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Chaka Gilbert wrote in message
Not to contradict what Dave offered, but it can differ depending on the image.
Case in point is an old B&W I just did as an experiment. Whole thing was sepia tone, with yellow cellophane tape stuck to the print and a bluish haze or residue over most of the image.
The discolored tape and the haze were attacked first, since the colors they presented could be isolated and removed easily. Then I converted the whole thing into greyscale and tweaked out the remainder, avoiding the insanity of trying to color match the mottled tape residue to the sepia tone. Removed artifacts, tweaked contrast (from fading), then manually restored a much-reduced sepia tone to maintain the aged look (matter of customer preference).
Do contrast and brightness later on a B&W than on a color image. Contrast can change color rendition, so you change it *before* doing color corrections on a color image. But on a B&W, contrast often defines the image, and additionally can enhance the grain you’re trying to clear up, giving you more work to do. Do contrast corrections on a separate layer, to allow you to mask out areas that suffered (often skin tones), and do brightness changes separately from contrast, before or after usually doesn’t make a difference.
Just another viewpoint,
– Al.
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Hello group,
Can anyone suggest a workflow for retouching photo’s.
i.e. 1)Save as PSD 2)Correct colour 3)remove artifacts 5) crop ……
Thank you in advance for your advise.
Not to contradict what Dave offered, but it can differ depending on the image.
Case in point is an old B&W I just did as an experiment. Whole thing was sepia tone, with yellow cellophane tape stuck to the print and a bluish haze or residue over most of the image.
The discolored tape and the haze were attacked first, since the colors they presented could be isolated and removed easily. Then I converted the whole thing into greyscale and tweaked out the remainder, avoiding the insanity of trying to color match the mottled tape residue to the sepia tone. Removed artifacts, tweaked contrast (from fading), then manually restored a much-reduced sepia tone to maintain the aged look (matter of customer preference).
Do contrast and brightness later on a B&W than on a color image. Contrast can change color rendition, so you change it *before* doing color corrections on a color image. But on a B&W, contrast often defines the image, and additionally can enhance the grain you’re trying to clear up, giving you more work to do. Do contrast corrections on a separate layer, to allow you to mask out areas that suffered (often skin tones), and do brightness changes separately from contrast, before or after usually doesn’t make a difference.
Just another viewpoint,
– Al.
—
Remove ‘block’ for direct reply.
Online photo gallery at www.wading-in.net
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