Thanks, am gonna try this and revert
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Browse All TopicsI have an old Black and White Photo that has some white "snow" over it and is a little blurry.
I'm a total newbie to CS3 and will appreciate tips to quickly touch it up. Does not have to be a pro job, just a small cleanup will help.
Attaching a reduced resolution image to explain what I mean.
Thanks
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There are very large books devoted just to old photo restoration in Photoshop, so for 125 points, you will only pick up a few pointers here
First - ALWAYS work on a copy, never your original.
Second - know that the despeckle filter will also make your blur problem worse.
The solution is to use the despekle filter, then use the history brush to paint back the areas such as the features of the face and hands, edges of the uniform, etc. that you want to remain sharp.
You will not get good results with the unsharpen mask, or even the smart sharpen filter because of all of the noise in the picture. (Sharpening tools make the noise much more pronounced.)
There are a number of different techniques that pros use to sharpen photos. Here is an overview of the "Find Edges" Mask technique that I think is most appropriate for this photo.
http://www.sitepoint.com/a
While I'm at it, here is an excellent video by Russell Brown that gives you an understanding of how the sharpening filters work and how you can control them more.
http://av.adobe.com/russel
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by: supernova54Posted on 2008-07-25 at 11:58:39ID: 22091332
Run the despeckle filter a few times...the rest of the random spots can be removed with the patch tool. just circle the spot and drag it to a clean area of the photograph.
Theres a few filters you may want to play with....reduce noise and such.