WorksheetLevel CSII Module 3 Task 4 Class

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Old photographs are delicate objects. If they haven't been preserved properly, it is likely that they will have incurred some damage between the time they were taken and now. Well, with Adobe Photoshop, we can use photo restoration techniques in order to save damaged photos. So let’s try to restore an old photo. Find and open the subfolder “DW. CSII.3.4_Old photo” which contains the photo we will fix. As you can see, you have to remove typical blemishes like dust, scratches and stains. Furthermore the image also suffers from scratches that distort key details such as the eyes, so you have to rebuild missing facial features by performing some digital plastic surgery. Finally you will finish off by adding subtle washes of color to the subjects in this vintage photo.

Cropping and straightening a photo

By cropping and straightening a photo from the start you can improve composition and avoid the hassle of restoring details around the border. So you have to use the proper tool in order for the children to be more prominent in the straightened frame. More specifically try to:

crop the shot by losing some of the wall. drag to rotate the photo so that the tilted horizontal lines run parallel

with the overlay grid. However try to not crop out any more of the children’s legs.

Fix lighting with Shadows and highlights

Now try to fix the parts of the images that are too dark or too bright. More specifically you have to adjust:

The shadows to brighten the dark areas. The highlights to darken the bright areas. The contrast of the image.

Copy and remove elements

At this point it’s time to remove typical blemishes like dust, scratches and stains. There are many ways you can do this. A suggested way is the following:

Copy pixels from one area of your image to another using the proper tool.

Remove elements of your image covering other parts of your image. Try to seamlessly blend them with their neighboring pixels.

Work with Healing brush tool

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Restore old photos

WorksheetLevel CSII Module 3 Task 4 Class

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Now it’s time to correct imperfections in the image. As you can see, the image suffers from scratches that distort key details such as the eyes. So you have to:

Work with the Healing Brush tool in order to remove the scratches. Use the Patch tool to select the scratch running across the girl’s patterned

dress. Drag upwards to choose a clean dress section to patch over the scratch. Details such as her handbag strap may not be in the correct position.

A suggested way to remove the water damage from the nose is the following:o Use the Polygonal Lasso tool to select the undamaged half of the

nose and cheeko Create a new layer in order to float this selectiono Flip your selection horizontallyo Move the flipped nose over the blob and rotate it 16 degreeso Add a Layer Mask and spray a black brush to blend the nose with its surroundings

Set up brush tip

Before color film was invented, photographers sometimes added washes of color to skin and clothing. To recreate this technique you have to:

Create a new layer. Set the Layer’s Blend Mode to Color and its Opacity to 54%. Grab the Brush tool. Choose a soft round tip. Click on the Toolbox’s foreground colors and choose a skin

cooler from the Color Picker. Paint over the skin areas.

Color the kids

Finally, let’s color the kids. More specifically try to: Sample a color of your choice and spray it over the girl’s

hair. Add brown to the boy’s hair and paint his clothing blue

(or any color you prefer). Feel free to switch to the Eraser tool to remove any color

strokes that stray over the edge of your subjects. You can finish off with a few clicks of the Healing Brush

tool to remove any remaining background blemishes.

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