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how do i touch up this old photo?

Posted by LeeMorris on 16 April 2008 at 16:15

Hi All

I have an old photo of my mom thats got white crack marks where its been folded over the years, i want to get it re touched and printed for her.
I have tried in photo paint but the results aren’t great.
Anyone know a way to do it or company that do them
Cheers
Lee

Peter Dee replied 17 years, 6 months ago 10 Members · 28 Replies
28 Replies

Alan Drury

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16 April 2008 at 16:18

How are you doing it in Photo Paint?
Alan D
LeeMorris

Member
16 April 2008 at 16:34

Hi Alan
Not really sure using a smudge or smear tool. i never use this program

Lee
Harry Cleary

Member
16 April 2008 at 16:48

Why not post it on here Lee, I’m sure there is a few experts that could help.
LeeMorris

Member
16 April 2008 at 17:04

Here it is
not sure if the file is big enough, the one i have is 9mb

I wanted to do this for Saturday but being a man i thought i would leave it till the last minute.
Cheers
Lee 😀

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Andy Gorman

Member
16 April 2008 at 20:30

Try the clone tool. I’ll give it a go at the weekend if I get time.
Ian Johnston

Member
16 April 2008 at 20:58

Not Perfect Lee but it maybe will let u away, the womans left arm, and childs hair are a bugger to do

Ian

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Karl Williams

Member
16 April 2008 at 21:04

I don’t think you’ve done a bad job there Ian.
John Gregson

Member
16 April 2008 at 21:14

Beat me to it 😕 :lol1:

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Karl Williams

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16 April 2008 at 21:22

Now send him a bill! 😉 😀
John Gregson

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16 April 2008 at 21:25

I’ll let Ian bill him, his is better than mine. 😀
Ian Johnston

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16 April 2008 at 21:25

quote Karl Williams:

Now send him a bill! 😉 😀

I got 50% up front before i started :lol1: 😉
Karl Williams

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16 April 2008 at 21:27

Barsted 😀
Ian Johnston

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16 April 2008 at 21:28

PMSL :lol1: :lol1:
currently rolling on the floor

:lol1:
Karl Williams

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16 April 2008 at 21:29

bet you’ll wait 90 days for the rest.! 😛
John Gregson

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16 April 2008 at 21:31

Trouble is, I got the other 50% :lol1:
Ian Johnston

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16 April 2008 at 21:32

that’s us both buggerd john :lol1:
Peter Normington

Member
16 April 2008 at 21:32

Do you get the balance when you print it ian?

Well done Ian and John what program did you both use, I did a bit with the healing brush in ps, but you guys were quicker..

How hard would it be to colur it?

Peter
LeeMorris

Member
16 April 2008 at 21:32

thats brilliant guys
thanks to every one.
I didn’t see these till just so i’ve spent the last hour doing my own.
Is there a quick way about it.

Cheers
Lee
Karl Williams

Member
16 April 2008 at 21:32

You just won’t let it lie will you. F@ck Sake. 😀 😀 😀
Karl Williams

Member
16 April 2008 at 21:33

quote leeMorris:

thats brilliant guys
thanks to every one.
I didn’t see these till just so i’ve spent the last hour doing my own.
Is there a quick way about it.

Cheers
Lee

Yeah….get a destitute signmaker to do it for nowt! 😉
Harry Cleary

Member
16 April 2008 at 21:36

quote Ian Johnston:

quote Karl Williams:

Now send him a bill! 😉 😀

I got 50% up front before i started :lol1: 😉

😀 😀 😀 😀
LeeMorris

Member
16 April 2008 at 21:38

Would the image of here good enough to print at say 10×8

Lee
Lynn Normington

Member
16 April 2008 at 21:41

Lee is that mm or inches 🙄

Lynn
John Gregson

Member
16 April 2008 at 21:42

I thought the image was a bit rough so it might need rescanning and starting all over again to make a larger print.

Software used was photoshop, zoom right in and use the clone tool.

Cheers John
LeeMorris

Member
16 April 2008 at 21:44

Its a birthday present so really needs to be ok to print 10" x 8"

Lee
Ian Johnston

Member
16 April 2008 at 22:08

quote John Gregson:

I thought the image was a bit rough so it might need rescanning and starting all over again to make a larger print.

Software used was photoshop, zoom right in and use the clone tool.

Cheers John

Exactly the same way.
You need to use a fairly large pixel size for the dress to hold the pattern.
LeeMorris

Member
19 April 2008 at 17:12

Hi
Is there anything i can use to make the colours stand out more. I know its black and white but need to be sharper

Lee
Peter Dee

Member
21 April 2008 at 07:50

Lee, in Photoshop try a combination of unsharp mask, contrast /exposure/gamma, and in this case the shadows/highlights feature might work well.
Save the original for comparison (or duplicate the layer) although you can preview all settings before committing.