Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This may not be appropriate for this forum (if so just tell me so), but I just discovered a very old picture of my great grandfather taken during the Civil War, in his Union soldier's uniform. To the best of the family's knowledge, this may be the only photo that we have of him. Unfortunately, it is in pretty bad condition and I'm trying to restore it as best I can. The reason I am posting the picture is that I would very much appreciate your thoughts and suggestions on how to improve on what I have done so far. Please visit my website for the picture: SmugMug - Jim Christie <http://www.jim-christie.smugmug.com/gallery/1804924> : Restore Project You'll see the picture in three versions. The first is my first scan (Epson 4990 Photo Scanner), with no correction at all. The second picture is a rescan using the scanner's Color Correction feature. The third picture is the second scan plus a little photoshoping from me, i.e. I fiddled with "Levels" a little and the applied the "Unsharp" adjustment. I know I need to do a lot of cloning to get rid of some of the ugly blotches, but do you have a suggestion for improving on what I have done and/or should I send it out to some professional restoring shop somewhere? All input will be much appreciated. Again, if this is inappropriate for the group, please let me know. Jim Christie