Blending faded parts with unaffected parts?

[jayfish]

I`m restoring the photo of a deceased young relative for her mum, using PSE 4.

The photo was displayed in an oval frame and the exposed faded oval of the photo is very obvious.
Plus the photo itself has turned a weird orange colour.

How best can I equalise the exposed part to blend with those original hidden bits of the photo unaffected by exposure to the light/sun etc.

Thanks, Jay.

[billkent]

You could try converting the photograph to black & white, that will remove the orange colour, then if you have an elliptical marquee tool, circle the faded part of the photograph and adjust with brightness and contrast until you can match the unfaded part.

Bill.

[PrueM]

I agree - the elliptical marquee tool should help you.  Make sure you set the edges to "feather" and then choose by how many pixels you'll feather them - this will avoid you getting a hard edge to the oval you've selected.

Instead of going to greyscale/B&W, you could try doing a colour correction.  Either do an auto correction from the Enhance menu, or try the "remove colour cast" option under "Adjust Colour" on the same menu.