[Leica] Restoration Project

[goconrad at tds.net (Gerald O. Conrad,Sr.)]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Christie" <jim.christie@sbcglobal.net>
To: <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 8:18 PM
Subject: [Leica] Restoration Project


> 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
>
>
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RE: Restoration Project
Jim: I highly reccomend the easy to follow restoration techniques in "The 
Photoshop Elements 3 Book for Digital Photographers" by Scott Kelby.
       Jerry Conrad
       goconrad@tds.net