Playing with old photos

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Patti Anderson
Sep 25, 2003
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I have been playing with scanning and enhancing an old photo. This pretty "Lady in Wrap" is unnamed and was in a box of old family photos from my husband’s side. I was mesmerized by her picture. The photographer did an excellent job himself, but I thought I’d play with it in PE. See what you think…

<http://www.patchpieces.com/oldphotos.html>

Patti
P.S. Please realize if you look at the rest of my website, all photos and images were done pre-Photoshop Elements and I have not updated for quite awhile. My specialty is really Electric Quilt! 🙂

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Pete D
Sep 25, 2003
Patti,

I think you did a great job with her. Really. (and I find her fascinating also).

I downloaded and tried a levels adjustment just to see what detail was in there.

Enhance / Brightness contrast / levels I set the three sliders at (left to right) 31 1.48 240

PeteD
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Dave Hamer
Sep 25, 2003
Patti

Very good work, a vast improvement over the original without totally losing respect for the original.

Dave
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Patti Anderson
Sep 25, 2003
Pete,
Still being kind of new to PE, I haven’t played alot with levels…but I’m learning. I tried using Auto and the droppers and it looked just awful. How did you decide on these numbers? Did you just play with the sliders until you liked it? I tried your levels on the original scanned image and then held the actual photo up to the screen — amazing!

I am using a Compaq laptop with LCD, but I found its color to be *fairly* accurate…but then again, that’s only what I’m seeing.

Patti
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Phosphor
Sep 25, 2003
Patti,

That’s awsome! The subject was good but you really made the final image "come alive" so to speak. Well done! Too bad you don’t know who it is.

Joe
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Pete D
Sep 25, 2003
Patti,

I always start with the "input" slider on the left moving it under the tallest peak nearest to that side, then the same for the right slider and finally the middle. It is all using the "peaks" of the histogram and what pleases your eye.

This is a tool that is very often my ‘first step’ in working on pictures because it affects color and clarity. Only rarely do I use the output.

It sure brings out detail doesn’t it!

PeteD
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Bernard Saper
Sep 26, 2003
Great!!!!!

I have been working with sepia tones for some time now. They add such beauty to a photograph.

Well done

"Patti Anderson" wrote in message
I have been playing with scanning and enhancing an old photo. This pretty
"Lady in Wrap" is unnamed and was in a box of old family photos from my husband’s side. I was mesmerized by her picture. The photographer did an excellent job himself, but I thought I’d play with it in PE. See what you think…
<http://www.patchpieces.com/oldphotos.html>

Patti
P.S. Please realize if you look at the rest of my website, all photos and
images were done pre-Photoshop Elements and I have not updated for quite awhile. My specialty is really Electric Quilt! 🙂

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