measekite wrote:
>
>
> Bob Williams wrote:
>> krunch.kaptain@yahoo.com wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have a photo that was folded in half, unfortunately,
>>> and I wonder if either Photoshop and/or The GIMP are
>>> able to remove this crease.
>>>
>>> Thank you for any assistance.
>>
>> Easy as pie. I do it all the time.
>> With Photoshop or Photoshop Elements,
>> 1.) Select the clone tool, set at 100% opacity and check "aligned" box.
>> 2.) Enlarge the image to 300% so you can easily see what you are doing.
>> 3.)Select a SOFT brush with a size slightly larger than the width of
>> the crease. (Try 7-10 pixels for starters).
>> 4.)Alt click on a "clean" spot very close to the crease.
>> 5.)Drag your brush down the middle of the crease and it will magically
>> disappear.
>> You will have to "play around" with the process if the crease has many
>> limbs, but this is the general idea........Good luck.
>> Bob Williams
> It is easy unless the fold is in such a place where using the clone tool
> or a healing brush will not blend well.

In which case use a lot of alternate points to clone from and apply it
as lots of tiny dots like spotting an old fashioned B&W print.

Frank ess added these comments in the current discussion du jour
....

>> I repeat, your clown tool should be small so as to hone in
>> on the right area and color.
>>> I hope this s.
>>
>> It put a smile on my face :-)
>>
>> I've been looking everywhere for the clown tool but suspect
>> it's in a later version of PS!
>
> You need to home your looking skills.
>
ah, yes, Frank Ass, just as imbecilic here as in the "autos" NG.
you want to tell us about how you "home" your "looking skills"?

--
HP, aka Jerry

"Surely you jest - and don't call me Shirley!" - from the movie
"Airplane!"

"Bob Williams" <mytbobnospam@cox.net> wrote in message
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>
> I do it all the time.

you wanna store them better then ;-)
--
Vass

"Dudley Hanks" <hanks.dudley@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Perhaps, before soaking, etc, try placing it inside a book and leaving it
> for a couple of days / weeks. [...]

Books, books... I've heard of them. Would it work if I just loaded up a
Kindle instead?

jjs wrote:
> "Dudley Hanks" <hanks.dudley@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:XGrAj.69156$FO1.61163@edtnps82...
>
>> Perhaps, before soaking, etc, try placing it inside a book and leaving it
>> for a couple of days / weeks. [...]
>
> Books, books... I've heard of them. Would it work if I just loaded up a
> Kindle instead?
>
>

What's a Kindle?

"Pudentame" <no.one@no.were.invalid> wrote in message
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> jjs wrote:
>> "Dudley Hanks" <hanks.dudley@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:XGrAj.69156$FO1.61163@edtnps82...
>>
>>> Perhaps, before soaking, etc, try placing it inside a book and leaving
>>> it for a couple of days / weeks. [...]
>>
>> Books, books... I've heard of them. Would it work if I just loaded up a
>> Kindle instead?
>>
>>
>
> What's a Kindle?


A group of kittens?
http://apluspetgoods.com/petsupplies/cat-glossary.php#K

--
Peter

"Pudentame" <no.one@no.were.invalid> wrote in message
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> jjs wrote:
>> "Dudley Hanks" <hanks.dudley@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:XGrAj.69156$FO1.61163@edtnps82...
>>
>>> Perhaps, before soaking, etc, try placing it inside a book and leaving
>>> it for a couple of days / weeks. [...]
>>
>> Books, books... I've heard of them. Would it work if I just loaded up a
>> Kindle instead?

> What's a Kindle?

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FI73MA/...sl_p2bg741rk_b

I have a couple for R&D. Pretty cool for a first effort.

"Stewy" <anyone4tennis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I especially love the lens flare and smudge tools. Manufacturers have
> spent years trying to eliminate them then Photoshop goes and makes them
> available to everyone.

Yep, and filters to create grain, out-of-focus, cross-processing, all that.
Next they will have an add-camera-shake filter. Then a Holga filter. In the
end we will have people with $5000 cameras emulating $2 throw-away film
cameras.

>
>The biggest problem I find with this technique is try to clone out a
>crease near the subject's eye - any advice on this?


Consider replacing the eye

Dave

jjs wrote:
> "Pudentame" <no.one@no.were.invalid> wrote in message
> news:47d93211$0$30580$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>> jjs wrote:
>>> "Dudley Hanks" <hanks.dudley@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:XGrAj.69156$FO1.61163@edtnps82...
>>>
>>>> Perhaps, before soaking, etc, try placing it inside a book and leaving
>>>> it for a couple of days / weeks. [...]
>>> Books, books... I've heard of them. Would it work if I just loaded up a
>>> Kindle instead?
>
>> What's a Kindle?
>
> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FI73MA/...sl_p2bg741rk_b
>
> I have a couple for R&D. Pretty cool for a first effort.
>
>

Oh, OK.

Doesn't look like it has the weight to flatten out the crease in a print
though.

"Pudentame" <no.one@no.were.invalid> wrote in message
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> jjs wrote:

>>> What's a Kindle?
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FI73MA/...sl_p2bg741rk_b
>
> Oh, OK.
>
> Doesn't look like it has the weight to flatten out the crease in a print
> though.

Not even if I load it up with 100 books?

Seriously, I do some contract PS work, and have fixed a number of creased
photos. It's not hard. It's just donkey work.

Stewy wrote:
> In article <SQzAj.61838$Pv2.16768@newssvr23.news.prodigy.net> ,
> measekite <inkystinky@oem.com> wrote:
>
>> Bob Williams wrote:
>>> krunch.kaptain@yahoo.com wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I have a photo that was folded in half, unfortunately,
>>>> and I wonder if either Photoshop and/or The GIMP are
>>>> able to remove this crease.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for any assistance.
>>> Easy as pie. I do it all the time.
>>> With Photoshop or Photoshop Elements,
>>> 1.) Select the clone tool, set at 100% opacity and check "aligned" box.
>>> 2.) Enlarge the image to 300% so you can easily see what you are doing.
>>> 3.)Select a SOFT brush with a size slightly larger than the width of
>>> the crease. (Try 7-10 pixels for starters).
>>> 4.)Alt click on a "clean" spot very close to the crease.
>>> 5.)Drag your brush down the middle of the crease and it will magically
>>> disappear.
>>> You will have to "play around" with the process if the crease has many
>>> limbs, but this is the general idea........Good luck.
>>> Bob Williams
>> It is easy unless the fold is in such a place where using the clone tool
>> or a healing brush will not blend well.
>
> The biggest problem I find with this technique is try to clone out a
> crease near the subject's eye - any advice on this?

Whenever I've had to do this, I use a very small, soft brush (2-3
pixels, 10 hardness and select the closest "clean" point I can for my
source.

Closest means closest color value ... you may have to use parts of the
other eye to build up the eye that's under the damage.

I also set opacity and flow at about 50%.

Instead of dragging, I use a click, click, click ... moving the pointer
around like manually spotting a print.

I un-check the "aligned" box. I want my source to stay within that
"clean" spot, but I change the source point frequently to achieve a
blend of tones matching the surrounding area that becomes harder to see
in the repaired image.

All this is done on a duplicate layer. If it goes horribly wrong,
discard the layer and start again. But it should work, so you can
flatten the layer into the image later.

It's the same technique you'd use to remove the reflection of strobes
from a portrait subject's eye-glasses. It'll take a long time to build
up the correction, but it'll be damn near un-detectable in the end.

On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:57:19 -0500, <jjs> wrote:

>http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FI73MA/...sl_p2bg741rk_b
>
>I have a couple for R&D. Pretty cool for a first effort.

You have too many toys ;>)

JD

"John" <use_net@usenet.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:57:19 -0500, <jjs> wrote:
>
>>http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FI73MA/...sl_p2bg741rk_b
>>
>>I have a couple for R&D. Pretty cool for a first effort.
>
> You have too many toys ;>)

And I am paid for it!

I haven't used it my self, but Akvis has a tool just for this
purpose...
But I have used other Akvis tools and they are quite nice.

http://akvis.com/en/retoucher/exampl...estoration.php

On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:24:01 -0700 (PDT), jrblack10
<jrblack10@gmail.com> wrote:

I haven't used it my self, but Akvis has a tool just for this
purpose...
But I have used other Akvis tools and they are quite nice.

http://akvis.com/en/retoucher/exampl...estoration.php


Microsoft's PictureIt does a pretty good job. PictureIt is bundled
with Microsoft WORKS. It may also be in their OFFICE package.

Just google
crease tool in photoshop

or use the magic words crease go away!

On Mar 7, 3:29pm, krunch.kapt...@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a photo that was folded in half, unfortunately,
> and I wonder if either Photoshop and/or The GIMP are
> able to remove this crease.
>
> Thank you for any assistance.

the best way to remove that crease is print a new copy.
problem solved.

On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 06:40:09 -0700 (PDT), stuseven
<stuseven@hotmail.com> wrote:

>On Mar 7, 3:29pm, krunch.kapt...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a photo that was folded in half, unfortunately,
>> and I wonder if either Photoshop and/or The GIMP are
>> able to remove this crease.
>>
>> Thank you for any assistance.
>
>the best way to remove that crease is print a new copy.
>problem solved.


or a smoothing iron

On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 11:29:25 -0800 (PST), krunch.kaptain@yahoo.com wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have a photo that was folded in half, unfortunately,
> and I wonder if either Photoshop and/or The GIMP are
> able to remove this crease.
>
> Thank you for any assistance.

If you like freeware you might want to test this small standalone app on
your picture http://www.hanovsolutions.com/?prod=PhotoWipe

Vass wrote:
> "Bob Williams" <mytbobnospam@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:XmrAj.42868$kp6.29780@newsfe07.phx...
>> I do it all the time.
>
> you wanna store them better then ;-)

Mainly, I do it for friends and family who want to restore family photos
that are 50-75 years old.
Often they have been passed down through several generations.
Bob

On 2008-03-26 02:37:01 -0700, Bob Williams <mytbobnospam@cox.net> said:

> Vass wrote:
>> "Bob Williams" <mytbobnospam@cox.net> wrote in message
>> news:XmrAj.42868$kp6.29780@newsfe07.phx...
>>> I do it all the time.
>>
>> you wanna store them better then ;-)
>
> Mainly, I do it for friends and family who want to restore family
> photos that are 50-75 years old.
> Often they have been passed down through several generations.
> Bob

I have found making a good scan to work from the basic starting point.
Then progressive and slow repair with all the tools you have available
in PS, in my case CS2.

In this example, a shot of my father and grandfather, the crease is
obvious on my grandfather's right side. The scan leaves deep shadows,
some of which are best to minimize rather to completely clone, or
patch, as the texture of the jacket would be ruined. I managed to fix
the obvious problem, and the in the final result cured my father of
smoking (something he hasn't done in 50 years. he is still a healthy
86).

http://snipr.com/22pni-hbecnj

Regards,
Savageduck

On 2008-03-26 19:44:35 -0700, Savageduck <savageduck@savage.net> said:

> On 2008-03-26 02:37:01 -0700, Bob Williams <mytbobnospam@cox.net> said:
>
>> Vass wrote:
>>> "Bob Williams" <mytbobnospam@cox.net> wrote in message
>>> news:XmrAj.42868$kp6.29780@newsfe07.phx...
>>>> I do it all the time.
>>>
>>> you wanna store them better then ;-)
>>
>> Mainly, I do it for friends and family who want to restore family
>> photos that are 50-75 years old.
>> Often they have been passed down through several generations.
>> Bob
>
> I have found making a good scan to work from the basic starting point.
> Then progressive and slow repair with all the tools you have available
> in PS, in my case CS2.
>
> In this example, a shot of my father and grandfather, the crease is
> obvious on my grandfather's right side. The scan leaves deep shadows,
> some of which are best to minimize rather to completely clone, or
> patch, as the texture of the jacket would be ruined. I managed to fix
> the obvious problem, and the in the final result cured my father of
> smoking (something he hasn't done in 50 years. he is still a healthy
> 86).
>
> http://snipr.com/22pni-hbecnj
>
> Regards,
> Savageduck

and with a little more tweeking. http://snipr.com/22pqk-hhrm0i

On 2008-03-16 06:40:09 -0700, stuseven <stuseven@hotmail.com> said:

> On Mar 7, 3:29pm, krunch.kapt...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a photo that was folded in half, unfortunately,
>> and I wonder if either Photoshop and/or The GIMP are
>> able to remove this crease.
>>
>> Thank you for any assistance.
>
> the best way to remove that crease is print a new copy.
> problem solved.

Not if you don't have a negative.

Here's my version, mainly using the dodge tool to lighten the dark areas:
http://mike.russell-home.net/tmp/SavageDuck/

Nice image, BTW. I wish I had one like this of my grandfather and father.
--
Mike Russell - www.curvemeister.com