work!

01/15/2012 12:41:42 PM · #5

Originally posted by Alexkc:

I like very much what you did, except for his jacket that is quite strange.

I couldn't really keep the detail in the stripes.. Is that what you mean?

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED

01/15/2012 12:43:12 PM · #6

Originally posted by sinistral_leo:

Originally posted by Alexkc:
I like very much what you did, except for his jacket that is quite strange.

I couldn't really keep the detail in the stripes.. Is that what you mean?

Yes. With stripes is a matter of patience... PATIENCE :)

FocusPoint

XIAOMI Redmi Note 8 Pro

01/15/2012 12:49:04 PM · #7

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Message edited by author 2012-01-15 16:52:04.

tanguera

Nikon D750

01/15/2012 12:49:35 PM · #8

Amazing! Although I'd back of just a little on the vignetting.

01/15/2012 12:52:55 PM · #9

Originally posted by FocusPoint:

It took sometime, but finally I fixed one my old photos too...

You should fix the caption too :D

FocusPoint

XIAOMI Redmi Note 8 Pro

01/15/2012 01:20:08 PM · #10

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Message edited by author 2012-01-15 16:52:18.

Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR

01/15/2012 04:44:26 PM · #11

Final edit...

Message edited by author 2012-01-15 16:54:56.

jomari

Nikon D7000

01/15/2012 06:14:40 PM · #12

I was already impressed with your first fix-it. This is brilliant. I'm sure your mother will be thrilled to bits.

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM

01/15/2012 06:28:49 PM · #13

Yep, good job!
Lightening up the vignette was definetely a good idea.

Lydia

Canon EOS-6D

01/15/2012 06:31:08 PM · #14

Well done on the edits! Beautiful job!

I like the skin tones on the original... can you get those into your edit?

Even if not, I'm sure your mom will love it... It's a wonderful, thoughtful, generous gift.

01/15/2012 06:51:30 PM · #15

Now it's very good! :)

01/15/2012 07:06:25 PM · #16

Grrr, I printed it and it was so dark you can barely see the suit... How might do I have to make it to print right?

01/15/2012 07:19:52 PM · #17

Originally posted by sinistral_leo:

Grrr, I printed it and it was so dark you can barely see the suit... How might do I have to make it to print right?

Screen proofing won't help?

01/15/2012 07:25:00 PM · #18

Originally posted by mcaldo:

Originally posted by sinistral_leo:
Grrr, I printed it and it was so dark you can barely see the suit... How might do I have to make it to print right?

Screen proofing won't help?

Ummm whas dat?

01/15/2012 07:25:07 PM · #19

double post...

Message edited by author 2012-01-15 21:00:48.

01/15/2012 07:31:37 PM · #20

Uhh, if you are printing on your printer and have the profiles, many softwares, included photoshop, should allow you to soft proof the result on your screen.
So, if it comes overly dark it might show on the screen before you print.
But I have a feeling perhaps you know all of the above already, if you use PS.

01/15/2012 09:00:22 PM · #21

No, I didn't know that. I am new to all of this and I never printed anything. In fact, I hate to say this, but I printed this photo at walgreens (drug store)...

01/15/2012 09:18:45 PM · #22

Well, then it might be worth a shot.
If you can load the profile from the printer into PS (#perhaps you'll just need to select them in the proofing menu) and put it in soft proof, check if what it shows is more or less what you are getting now.
If it is, you could try and boost things up a bit with a layer and possibly masks if the probem does not affect the all image but only the suit and perhaps other areas.
It's not a fail proof approach in that it also dependes on how you calibrated your monitor and also on the fact that obviously the monitor emits light while paper reflects it, so a few other printouts might be needed to get exactly things like you want.

//help.adobe.com/en_US/Photoshop/11.0/WS151986BD-6D68-4880-9123-CC0D8B7033F5.html
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0SGGqeV0J4
//tv.adobe.com/watch/photoshop-for-digital-photographers/soft-proofing-your-image/

If the proofed image shows completely different from what you are getting, and this was already a print from photoshop, there might be some interference with the drivers of the printers, as I think (not 100% sure) that whatever PS outputs is then further tweaked accordingly to the settings in the drivers. You might need to disable something.
Check the links above, perhaps they explain what the best workflow is.

If you decide to print via some online service in the future, it is worth choosing one which offers profiles for their printers, so to avoid expensive nasty surprises (my 200 prints are all dark and the colours are off :).

hope this helps :)