Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 You need to use the cloning tool to remove whats left of the creases, Thats where I go down to the pixel level, it's tedious, but produces good results, I'll did one out I started some time back to show what I mean. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,121 Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 Brilliant! Thanks Ayupmeducks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 Here's a photo I worked on, but still needs a lot of time on it.....As you can see the emulsion is lifting off the paper and there are hundreds of fine cracks plus water damage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 Healing tool? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,510 Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 I bet she's pleased the mysterious male hand has been removed from her shoulder ...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 No cloning tool Mick, did a better job. Lizzie, that's my ex, that was a previous boyfriend of hers...It and several other photos will be sent to her after they have been restored, she's got a few I did . We keep on good terms. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 371 Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 Manipulation can be fun! My favourite is converting colour to black & white with colour highlights - or just plain black & white 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,121 Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 Some lovely pics shared Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 piggy is often given old photoes from biking days some of them realy need work on them before he can print them and put on display frames to put in bikers bar at the white heart but has not got the right programs can anybody recomend a good one thats free down load. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 I rarely go with free software Babs, it has too many limitations, a good photo editing software that's not expensive is Corel Paintshop Pro, it's user friendly, has many many useful features and like I say, not expensive. Corel bought out "Ulead" who used to produce Professional photo editing software like Photoimpact6. Now Paintshop Pro is giving top pro software companies a run for their money!! Youtube has many Paintshop videos on how to tutorials, all well worth watching, I love how they make the software easy to use... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 thanks for that its his birthday on wednessday so might look to see if i can find it and buy iit him for his birthday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 I must admit that I'm truly amazed by DaveN's 'Photo Manipulation' topic. I knew that photos could be improved but I'd never seen any that had been worked on until now. I never thought that they would be that good. My parents wedding photo is something that is special to me and I'd like to thank Enigma1st and DaveN for the work they've done on it. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,121 Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 Couldn't have said it better Michael. Both have been brilliant! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barclaycon 569 Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 The best software for photo manipulation is, of course, Photoshop. It can do some astonishing things and for that reason has been much pirated! I'm certain that a lot of people used cracked versions (even though they might not admit it) because the cost was very high. However I think that Adobe (the maker of Photoshop) have now shot themselves in the foot. They obviously know that their flagship programme has many 'unofficial' users so what they have decided to do now is only allow people to license the programme. You can't buy it - you have to rent it via the 'cloud' and pay them about £34 a month to access it. I'm sure Microsoft want to go down this path as well. Office 365 etc etc. What was that thing called in The Terminator - 'Skynet' ? I think 'the cloud' is the real-life version !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted April 21, 2014 Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 I had a laugh at Bilboro-lad's comment (#23) when he saw your photo, Melissa. I agreed with him when I saw the state it was in but look at the photo you ended up with, truly amazing. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,121 Posted April 21, 2014 Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 Haha. I chuckled as well Michael!! Wouldn't have blamed either of them for not attempting it. But truly amazing result 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 21, 2014 Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 On Ayup's image... Such is modern life that one can be effortlessly photoshopped away 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted April 21, 2014 Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 Nowt wrong with Paintshop Pro....been using it for years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilboro-lad 294 Posted April 21, 2014 Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 Personally I think that Correl ruined Paintshop Pro by making it typical commercial bloater ware . I still use the last Jasc version Paintshop Pro 9. A very good freebie that does nearly everything is Irfanview. That's why it's one of the most downloaded progs in history. http://www.irfanview.com/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted April 21, 2014 Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 Adobe Elements 7 for me, does what I want ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smiffy49 590 Posted April 21, 2014 Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 It's funny how we take technical progress for granted and then make comparisons on what it best. I can picture my Dad fifty years ago in his darkroom, fiddling around with photo papers, developers and fixers etc. He achieved some satisfactory (sometimes good) results but he also enjoyed it as a hobby. Most of his efforts are still here, still pleasing to the eye, still a glimpse into the past, warts and all. Some things are best left as they are. Do you think someone will bring out some life editing software in the future? You could go back and edit out all of the disagreeable bits and create a brand new razor sharp, multi coloured, flawless version. Boring I think.... Old photographs are a window to another time...... That said, there's nothing wrong with a few minor improvements along the way. Smiffy 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted April 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 I've still got my darkroom equipment although not been used for many many years Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smiffy49 590 Posted April 21, 2014 Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 Yes, my Dad has too, I will have to dig it out. He also has a nice camera from WW11. He swapped it for some cigarettes with a German soldier in Berlin. It still works so might try it one day and post the results. I didn't realise until the other day that you can still buy film, including black & white ! He has some unused 127 roll film stored away somewhere, including some undeveloped rolls (not sure what's on them) Smiffy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted April 21, 2014 Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 I bought photoshop about eight years back, I still make use of it, it was very expensive, I cannot justify the cost of the newest edition at around $1000, if the business had taken off, it would be a different matter. Paintshop does many things my older edition of Photoshop cannot do, and it's more user friendly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted April 21, 2014 Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 Smiffy49, I can understand your sentiments regarding old photos (#71) but a few minor improvements wouldn't have done MelissaJKelly's photo (#22) any good. If you had an old, unmarked colour photo that was all faded, would it be possible to restore it to a good, or decent, quality photo? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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