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cavein82
Dec 20, 2006
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I am wanting to fix up an old photo of my boss from when he was a teenager (in the late 1940s). I’ve done quite a bit of airbrushing, fixed the dust and scratches, and even given it a bit of a blurred background to more of a focus on him. The one area I’m not familiar with is fixing contrasts. The image has no depth. Looks like the subject was steamrolled against the wall. Assuming there is not a James Bond "auto depth" filter I can slap on it, but could someone maybe offer basic guidance on sharpening up/filling up an old photo?
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Bob Levine
Dec 20, 2006
The experts wil be along to give you some advice but in the mean time, you should post the image at www.pixentral.com and give them a link to check out the image.

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Christine_Krof_Shock
Dec 24, 2006
Duplicate the background layer…Image>Adjustments>Shadow/Highlight adjust to taste…

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Duplicate the background layer, set Layer blending mode from Normal to Multiply…adjust opacity slider to taste…

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Create Curves Adjustment layer…use black and white eyedroppers in Curves to set white and black point correctly…

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Duplicate image (Image>Duplicate)…Image>Mode change duplicate’s mode to LAB. Open Channels in LAB image. Highlight the Lightness channel Control+A Control + C to select and copy the Lightness channel. Go to your original image and add a new blank layer…Click on new blank layer and Control+V (Paste) Lightness channel into blank layer>Adjust blending modes to taste (Overlay, SoftLight Luminosity…)

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Go to Channels in original document Control+A Control +C (Select and Copy) the Green channel Go to Layers palette add new blank layer and Control +V on new layer to paste green channel into the new layer. Change blending mode from Normal to Luminosity…

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