"granny" <DontSpamMe@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
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> "bolo" <someone@someplace.org> wrote in message
> news:OICvj.98828$N67.25711@bignews5.bellsouth.net. ..
>>I have a work in progress, and have not done too many restorations. I can
>>clean the images up, but on this one I am not sure which way to go. I
>>would appreciate any I could get. I am not looking for anyone to do it,
>>just tell me what I should do. I am concerned about making the top of the
>>image that has faded match or come close to the lower portion of the
>>image.
>>
>> Something tells me that perhaps Granny has a suggestion...... :-) I sure
>> hope so!
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>> bolo
>> http://www.cadotonic.com/photoshop/vernon.html
>>
>>
> I haven't been on here much so sorry for the late response..
> It seems as if you already have a couple of excellent working methods from
> KatWoman and Colin D.. So I will contribute my 2 cents worth only because
> my name was mentioned..
>
> To even out the photo I made 3 copies of the background and ran levels on
> them using individual RGB while holding down the Alt key ( Tutorial here
> < http://retouchpro.com/tutorials/?m=show&id=255 >)..
> 1st layer observed the little shirt and hat while using the left slider
> till a bit of color showed then the right slider till a little color
> showed on each channel(RGB)..
> 2nd layer same except observed face of little boy..
> 3rd layer same except observed the face of larger boy.
> Then selected all and did a Copy Merged, Paste to bring all the layers
> together..
> converted to B/W using a Russell Brown method found at <
> http://www.russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html > (Just because it was the
> first thing that popped up in my action pallet to convert to B/W)..
> Used History brush at multiply at about 45% Opacity to darken hair and top
> of photo and using screen to bring out larger boys hand and other dark
> areas that needed lightening..
> My workflow to this stage is here <
> http://img9.imagevenue.com/img.php?i...122_1070lo.jpg >
> (or here http://tinyurl.com/27v8nx if the link above is broken)
>
> The retouch tutorial:
> http://retouchpro.com/tutorials/?m=show&id=255 ..
> could be followed from here on to bring this picture to life..
>
> (another method to convert to B/W would be by extracting the channels into
> layers: simply copy the contents of each channel into a layer. This has a
> number of advantages over the quick-and-dirty channel mixing or
> Hue/Saturation methods: for one thing, you can visually control the
> contribution of each channel to the final image simply by adjusting the
> opacity of the channels, and by using layer masks, you can select
> different mixes for different parts of the image.)
>
> Lots of different ways to do things.. have fun with it
> --
> "Granny"
> Old N Slow N Prefer Quick N Easy
I tried a levels method first but was not able to dig anything from right
(facing viewer) side