Image Restoration (2 examples)

[gohan2091]

I still have a way to go to master image restoration but I wanted to show you guys two examples of pictures I have restored last year. I see flaws in them both, but I want to know if others here can see the flaws? Perhaps you can see flaws that I cannot see? Also, is anyone an expert at this and can give me a few pointers?

[Steve]

Excellent job.

[ibclare]

Pretty darn good. You've got a lot more to work with in the second picture, so I'd say you did a great job. In the first, I think because you are trying to clone or piece together large areas, they get muddy. You've lost the detail in the kid's shorts and that is rather glaring unfortunately. His hair looks a bit slicked and overall there is a graininess that is foreign to the film. But given what you had to work with, you did a great job. You might want to consider going back into the first one and trying to build a better pair of shorts! That's the only thing that I find a problem really.

[Paul]

Excellent work, this is up there as one of my favourite types of Photoshop work, it's fun also.

[fenix]

pretty good, especially the second.

[ultratge]

great work!

[dv8_fx]

Quite good, actually. You're in the right direction.

Flaws - yes, there are....

image 1 - the most obvious are the creases and bu7mps in the kid's pants. If you can retain that in , the image will look better. The details of his right knee, as wellDid you intend to turn the guy in the right back into a girl? lol.....

2 image. - the roof in the background, just above the family - something not right with the detail.

Just my 2 sens.

[gohan2091]

Pretty darn good. You've got a lot more to work with in the second picture, so I'd say you did a great job. In the first, I think because you are trying to clone or piece together large areas, they get muddy. You've lost the detail in the kid's shorts and that is rather glaring unfortunately. His hair looks a bit slicked and overall there is a graininess that is foreign to the film. But given what you had to work with, you did a great job. You might want to consider going back into the first one and trying to build a better pair of shorts! That's the only thing that I find a problem really.

Yeah, the first picture I didn't have much to clone, it because tricky, especially the shorts! This work is over a year old now, and looking back, I think I can improve it some more if I wanted. I have a few new techniques I could use to improve the first photograph, although the 2nd, I am not sure what I could bring to improve it.

Quite good, actually. You're in the right direction.

Flaws - yes, there are....

image 1 - the most obvious are the creases and bu7mps in the kid's pants. If you can retain that in , the image will look better. The details of his right knee, as wellDid you intend to turn the guy in the right back into a girl? lol.....

2 image. - the roof in the background, just above the family - something not right with the detail.

Just my 2 sens.

I agree with you. The shorts really let my attempt down. I didn't notice the right knee until you pointed it out to me, thanks for that! lol, the guy in the right! I see what you mean.. nothing a pucker tool cannot sort out :P. With the 2nd picture, I agree the roof isn't quite right there. Perhaps one day I will go back and correct this. This picture is actually of my nanny, grandad and mum, they wanted it restored and asked if I could do it for them. They are very happy with it which is all that counts. Thanks very much all for your feedback!

[AlexandraR]

Great job

[knarf]

I still have a way to go to master image restoration but I wanted to show you guys two examples of pictures I have restored last year. I see flaws in them both, but I want to know if others here can see the flaws? Perhaps you can see flaws that I cannot see? Also, is anyone an expert at this and can give me a few pointers?

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Nice work, and lots of hours in front of the PC screen! I won’t mention the obvious areas that could use some rework as you have noted them yourself. One thing that wasn’t mentioned, and it’s probably just me. In the second picture I would have removed the small line (maybe phone) from the picture. But then again that’s just my preferance.

I’m tackling the same type of restoration work on older, actually, to me, ancient photographs, so I can really relate to the hours of work you put into achieving the results you have. I’m not that experienced with PS so other than the basics stuff it’s still mostly new to me. Some on the this forum (I’m terrible on remembering names to give credit) have made suggestions by just dropping PS terminology that I’m not familiar with so off I go using the help section and or Googling for answers and darned if I don’t find a solution to the problem.
I’ll post some of my most recent B&A work tonight for all to scrutinize. Some I posted previously so it may be the same old same old to some. The last one I finished to night is of a distant relatives store front and it has been my biggest challenge yet.