Restoration in CS3

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Feb 5, 2009
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Greetings

I am trying to ‘restore’ – ie remake, some hand coloured prints from 1812 which have been less than carefully looked after.
These are a charity freebe like near all my stuff.

By and large I have managed to remove the near two decades of discoloration and fading, so that I have some quite strong colours, outlines etc against a white background rather than the deep mustard of the originals. This whist not re colouring or doing anything but using the levels, curves sort of things.

Now I have to try and remove the acid browns of near 2 hundred years of sweaty fingers.

Has anyone of this mystical band any ideas of how to do this easily, quickly or in bulk, or do I just have to hunker down for hours with the stamp?

TIA

Keith J Chesworth AKA BoilerBill
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famonline
Feb 5, 2009
On Feb 4, 11:26 pm, BoilerBill wrote:
Greetings

I am trying to ‘restore’ – ie remake, some hand coloured prints from 1812 which have been less than carefully looked after.
These are a charity freebe like near all my stuff.

By and large I have managed to remove the near two decades of discoloration and fading, so that I have some quite strong colours, outlines etc against a white background rather than the deep mustard of the originals. This whist not re colouring or doing anything but using the levels, curves sort of things.

Now I have to try and remove the acid browns of near 2 hundred years of sweaty fingers.

Has anyone of this mystical band any ideas of how to do this easily, quickly or in bulk, or do I just have to hunker down for hours with the stamp?

TIA

Keith J Chesworth AKA BoilerBill

I think "hunker down for hours" pretty much sums it up. There are, of course, filters and tools out there that supposedly help, but I always find if you want it done perfectly, you have to do it with your own hands!

Dave
Aboutimage Design & Photography
http://www.aboutimage.com
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B
Feb 7, 2009
On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 08:11:05 -0800 (PST), famonline
wrote:

On Feb 4, 11:26 pm, BoilerBill wrote:
Greetings

I am trying to ‘restore’ – ie remake, some hand coloured prints from 1812 which have been less than carefully looked after.
These are a charity freebe like near all my stuff.

By and large I have managed to remove the near two decades of discoloration and fading, so that I have some quite strong colours, outlines etc against a white background rather than the deep mustard of the originals. This whist not re colouring or doing anything but using the levels, curves sort of things.

Now I have to try and remove the acid browns of near 2 hundred years of sweaty fingers.

Has anyone of this mystical band any ideas of how to do this easily, quickly or in bulk, or do I just have to hunker down for hours with the stamp?

TIA

Keith J Chesworth AKA BoilerBill

I think "hunker down for hours" pretty much sums it up. There are, of course, filters and tools out there that supposedly help, but I always find if you want it done perfectly, you have to do it with your own hands!

Dave
Aboutimage Design & Photography
http://www.aboutimage.com

Thanks for the reply, looks like I’m about to get even more busy

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