Please help correcting color in old photograph

Once you scan the image into Photoshop, make a copy of the layer and desaturate the copy. Use this one for the B&W. Keep the original and see what you can do with Photoshop’s color controls. Play with the tools in the top part of Image > Adjustments. Make another copy and try the "Auto" features and see what they turn out. Tweak as necessary or begin fresh with another copy. Keep the original layer to compare to when you show them the results!

Peadge 🙂

"Jake" wrote in message

A relative of mine asked for my help restoring a wedding photo – an 11×14 portrait from the ’70s, with the subjects photographed from the waist up, sitting, a bouquet of flowers positioned on their laps. Over the years

the

entire photo has turned magenta – very similar to the look of a digital

pic

taken on sepia – so the original color information has been lost. The man is wearing what I’m told was a gray pinstripe suit and a light blue

striped

tie. The woman’s dress is off-white.

What are my options for improving the look of this photo? Time is not a factor; the picture is not needed for anything in particular. They just would like for it to be preserved digitally and restored back to original *as much as possible*. The first thing I did was pull a scan of the photo into PS 7.0 and discard the color info. It makes quite a nice B&W, but

they

would love to have a corrected color image.

Any and all suggestions welcomed and appreciated.

Thank you.

jakesnake

If you can send me a smaller version or post it somewhere, I might be able to see what I can do with it.

Here’s some others’ photos I played with already:

http://tinyurl.com/4m9as
http://home.comcast.net/~oneravenlunatic/photo_restore/photo s.htm http://home.comcast.net/~oneravenlunatic/photo_repair.htm

And this one removing dirt:
Original:
http://www.64apocalypse.com/files/marks.jpg
Touched up:
http://home.comcast.net/~oneravenlunatic/marks_fixed.jpg

Peadge 🙂

"Jake" wrote in message

A relative of mine asked for my help restoring a wedding photo – an 11×14 portrait from the ’70s, with the subjects photographed from the waist up, sitting, a bouquet of flowers positioned on their laps. Over the years

the

entire photo has turned magenta – very similar to the look of a digital

pic

taken on sepia – so the original color information has been lost. The man is wearing what I’m told was a gray pinstripe suit and a light blue

striped

tie. The woman’s dress is off-white.

What are my options for improving the look of this photo? Time is not a factor; the picture is not needed for anything in particular. They just would like for it to be preserved digitally and restored back to original *as much as possible*. The first thing I did was pull a scan of the photo into PS 7.0 and discard the color info. It makes quite a nice B&W, but

they

would love to have a corrected color image.

Any and all suggestions welcomed and appreciated.

Thank you.

jakesnake

Sure, Peadge! Where can I send it?

jake

"Peadge" wrote in message

If you can send me a smaller version or post it somewhere, I might be able to see what I can do with it.

Here’s some others’ photos I played with already:

http://tinyurl.com/4m9as
http://home.comcast.net/~oneravenlunatic/photo_restore/photo s.htm http://home.comcast.net/~oneravenlunatic/photo_repair.htm
And this one removing dirt:
Original:
http://www.64apocalypse.com/files/marks.jpg
Touched up:
http://home.comcast.net/~oneravenlunatic/marks_fixed.jpg
Peadge 🙂

"Jake" wrote in message

A relative of mine asked for my help restoring a wedding photo – an

11×14

portrait from the ’70s, with the subjects photographed from the waist

up,

sitting, a bouquet of flowers positioned on their laps. Over the years

the

entire photo has turned magenta – very similar to the look of a digital

pic

taken on sepia – so the original color information has been lost. The

man

is wearing what I’m told was a gray pinstripe suit and a light blue

striped

tie. The woman’s dress is off-white.

What are my options for improving the look of this photo? Time is not a factor; the picture is not needed for anything in particular. They just would like for it to be preserved digitally and restored back to

original

*as much as possible*. The first thing I did was pull a scan of the

photo

into PS 7.0 and discard the color info. It makes quite a nice B&W, but

they

would love to have a corrected color image.

Any and all suggestions welcomed and appreciated.

Thank you.

jakesnake

My e-mail will work. I use a decent SPAM blocker on my server.

Peadge 🙂

"Jake" wrote in message

Sure, Peadge! Where can I send it?

jake

"Peadge" wrote in message

If you can send me a smaller version or post it somewhere, I might be

able

to see what I can do with it.

Here’s some others’ photos I played with already:

http://tinyurl.com/4m9as
http://home.comcast.net/~oneravenlunatic/photo_restore/photo s.htm http://home.comcast.net/~oneravenlunatic/photo_repair.htm
And this one removing dirt:
Original:
http://www.64apocalypse.com/files/marks.jpg
Touched up:
http://home.comcast.net/~oneravenlunatic/marks_fixed.jpg
Peadge 🙂

"Jake" wrote in message

A relative of mine asked for my help restoring a wedding photo – an

11×14

portrait from the ’70s, with the subjects photographed from the waist

up,

sitting, a bouquet of flowers positioned on their laps. Over the

years

the

entire photo has turned magenta – very similar to the look of a

digital

pic

taken on sepia – so the original color information has been lost. The

man

is wearing what I’m told was a gray pinstripe suit and a light blue

striped

tie. The woman’s dress is off-white.

What are my options for improving the look of this photo? Time is not

a

factor; the picture is not needed for anything in particular. They

just

would like for it to be preserved digitally and restored back to

original

*as much as possible*. The first thing I did was pull a scan of the

photo

into PS 7.0 and discard the color info. It makes quite a nice B&W,

but

they

would love to have a corrected color image.

Any and all suggestions welcomed and appreciated.

Thank you.

jakesnake

My first experiment would be to darken the red channel
and blue channel in a proportion that would tend to nullify a shift towards magenta. It might be interesting to change to CMYK and play with the Magenta channel.

You should be able to shift the color in color balance or one of the other controls under adjust image.

"Jake" wrote in message
:A relative of mine asked for my help restoring a wedding photo – an 11×14 : portrait from the ’70s, with the subjects photographed from the waist up, : sitting, a bouquet of flowers positioned on their laps. Over the years the
: entire photo has turned magenta – very similar to the look of a digital pic
: taken on sepia – so the original color information has been lost. The man : is wearing what I’m told was a gray pinstripe suit and a light blue striped
: tie. The woman’s dress is off-white.
:
: What are my options for improving the look of this photo? Time is not a : factor; the picture is not needed for anything in particular. They just : would like for it to be preserved digitally and restored back to original : *as much as possible*. The first thing I did was pull a scan of the photo : into PS 7.0 and discard the color info. It makes quite a nice B&W, but they
: would love to have a corrected color image.
:
: Any and all suggestions welcomed and appreciated.
:
: Thank you.
:
:
: jakesnake
:
:

"Peadge" wrote in message
: My e-mail will work. I use a decent SPAM blocker on my server. :
: Peadge 🙂
:
: "Jake" wrote in message
: : > Sure, Peadge! Where can I send it?
: >
: > jake
: >
: >
: >
: >
: >
: >
: >
: > "Peadge" wrote in message
: > : > > If you can send me a smaller version or post it somewhere, I might be : able
: > > to see what I can do with it.
: > >
: > > Here’s some others’ photos I played with already: : > >
: > > http://tinyurl.com/4m9as
: > > http://home.comcast.net/~oneravenlunatic/photo_restore/photo s.htm : > > http://home.comcast.net/~oneravenlunatic/photo_repair.htm : > >
: > > And this one removing dirt:
: > > Original:
: > > http://www.64apocalypse.com/files/marks.jpg
: > > Touched up:
: > > http://home.comcast.net/~oneravenlunatic/marks_fixed.jpg : > >
: > > Peadge 🙂
: > >
: > >
: > > "Jake" wrote in message
: > > : > > > A relative of mine asked for my help restoring a wedding photo – an : > 11×14
: > > > portrait from the ’70s, with the subjects photographed from the waist
: > up,
: > > > sitting, a bouquet of flowers positioned on their laps. Over the : years
: > > the
: > > > entire photo has turned magenta – very similar to the look of a : digital
: > > pic
: > > > taken on sepia – so the original color information has been lost. The
: > man
: > > > is wearing what I’m told was a gray pinstripe suit and a light blue : > > striped
: > > > tie. The woman’s dress is off-white.
: > > >
: > > > What are my options for improving the look of this photo? Time is not
: a
: > > > factor; the picture is not needed for anything in particular. They : just
: > > > would like for it to be preserved digitally and restored back to : > original
: > > > *as much as possible*. The first thing I did was pull a scan of the : > photo
: > > > into PS 7.0 and discard the color info. It makes quite a nice B&W, : but
: > > they
: > > > would love to have a corrected color image. : > > >
: > > > Any and all suggestions welcomed and appreciated. : > > >
: > > > Thank you.
: > > >
: > > >
: > > > jakesnake

I’d like to see a before and after.