damaged old photo restored

baconbuttyman · 29th January 2011, 15:58

I was given an old photo of my mum, taken some time in the 50's, the pic was damaged on all corners by severe creasing.
i have managed to restor the pic, better tan i thought i could, waddya think.

original

restored

Poppy · 29th January 2011, 16:02

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Originally Posted by baconbuttyman

I was given an old photo of my mum, taken some time in the 50's, the pic was damaged on all corners by severe creasing.
i have managed to restor the pic, better tan i thought i could, waddya think.

original

restored

Hiya. How on earth did you do that.? That is amazing.....

Poppy

baconbuttyman · 29th January 2011, 16:09

[QUOTE=Poppy;662388]Hiya. How on earth did you do that.? That is amazing.....

Poppy[/QUOTE

i had to take parts of the carpets, doors etc and replace them with other bits from the same area. took about 40 mins to do

all in microsofts dainty little Paint program

Poppy · 29th January 2011, 16:15

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Originally Posted by Poppy

Hiya. How on earth did you do that.? That is amazing.....

Poppy[/QUOTE

i had to take parts of the carpets, doors etc and replace them with other bits from the same area. took about 40 mins to do

all in microsofts dainty little Paint program

Still don't know...lmso. Seems a bit complicated to me..

. What do you mean by took bits.... You mean have so many copies on the comp and use them for cropping.? Poppy

mantianak · 29th January 2011, 16:42

not bad at all. What software are you using? If photoshop you could try some clone stamping which would tidy up all those dust spec (quite a labouring task though). Could also try burning and dodging to help with the grainy contrast.

baconbuttyman · 29th January 2011, 16:54

just using MS Paint, i dont have any other software for it

James.uk · 29th January 2011, 16:59

Cloning would be quicker..

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Poppy · 29th January 2011, 17:06

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Originally Posted by baconbuttyman

just using MS Paint, i dont have any other software for it

Impressed... I have just downloaded Paint.Net 3.5.6 Have a go on it in a bit...

Poppy

baconbuttyman · 29th January 2011, 17:13

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Originally Posted by Poppy

Impressed... I have just downloaded Paint.Net 3.5.6 Have a go on it in a bit...

Poppy

no not paint.net, simple paint that comes with you windows OS

Poppy · 29th January 2011, 17:16

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Originally Posted by baconbuttyman

no not paint.net, simple paint that comes with you windows OS

Hiya. I have just checked start..all programmes... I don't have that.? The one i have downloaded is ms paint.net.....

Poppy

29th January 2011, 15:58	#1
baconbuttyman Banned Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 5,724 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 7 Posts	damaged old photo restored I was given an old photo of my mum, taken some time in the 50's, the pic was damaged on all corners by severe creasing. i have managed to restor the pic, better tan i thought i could, waddya think. original restored

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mantianak I really should get out more....... ZT 190+ Saloon Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Poole Posts: 2,413 Thanks: 6 Thanked 22 Times in 21 Posts	not bad at all. What software are you using? If photoshop you could try some clone stamping which would tidy up all those dust spec (quite a labouring task though). Could also try burning and dodging to help with the grainy contrast. __________________ http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1..._signature.png

29th January 2011, 16:09	#3
baconbuttyman Banned Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 5,724 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 7 Posts	[QUOTE=Poppy;662388]Hiya. How on earth did you do that.? That is amazing..... Poppy[/QUOTE i had to take parts of the carpets, doors etc and replace them with other bits from the same area. took about 40 mins to do all in microsofts dainty little Paint program

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baconbuttyman Banned Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 5,724 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 7 Posts	just using MS Paint, i dont have any other software for it

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James.uk Passed Away 2002 Pale Blue. Rover 75 CDTi Connoisseur auto. 170K miles Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Near the M67. Posts: 14,509 Thanks: 199 Thanked 585 Times in 397 Posts	Cloning would be quicker.. ...