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First some disclaimers:
1. This is not my photo. I've been given permission to share it, and am attempting to restore it at the request of the photo's owner (my best friend). Still, in view of TPF rules on the topic, I am sharing only a link to the original photo. If a mod wants to come along and give me permission to post the photo here, it would make life easier.
2. There's not much to work with. It's a smallish photo, no negative is available, and I have no idea how it was scanned. I am working on seeing whether I can get the actual photo and rescan it on MY scanner to see if I can get a bit more to work with.
So--yeah, I need some help with how best to restore this photo. Not necessarily looking for someone to DO it, but advice about how to do it, tutorials on specific restoration methods, etc. On the other hand, if anyone has incredible skills at this and just WANTS to do it, knock yourself out.
Back story: This is my best friend's mother (in the middle) and her first husband, photo left. On photo right is her grandmother--and it turns out, this is the ONLY photo anyone has of grandmother.
She'd like to get the photo looking as decent as possible, and then be able to print it as large as possible; she may also have someone paint her grandmother from the photo, but for now, the restoration is the issue.
I can do the basics, no problem. I can get rid of the lines and cracks, things like that.
BUT--she also would ideally like to REMOVE sleazy first husband from the scene. Nobody liked him (can you tell that by the sneer on her mom's face, lol).
I MIGHT even be able to manage that--I at least understand how. I've given it a quick try and I think with time and effort, I could do a somewhat passable (but not amazing) job.
What I *can't* do, and don't know if it's possible, given what there is here to work with:
1. Brighten the photo without losing some already marginal details in the people's faces.
2. Pull as much detail/sharpness/contrast/SOMEthing out in the grandmother as possible--just make her look as good as possible.
Any suggestions, step-by-step guides, tutorials, etc. would be appreciated!
1. This is not my photo. I've been given permission to share it, and am attempting to restore it at the request of the photo's owner (my best friend). Still, in view of TPF rules on the topic, I am sharing only a link to the original photo. If a mod wants to come along and give me permission to post the photo here, it would make life easier.
2. There's not much to work with. It's a smallish photo, no negative is available, and I have no idea how it was scanned. I am working on seeing whether I can get the actual photo and rescan it on MY scanner to see if I can get a bit more to work with.
So--yeah, I need some help with how best to restore this photo. Not necessarily looking for someone to DO it, but advice about how to do it, tutorials on specific restoration methods, etc. On the other hand, if anyone has incredible skills at this and just WANTS to do it, knock yourself out.
Back story: This is my best friend's mother (in the middle) and her first husband, photo left. On photo right is her grandmother--and it turns out, this is the ONLY photo anyone has of grandmother.
She'd like to get the photo looking as decent as possible, and then be able to print it as large as possible; she may also have someone paint her grandmother from the photo, but for now, the restoration is the issue.
I can do the basics, no problem. I can get rid of the lines and cracks, things like that.
BUT--she also would ideally like to REMOVE sleazy first husband from the scene. Nobody liked him (can you tell that by the sneer on her mom's face, lol).
I MIGHT even be able to manage that--I at least understand how. I've given it a quick try and I think with time and effort, I could do a somewhat passable (but not amazing) job.
What I *can't* do, and don't know if it's possible, given what there is here to work with:
1. Brighten the photo without losing some already marginal details in the people's faces.
2. Pull as much detail/sharpness/contrast/SOMEthing out in the grandmother as possible--just make her look as good as possible.
Any suggestions, step-by-step guides, tutorials, etc. would be appreciated!