16-07-2021, 09:05 AM
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Re: Amateur photography : Hints & Tips
Originally Posted by realspeed
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editing is a very powerful tool, used in the wrong hands could spell disaster for someone. with this thread "Hints and tips" were asked for by Minx so I posted a small fraction of the things that can be done. Normally I would not even go this far. That editing suit i use does loads more which is why I recommended it. it also does a step by step how to and videos as well
restoring old photos I love having a go at. This is of my late parents taken with a very old film camera and this original was left to go a sepia colour all over
Knowing the colours that should be there helped,but even so too many hours of editing time and again to get this far
Still not perfect as this has a lot of grain "noise" in the photo
and not good as i wanted but better than the original sepia photo I copied from and very personal to me
It's not as far gone as this photo but re-colouring in yours might be a better approach. The Wallpaper in the photo below is obviously imaginary. Just thought I'd put some sort of background there.
This was done using Corel Photo-Paint. I have Adobe Elements installed but have come to prefer PaintShop Pro these days.
16-07-2021, 09:26 AM
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Re: Amateur photography : Hints & Tips
Originally Posted by mart
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This was done using Corel Photo-Paint. I have Adobe Elements installed but have come to prefer PaintShop Pro these days.
16-07-2021, 09:38 AM
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Re: Amateur photography : Hints & Tips
Thanks Harbal - I should just say that the colouring wasn't done on the original scanned photo. This was converted to greyscale and then another invisible layer was placed on top of it. The colouring was done on that layer. A bit like putting a sheet of Perspex over a photo and painting on that.It doesn't look good while being done but then some transparency is added to the colour layer so that the black and white photo beneath is allowed to show through. The result is as seen.
16-07-2021, 09:42 AM
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Re: Amateur photography : Hints & Tips
Originally Posted by mart
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Thanks Harbal - I should just say that the colouring wasn't done on the original scanned photo. This was converted to greyscale and then another invisible layer was placed on top of it. The colouring was done on that layer. A bit like putting a sheet of Perspex over a photo and painting on that.It doesn't look good while being done but then some transparency is added to the colour layer so that the black and white photo beneath is allowed to show through. The result is as seen.
16-07-2021, 09:43 AM
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Re: Amateur photography : Hints & Tips
Originally Posted by mart
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Thanks Harbal - I should just say that the colouring wasn't done on the original scanned photo. This was converted to greyscale and then another invisible layer was placed on top of it. The colouring was done on that layer. A bit like putting a sheet of Perspex over a photo and painting on that.It doesn't look good while being done but then some transparency is added to the colour layer so that the black and white photo beneath is allowed to show through. The result is as seen.
16-07-2021, 12:00 PM
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Re: Amateur photography : Hints & Tips
Originally Posted by Minx
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There are so many editing apps. I’m overwhelmed but will ‘test’ them all 
There is a cut-down version called 'Home & Student' available for around £100 but I don't think the latest versions of that include Photo-Paint (might be wrong). Earlier versions of Home & Student have it though and could be affordable. I have CorelDraw H&S version X7, bought some years ago.
There are some very good free or affordable image programs available such as those mentioned in the thread. I have tried most of them and come to the conclusion that although the free ones can be very good, paid for programs are better. Just a personal opinion.
16-07-2021, 12:08 PM
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Re: Amateur photography : Hints & Tips
Originally Posted by mart
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I'd say that photo would be better by not trying to restore the original colours but by converting it to black and white and then re-colouring. A bit less sharpening too perhaps.It's not as far gone as this photo but re-colouring in yours might be a better approach. The Wallpaper in the photo below is obviously imaginary. Just thought I'd put some sort of background there.
This was done using Corel Photo-Paint. I have Adobe Elements installed but have come to prefer PaintShop Pro these days.
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