"Talker" <Talker@thegood.com> wrote in message
news:ap0nr3p6m5mkg5noa9kkkb58imankltcn1@4ax.com...
| On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:07:52 GMT, "Norm Dresner" <ndrez@att.net>
| wrote:
|
| >I have an ancient B&W photo to restore. It's both faded and cracked.
| >Which operation should I do first:
| > 1. Use Healing Brush/Spot Healing to fix cracks
| > 2. Restore gamut and contrast
| >
| >TIA
| > Norm
|
| Myself, I would do a levels adjustment, then a contrast
| adjustment. I save the clone tool for near the end, since making the
| other adjustments first might bring out more imperfections.
| [SNIP]

Yeah, in the absence of guidance and being anxious to start, I decided to
fix the cracks first and then adjust the image.

It didn't work to badly, except that the secondary adjustment made some of
the healing more obvious than I'd be willing to settle for and I had to go
back and clean that up.

Now I know.

Thanks
Norm