[Leica] Restoration Project

[r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)]

I can recommend "Restoration and Retouching with Photoshop Elements 
2" by Laurie Ulrich (Wiley).  I've restored a dozen or so family 
photos of that era using the techniques described in the book and 
have been very happy with the results.  There is probably a later 
edition out now.  Good luck.

Dick

>This may not be appropriate for this forum (if so just tell me so), but I
>just discovered a very old picture of my great grandfather taken during the
>Civil War, in his Union soldier's uniform. To the best of the family's
>knowledge, this may be the only photo that we have of him. Unfortunately, it
>is in pretty bad condition and I'm trying to restore it as best I can. The
>reason I am posting the picture is that I would very much appreciate your
>thoughts and suggestions on how to improve on what I have done so far.
>Please visit my website for the picture:  SmugMug - Jim Christie
><http://www.jim-christie.smugmug.com/gallery/1804924>  : Restore Project
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>You'll see the picture in three versions. The first is my first scan (Epson
>4990 Photo Scanner), with no correction at all. The second picture is a
>rescan using the scanner's Color Correction feature. The third picture is
>the second scan plus a little photoshoping from me, i.e. I fiddled with
>"Levels" a little and the applied the "Unsharp" adjustment. I know I need to
>do a lot of cloning to get rid of some of the ugly blotches, but do you have
>a suggestion for improving on what I have done and/or should I send it out
>to some professional restoring shop somewhere? All input will be much
>appreciated. Again, if this is inappropriate for the group, please let me
>know.
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>Jim Christie
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