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January 16, 2010

Restoration of 55 year old photo


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Original photograph was scanned with Kodak AiO 5300 at 600 dpi.

1. Duplicate image (CTRL-J).

2. Using Ruler (onToolbar flyout for eyedropper tool - ( I )) straighten image using edge of existing photograph.

3. Flatten image (CTRL-E).

4. Duplicate layer (CTRL-J).

5. Draw a selection around the part of the bridge handrail below her hand. CTRL-J the selection twice.

6. Using a combination of Transform Tools (EDIT-Transform) I reposition and distort the duplicated handrail sections to fit and fill in the blank area on the image until I am satisfied with their positioning.

7. I then mask each duplicated handrail section and using the Black Brush Tool, I get rid of the excess areas that I will not need.

8. Using a combination of Patch Tool (J), Spot Healing Tool (J), and Clone Stamp Tool (S), I work my way around the image getting rid of spots, lines, cracks, tears and wherever possible - stains. I also spend time on the handrail sections, cloning edges and overlap areas to blend fairly well. I also clone the areas that were still missing on the right side.

9. Click on "Create new fill or adjustment layer" (bottom of layers palette, split black and white circle icon), choose Hue/Saturation, and slide the Saturation slider all the way to the left to change image to black and white.

10. Click on "Create new fill or adjustment layer" (bottom of layers palette, split black and white circle icon), choose Levels, and slide the arrows in from the right and left until you get a good contrast of black and white.

11. Select the top 3 layers and hold down SHIFT-CTRL-ALT-E to make a composite image at the top of the layer stack.

12. Duplicate this layer (CTRL-J).

13. Merge top layer down (CTRL-E).

14. Put a white border on the image by using the rectangle marquee tool and drawing a rectangle around the edge of the existing image, then going to Select-Inverse and painting the selection white. This creates a clean white border around the image.

15. Save file as a .psd in case you need to work on it again.

16. Flatten image (File->Layer->Flatten Image), and save as .jpg.