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Posted on 12/11/06 5:44:35 PM |
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BobbyJo
Image Imaginator Posts: 250 Reply  |
Help
Hi all I'm back  A chap at the office asked if I could fix this pic. I don't it can be done. Any ideas anyone? _________________ BJ - Image Imaginator |
Posted on 13/11/06 05:02:45 AM |
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Babybiker
Shadow Spectaculator Posts: 151 Reply  |
Re: Help
What happened to it?????! It is saved as scan, so does this mean that it was as bad as this before it was scanned as an analogue photo, or could this be an issue with the scanner / operator error? (The pattern of "smoke" seems a liitle too uniform to be natural to me). BB |
Posted on 13/11/06 5:53:58 PM |
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BobbyJo
Image Imaginator Posts: 250 Reply |
Re: Help
Thanks - I'll check the source. _________________ BJ - Image Imaginator |
Posted on 13/11/06 6:38:07 PM |
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Eggbox
Ovoid Opportunist Posts: 797 Reply  |
Re: Help
Hi BJ welcome back. That looks a bad case of something. Try layering the image to make it go darker to see if the image comes through the smoke and then erase the areas of no smoke. Might work but it does look bad. Ted |
Posted on 13/11/06 6:39:47 PM |
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Eggbox
Ovoid Opportunist Posts: 797 Reply |
Re: Help
Oopps. Double post |
Posted on 13/11/06 10:32:11 PM |
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Whaler
Visual Viking Posts: 330 Reply  |
Re: Help
Instead of hiding or getting rid of the smoke (?); my suggestion is to put her behind a fire and try to make the smoke look natural. Something like this. 
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Posted on 14/11/06 01:23:48 AM |
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Pierre
Constructional Confabulator Posts: 637 Reply  |
Re: Help
Whaler, Hope she's not drinking gasoline...  _________________ |
Posted on 14/11/06 01:59:28 AM |
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2thdoc
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Re: Help
I used to be mguyer but keep getting locked out so now I am 2thdoc. I think this may solve your problem--no more smoke  |
Posted on 14/11/06 04:59:31 AM |
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Whaler
Visual Viking Posts: 330 Reply |
Re: Help
Pierre, haven't you heard about the new party drug, GASOLINE! Besides, if she was sitting too close to the fire she would burn her toes, so I guess the chances of her catching on fire are minimal. _________________ Only in my brightest moments I understand myself |
Posted on 14/11/06 05:11:39 AM |
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Whaler
Visual Viking Posts: 330 Reply |
Re: Help
I guess you figured out that my point is to add something to the picture instead of taking something away. Anotther suggestion might be to add some curtain if you're afraid of frying the poor girl. Either way, I would also crop the picture to make the foreground less dominant.  _________________ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Posted on 14/11/06 06:56:19 AM |
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Whaler
Visual Viking Posts: 330 Reply |
Re: Help
Depending on how hot you want to be, adding a curtain instead of a fire could look somthing like this  _________________ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Posted on 14/11/06 08:33:09 AM |
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Babybiker
Shadow Spectaculator Posts: 151 Reply |
Re: Help
Reminds me of the old Keyhole shaped Sillhouette Filters! BB |
Posted on 14/11/06 5:39:07 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 3883 Reply  |
Re: Help
Hi BobbyJo, I think Steve should set this one as a Friday Challenge! It requires a lot ( a heck of a lot!!!)more work than this to get it right but will this do? Gordon 
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Posted on 14/11/06 7:34:20 PM |
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tank172
ThreeDee Thriller Posts: 692 Reply  |
Re: Help
I wonder if that Noise Removal Plugin that Vibeke suggested in the Links section would do this image any justice? Great works everyone! |
Posted on 14/11/06 8:49:04 PM |
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mguyer
Incisive Incisor Posts: 799 Reply  |
Re: Help
I accomplished this by: 1. copy layer and darken with curves 2. added multiple layers for dress, hair and skin and did a combination of cloning and painting. 3. cropping It needs more work on the ear and adjacent hair  |
Posted on 15/11/06 04:14:00 AM |
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dave.cox
Marquee Master Posts: 518 Reply  |
Re: Help
It could be done with a lot of work. I have done a quicky start on the red dress, but there is so much of the information missing in the white areas, I'm not sure it is worth the effort.  |
Posted on 15/11/06 7:23:10 PM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2157 Reply  |
Re: Help
This is the best I could do. got wrong phot, will try again |
Posted on 15/11/06 7:31:36 PM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2157 Reply |
Re: Help
lets try again  |
Posted on 15/11/06 9:33:39 PM |
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mguyer
Incisive Incisor Posts: 799 Reply |
Re: Help
I titled this The Wednesday Challenge. Comments please.  |
Posted on 15/11/06 10:06:01 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 3883 Reply |
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Marty, You asked for comments? I have just the one and that is that I'm amazed that anyone could get anything from this shot. Even Katrin Eismann's book on restoration and retouching doesn't handle anything this bad! |
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