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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: dortmund on Thursday 06 October 05 19:04 BST (UK)
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Hi
can anything be done with this please
trevor
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Can you post the original without the paint work please?
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Meldrew,
I would think this is the "original" in as much as this is the picture as it probably came out of the studio when it was originally produced without any extra work done recently. It looks to me like another example of a chromos or crayon portrait like this one (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,68650.0.html) posted by ajbaker back in June.
It's a rather scary looking picture, and I doubt if the studio could have been very good at its job if this was the sort of thing it produced.
Unfortunately I think poor Hildreth has been well and truly obliterated under the painting. I doubt if even she would be able to recognise herself, and the only thing that can probably be done with this picture is to use it as the basis of a sketch..
Here's a quick sketch over the top of her to show roughly what I mean, but the chances that this looks even remotely like her are pretty slim.
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Hi Kiz
Can i ask you what software you are using as your work is wonderfull..??
regards
Iria
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Thankyou, Iria. You're much too generous.
This was done using Paintshop Pro 7 and my new favourite tool, the clone brush. I now use that to the almost total exclusion of every other tool, apart from the Freehand selection tool.
I always work on a 400% enlargement of any picture, and then at the end reduce back to 25% to get the original size. I just select a reasonable sized round clone brush, set opacity to about 50% and then just keep clicking away, backwards and forwards in small movements over the same tiny area which acts to blur all the spots, dots, smudges and marks into a softer, smoother area. Its a LOT of work for a little reward, but over a whole picture it looks quite presentable.
I've been using PSP for so long now that I have difficulty with any other software, but now I've got Photoshop CS, I think I'll try to move over to that. It seems to have much more functionality.
Glen
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Hi Kiz
Many thanx for the Tips..I've still got a long way to go to produce your wonderfull Pics.. :) I have PSP 8 and still finding it difficult to use..
Regards
iria
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Tried colouring it in.
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Hi all,
Glen is right, this would have been "touched up" in the studio before it was handed over to the sitter. Not sure if she would have been particularly pleased with their efforts!! It looks pretty heavy-handed to me, in fact I've never seen one quite so bad ;D and I get to see lots in my job - maybe it was a newbie who had a go!
It's made worse by the fact that the original photo has faded back somewhat, making the overpainting stand out even more.
As usual, Glen is doing a great job on his own so I think I'll leave him to it :P
Cheers
Prue
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The artist in Glen is shining out more than the restorer. I wish I had that talent. Keep going Glen, It's been a sheer pleasure to watch you rebuild these photo's from next to nothing.
deadants
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Well, thank you
It was such a shame that the photo lab decided to let the Work Experience kid loose on this picture. I'm sure the normal line painter must have been off sick.
I thought poor old Hildreth looked so miserable after spending so long as just a few lines on a faded piece of card, so I decided to take her away from her misery and give her a nice day out in the countryside.
God only knows if she looked anything like this, but its a fair bet to say she didn't look anything like the remains of the image above.
Hope you like it.
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Well, I don't know what anyone else thinks but I think she looks great. The original was like The Picture of Dorian Gray. Excellent job.
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Hi All,
Thank you for the excellent job that you all have done for Hildreth. She was like the first 'Photo' when I recieved her on a CD from a very distant cousin.
I can now see what she would have looked like.
Thank you all once again
Trevor
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Did she actually have that hair?
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Replaced eye to take away "scary mary" look - and spend ages trying to get her complexion right
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The face under the mess
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Another bash at this. Reduced black lines and added course canvas effect