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Repairing Discolored and Stained Photos In Adobe Photoshop 7
A sequel to "Reconstruction & Repair of Heavily Damaged Photos"
By Karl Kizur
| PROBLEM 3 |  | | Fig 7. Before and after cleaning the spots. |  | | Fig 8. From top: Before adjustment, after adjustment, cleaned. | | The Spotty Foreground | In this case the face will be adjusted separately, as there are much finer details at stake. - Duplicate the background layer.
- Apply Dust & Scratches to the new layer (I used Radius:5 / Threshold:5).
- Add a mask and invert it, then paint with white onto the spots on the image.
Some of the larger marks will leave a smear of color where they were originally present, so these should be removed separately.One such mark is the one across her chest. In step 2 "Replace Color" was used, now we will try another possibility: "Hue/Saturation" which is found in the same menu. (Using another duplicate layer for this is optional) In the Hue/Saturation window select "Cyans" from the "Edit:" menu (the color of the spots on the photo). (fig.9) Adjust the sliders until the spots and decolorizations are as similar to the surrounding colors as possible. Want even more precise? Look at "Problem 6" later in this text.  | | Fig 9. Hue/Saturation | The large spots that remain can be removed using the Clone and Patch tools. | [an error occurred while processing this directive] | PROBLEM 4 |  | | Fig 10. The tools |  | | Fig 11. Before and after adjustment. | | Weak shadows and saturations. | | The Dodge (lighten), Burn (Darken) and Sponge (Saturation) tools can often come in handy when an image is "milky." (See fig 10)Here the shadows on the skin were "burned," the eyes and teeth were "dodged" just a little, and the lips got the "sponge" to bring back their color. (See fig 11) |
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