Here is the image that Marty needs help with. I've sent an email to Marty to ask her to send me a larger image. Maybe this will be enough for someone to offer a suggestion. To me, I see it as stains.
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#1
from what i remember Marty wanted to keep the sepia color which makes it a bit of a challenge but I'd like to try a couple of tricks and see what i get anyways. If i manage to fix it without too much effort ( meaning without lots of artistic laboring ) i will post my findings.
#2
This is what I did. Since Marty wanted to keep the sepia color I used the eyedropper tool and grabbed a sample of the color off the house. Then I made a copy and desaturated the copy. I applied levels and then sharpened it a bit with the unsharp. I then applied a color adjustment layer with the color that I had sampled. I moved the slider to the opacity that matched the original...no more orange spots !
#3
Jodi, when you say a 'color adjustment layer', to what are you referring? Is that an Elements Hue/Saturation layer or one of the full Photoshop choices?
#4
Jodi, I think I figured it out. You used a Color Fill Layer with Color mode, right?
#5
Sorry Chuck, yup, PE1 >an adjustment layer, solid color, color blend mode.
#6
yup ;)
#7
I had to lower the opacity slider on the adjustment color layer as well to match it up with the original color image.
#8
Wow, I'm flattered that you all should take so much time for me. I will send Mark a larger picture but sure sounds good so far. I'm going to be off the computer for a couple days but will catch up soon.
Marty
#9
JODI, LEEN, JANE, MARK, WENDY, DOUGLAS,
Boy, do I owe you apologies. Rule #1 - Never ask a question then run off. 2 weeks away and 1 week iced in aren't enough excuses.
I do appreciate your replies and will be trying my hand at the picture while Mark does his work on it.
LEEN, I do not know a thing about "channel mixer". Is that something handy to have? JANE, The spots are really close. JODI, sounds like you did OK on it. WENDY, I bet I'll be doing a lot of the trial and error.
Since it does seem to be typical for many of my old pictures I will read more at Douglas' suggested site.
Marty
#10
MARK, I've tried twice to email you a couple larger pictures but can't get through. Have you changed your email address or is it simply my simple mind?
Marty
#11