How do I correct an old image like this?
YEah I mentioned powder blue or aqua before I read this.. which you
have not seen yet :-)
makes me ant to fiddle again .. with the one JOhn C did I think
On 10/1/2021 4:17 PM, Gonz wrote:
More like "aquaish"
On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 3:16 PM Gonzrgonzomatic@gmail.com wrote:
The stairs/wall were a light shade of blue. The year was approximately 1968.
On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 2:21 PM ann sanfedeleannsan@nyc.rr.com wrote:
ok Gonz so please do tell us (or at least me, maybe no one else cares)
when the photo was taken and what color were the walls IRL ?
the photo was taken with a flash, yes?
ann
On 10/1/2021 3:13 PM, Gonz wrote:
My scanner is an epson 4990. I guess I need to figure out how to get a
better scan first! I did try to use some of the "advanced" features,
but obviously too low rez.
On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 2:37 AMjcoyle@iinet.net.au wrote:
Hi Gonz - from your low-res Flickr image, I used the following process in PS:
Auto Tone
Auto Colour
Auto Contrast
Image Adjustments:
Brightness reduced
Contrast +10%
Shadows/Highlights:
Mid-Tones +15%
And then resized it to 300dpi
The result is at
www.epraxisdata.com/Img002_adjusted.jpg
not brilliant, but perhaps it would work better on a decent scan.
John in Brisbane
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Scanned an old negative. Played around with the usual knobs, but cant seem to get it to look decent. There is not
enough dynamic range here it seems. I've seen articles somewhere where they make old photos like this pop out almost to
new. How does this work?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/66982297@N02/51535604096/in/dateposted/
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In my experience the Epson software is far superior to Vuescan on an Epson flatbed. I get perfect scans with Rpson software on an Epson 850P. Same was true of earlier Epson flatbeds I own. I found it impossible to get good scans with Vuescan due to the clunkiness of its controls,
Paul
On Oct 1, 2021, at 4:01 PM, Ralf R Radermacher fotoralf@gmx.de wrote:
Am 01.10.21 um 21:13 schrieb Gonz:
My scanner is an epson 4990.
Nothing wrong with that. You might want to try the demo version of Vuescan:
Ralf
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OK I played with the one John Coyle did and reversed it to the correct
orientation, worked on getting the aqua which gave the shirts they were
all wearing
a bit more believable a color.. but working with a print screen low res
image I couldn't do much ..
I work kinda free hand don't record every tweak.. just go back and
forth until I see what I guessed would be closest to the original color.
https://annsan.smugmug.com/Other/Stuff-to-show-PDML-for-various/n-vWHWf/i-pPnjDZK/A
IT is fun doing this
ann
On 10/1/2021 5:06 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:
YEah I mentioned powder blue or aqua before I read this.. which you
have not seen yet :-)
makes me ant to fiddle again .. with the one JOhn C did I think
On 10/1/2021 4:17 PM, Gonz wrote:
More like "aquaish"
On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 3:16 PM Gonzrgonzomatic@gmail.com wrote:
The stairs/wall were a light shade of blue. The year was
approximately 1968.
On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 2:21 PM ann sanfedeleannsan@nyc.rr.com wrote:
ok Gonz so please do tell us (or at least me, maybe no one else cares)
when the photo was taken and what color were the walls IRL ?
the photo was taken with a flash, yes?
ann
On 10/1/2021 3:13 PM, Gonz wrote:
My scanner is an epson 4990. I guess I need to figure out how to
get a
better scan first! I did try to use some of the "advanced" features,
but obviously too low rez.
On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 2:37 AMjcoyle@iinet.net.au wrote:
Hi Gonz - from your low-res Flickr image, I used the following
process in PS:
Auto Tone
Auto Colour
Auto Contrast
Image Adjustments:
Brightness reduced
Contrast +10%
Shadows/Highlights:
Mid-Tones +15%
And then resized it to 300dpi
The result is at
www.epraxisdata.com/Img002_adjusted.jpg
not brilliant, but perhaps it would work better on a decent scan.
John in Brisbane
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Subject: How do I correct an old image like this?
Scanned an old negative. Played around with the usual knobs, but
cant seem to get it to look decent. There is not
enough dynamic range here it seems. I've seen articles somewhere
where they make old photos like this pop out almost to
new. How does this work?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/66982297@N02/51535604096/in/dateposted/
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Hmm. I get excellent scans out of both my Epson scanners with Vuescan. The Epson software has a couple of other things it does well and I use it for those, but for the best image quality when scanning transparencies or negatives I always use Vuescan.
In the end, whatever works best for you is all that matters... :)
G
On Oct 1, 2021, at 2:37 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenquist@mac.com wrote:
In my experience the Epson software is far superior to Vuescan on an Epson flatbed. I get perfect scans with Rpson software on an Epson 850P. Same was true of earlier Epson flatbeds I own. I found it impossible to get good scans with Vuescan due to the clunkiness of its controls,
Paul
On Oct 1, 2021, at 4:01 PM, Ralf R Radermacher fotoralf@gmx.de wrote:
Am 01.10.21 um 21:13 schrieb Gonz:
My scanner is an epson 4990.
Nothing wrong with that. You might want to try the demo version of Vuescan:
Ralf
I tend to agree with Paul - I've used VueScan for donkey's years, on a number of scanners, and still am not entirely comfortable with the interface. I prefer to deal, for example, with dust spots post the scan, but VueScan has a tool to do them during the scan: this often leads to a softer image than I would want. The Epson software is good (Perfection V500 with all updates).
John in Brisbane
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In my experience the Epson software is far superior to Vuescan on an Epson flatbed. I get perfect scans with Rpson software on an Epson 850P. Same was true of earlier Epson flatbeds I own. I found it impossible to get good scans with Vuescan due to the clunkiness of its controls,
Paul
On Oct 1, 2021, at 4:01 PM, Ralf R Radermacher fotoralf@gmx.de wrote:
Am 01.10.21 um 21:13 schrieb Gonz:
My scanner is an epson 4990.
Nothing wrong with that. You might want to try the demo version of Vuescan:
Ralf
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Gonz - some more mgic for you mate. My take:
http://www.seeingeye.tv/pages/spare.html
Cot
On 1 Oct 2021, at 20:10, Gonz rgonzomatic@gmail.com wrote:
Man you guys are wizards. I haven't a clue as to how to perform this
kind of magic.
Hi Gonz -
I pulled your photo into Photoshop CS6, cropped out the margins and then
applied auto colors. After that, slightly darkened the midtones in
levels. The result:
https://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/old-photo-touchup?blog=9
It's hard to judge the colors - skin tones, the wooden chair back, the
wooden picture frames look OK and the ceiling in the upper right is
white, which seems logical. If there was something in the image that I
knew was gray I'd open levels and click on it with the midtone
eyedropper. That usually helps restore color balance.
I inherited a bunch of very old faded prints a few years ago, and it was
amaze how much info would pop out of them just using auto color.
Mark
On 9/30/2021 11:52 AM, Gonz wrote:
Scanned an old negative. Played around with the usual knobs, but cant
seem to get it to look decent. There is not enough dynamic range here
it seems. I've seen articles somewhere where they make old photos
like this pop out almost to new. How does this work?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/66982297@N02/51535604096/in/dateposted/
Mark - Gonz said the walls were aqua... I fiddled with my take until I
got an aqua wall ..
whiich I link again here just to point out that I took a screen shot of
Godder's work because he had flipped the picture to get
the correct view but lost clarity by messing with it too much..
https://annsan.smugmug.com/Other/Stuff-to-show-PDML-for-various/n-vWHWf/i-pPnjDZK/A
On 10/3/2021 4:23 PM, Mark C wrote:
Hi Gonz -
I pulled your photo into Photoshop CS6, cropped out the margins and
then applied auto colors. After that, slightly darkened the midtones
in levels. The result:
https://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/old-photo-touchup?blog=9
It's hard to judge the colors - skin tones, the wooden chair back, the
wooden picture frames look OK and the ceiling in the upper right is
white, which seems logical. If there was something in the image that I
knew was gray I'd open levels and click on it with the midtone
eyedropper. That usually helps restore color balance.
I inherited a bunch of very old faded prints a few years ago, and it
was amaze how much info would pop out of them just using auto color.
Mark
On 9/30/2021 11:52 AM, Gonz wrote:
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Hi Mark,
Thanks for taking a shot at it! That's probably really close. The
stair color was "aqua". I don't know if anything there was gray. But
your skin tones look pretty spot on.
On Sun, Oct 3, 2021 at 3:23 PM Mark C pdml-mark@charter.net wrote:
Hi Gonz -
I pulled your photo into Photoshop CS6, cropped out the margins and then
applied auto colors. After that, slightly darkened the midtones in
levels. The result:
https://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/old-photo-touchup?blog=9
It's hard to judge the colors - skin tones, the wooden chair back, the
wooden picture frames look OK and the ceiling in the upper right is
white, which seems logical. If there was something in the image that I
knew was gray I'd open levels and click on it with the midtone
eyedropper. That usually helps restore color balance.
I inherited a bunch of very old faded prints a few years ago, and it was
amaze how much info would pop out of them just using auto color.
Mark
On 9/30/2021 11:52 AM, Gonz wrote:
Scanned an old negative. Played around with the usual knobs, but cant
seem to get it to look decent. There is not enough dynamic range here
it seems. I've seen articles somewhere where they make old photos
like this pop out almost to new. How does this work?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/66982297@N02/51535604096/in/dateposted/
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I think it's something you should be able to fix during the scan.
I use Vuescan. I have version 9 x64 (9.6.24) and it has tools to do the color
correction during the scan.
I highly recommend it. Once you pay for it, you get "free" updates for life (I'm
guessing HIS lifetime).
It's up to version 9.7 but I haven't been scanning much lately, and hadn't
bothered to check for the latest update.
On 9/30/2021 11:52:06, Gonz wrote:
Scanned an old negative. Played around with the usual knobs, but cant
seem to get it to look decent. There is not enough dynamic range here
it seems. I've seen articles somewhere where they make old photos
like this pop out almost to new. How does this work?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/66982297@N02/51535604096/in/dateposted/
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