Would like advice please trying to salvage damaged B&W negatives

[photoscoo]

Well.....it's a start!

Small sections with selections.....
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Can you explain exactly what u are doing here? After you make your selection?

 

[photoscoo]

Yes.........and I fear that "content-aware" is not going to be the solution.

This is going to be a very long and difficult restoration done with selections (Pen Tool), Clone Stamp and Brush Tool.

Here are some quick effort thus far.....

Before
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First section isolated...
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Second section isolated....
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After
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This is just one small section. This will take several months of persistent work to restore.

Here is what I have done so far today - first pass only - working from the top down.

 

[photoscoo]

Everyone,

I finally got back to this, and here is what I came up with!

 

[IamSam]

Can you explain exactly what u are doing here? After you make your selection?

I'm so sorry! I did not see this post! I have to run to work for now, but I can certainly answer this later.

I finally got back to this, and here is what I came up with!

Looks good!
I will have some observations to make later!

 

[IamSam]

OK. I'm working within the constraints of the selection using the Clone Stamp Tool.

Selection around area....


Clone Stamp Work within the selection.


As far as the Clone Stamp Tool is concerned, I am using a Wacom Tablet, tool set to "Pressure for Opacity", %50 flow rate.
Sample often and work INLINE with the natural directions of light, color, shading, and shadow.
Example: