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Offline Jane Eden

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Please improve
« on: Saturday 20 August 05 00:41 BST (UK) »
This is the 1st of 5 very special photos of my husbands grandfather/grandmother that he has not seen before. I have only received them today and he is very emotional. Can you improve the quality? I will have a go but I'm sure you will do better.

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Re: Please improve
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 20 August 05 00:58 BST (UK) »
Here is my first/quick attempt ... ;)

Phot is quite light with a flat tone .. needed to get a bit more detail out of it  so created a duplicate layer with "Blending Mode" set to "Multiply" which effectively darkens every pixel by 100% (hence the term multiply)..

This brought out a much better contrast and detail ..

Then adjusted levels

Finally applied a little un-sharp mask to again bring a bit of definition ..

Finally used shadow/highlight to try bring out some of the left hand side of the face ..

Regards,

Gary Wilkinson
www.restoring-photos-made-easy.com
Wilkinson, Carr, Lovell - West Riding of Yorkshire

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Re: Please improve
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 20 August 05 01:03 BST (UK) »
OK, this is the best I could do with such a small photo
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Re: Please improve
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 20 August 05 01:30 BST (UK) »
Thanks guys. Hubby is really pleased

Jane
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Derbys: Burrows, Comery, Smith  Lincs: King. 

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Offline Jane Eden

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Re: Please improve
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 20 August 05 01:37 BST (UK) »
I am being a bit dense but:

sharpen makes the image sharper
unsharp mask seems to make the image sharper

Am I missing something?

Jane
Notts: Burrows, Comery, Foster, Beeson.
Derbys: Burrows, Comery, Smith  Lincs: King. 

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Offline deadants

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« Reply #5 on: Saturday 20 August 05 01:47 BST (UK) »
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« Reply #6 on: Saturday 20 August 05 02:03 BST (UK) »
Jane ... Following on from deadant's link ... the main reason to use "Unsharp" (well at least in Photoshop) is the fact that it gives you total control over the level of sharpening ... because it gives you a pop-up window with several configuration settings ... and a "preview" of the effect .. so you can experiment whilst looking at the image in question ...

Most of the other sharpening type filters just do it ... with no control ...

As for the name ... I did see a good explanation of the name Unsharp somewhere .. but cannot remember where ... ::)

Regards,

Gary Wilkinson
www.restoring-photos-made-easy.com
Wilkinson, Carr, Lovell - West Riding of Yorkshire

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Re: Please improve
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 20 August 05 07:29 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the info. These programers just like to confuse me! Going to the opera today I will work it out tonight.


Deadants: Hows the website?

Jane
Notts: Burrows, Comery, Foster, Beeson.
Derbys: Burrows, Comery, Smith  Lincs: King. 

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« Reply #8 on: Saturday 20 August 05 07:30 BST (UK) »
Check it out now. I think it looks better.
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