If you don't mind assisting with a restoration project I'm doing, please
view this link: http://home.midsouth.rr.com/mitchellsmith/
This is a late-19th century photo developed at 16x20 inches, and badly
damaged over the years. It's on a heavyweight matte (some type of
parchment-feeling surface), glued to carboard (???). I photographed it with
a 5mp digital camera outside on a cloudy day.
I'm pretty well-satisfied with where I am on it. For the price I'm charging
I cannot work on it forever, and with restorations you are never "done."
You just have to find an acceptable point to stop. However, I can invest a
little more time in it, and I'd like to spend that time smoothing out the
texture of the face. I've tried several methods (using PS7, btw), but I
haven't liked the results. The texture of the middle part of his forehead
is my goal. Various blurring techniques and adjustment layers over blurred
layers create a "puffy" fake look, for lack of a better way of putting it.
All input welcome and appreciated.
Thanks,
jm
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I haven't had a chance to look at it yet but have you tried something like
CleanSkinFX. I doesn't always do a good job but sometimes it excels itself!
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CleanSkinFX. I doesn't always do a good job but sometimes it excels itself!
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| If you don't mind assisting with a restoration project I'm doing, please view this link: http://home.midsouth.rr.com/mitchellsmith/ This is a late-19th century photo developed at 16x20 inches, and badly damaged over the years. It's on a heavyweight matte (some type of parchment-feeling surface), glued to carboard (???). I photographed it with a 5mp digital camera outside on a cloudy day. I'm pretty well-satisfied with where I am on it. For the price I'm charging I cannot work on it forever, and with restorations you are never "done." You just have to find an acceptable point to stop. However, I can invest a little more time in it, and I'd like to spend that time smoothing out the texture of the face. I've tried several methods (using PS7, btw), but I haven't liked the results. The texture of the middle part of his forehead is my goal. Various blurring techniques and adjustment layers over blurred layers create a "puffy" fake look, for lack of a better way of putting it. All input welcome and appreciated. Thanks, jm |
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| If you don't mind assisting with a restoration project I'm doing, please view this link: http://home.midsouth.rr.com/mitchellsmith/ This is a late-19th century photo developed at 16x20 inches, and badly damaged over the years. It's on a heavyweight matte (some type of parchment-feeling surface), glued to carboard (???). I photographed it with a 5mp digital camera outside on a cloudy day. I'm pretty well-satisfied with where I am on it. For the price I'm charging I cannot work on it forever, and with restorations you are never "done." You just have to find an acceptable point to stop. However, I can invest a little more time in it, and I'd like to spend that time smoothing out the texture of the face. I've tried several methods (using PS7, btw), but I haven't liked the results. The texture of the middle part of his forehead is my goal. Various blurring techniques and adjustment layers over blurred layers create a "puffy" fake look, for lack of a better way of putting it. All input welcome and appreciated. Thanks, jm |
Think that's the first one I've see that I would even start on.
Wish you luck.
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