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Title: Pat
Post by: Barbara Mary on Thursday 12 March 09 17:50 GMT (UK)

Can anyone brighten up the photo please or is it too dark.  It's me in my "going away




Can anyone brighten me up please, or is the photo too dark.  It's me in my "going away" outfit!

Title: Re: Pat
Post by: Dave Hall on Thursday 12 March 09 22:34 GMT (UK)

Best I can do
Dave ??? ::)

Title: Re: Pat
Post by: charles w on Friday 13 March 09 09:54 GMT (UK)

Another

Title: Re: Pat
Post by: Barbara Mary on Friday 13 March 09 10:18 GMT (UK)

Thank you Dave, the photo isn't VERY old but in a dreadful state because it was found in a pile of photos instead of being put in an album.  Lesson to be learned here.  Pat

Title: Re: Pat
Post by: Teltoons on Friday 13 March 09 10:41 GMT (UK)

Hi,

A quick clean up from me.

                        Cheers!

Title: Re: Pat
Post by: tomkin on Friday 13 March 09 13:25 GMT (UK)

 Hi,

     One from me ,

 Tomkin

Title: Re: Pat
Post by: tomkin on Friday 13 March 09 13:28 GMT (UK)

 I see that I've gone from sepia to B&W again? ??? ??? ??? ???

   Tomkin ::) ::) ::)

Title: Re: Pat
Post by: Gadget on Friday 13 March 09 15:18 GMT (UK)

Hi All

Tomkin asked me to post this for him as I'd been kind and sepia-ed his version for him . I suggested that he could post it himself but he seems to have gone to sleep.

So here's his version in brown  :D


(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/7241/indexcammwc09barbaramar.jpg) (http://img13.imageshack.us/my.php?image=indexcammwc09barbaramar.jpg)



Restored by Tomkin, coloured by Gadget  :D

Title: Re: Pat
Post by: tomkin on Friday 13 March 09 15:40 GMT (UK)

Quote

So here's his version in brown   

  That's not the same brown as WOT my brown was.

      In fact my brown Woz a lot better than that brown.

      My brown was far superior. It's a pity you couldn't see

      my brown which would have left you all gasping in amazement.

       Tomkin ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

      P.S I Woz not in the Brownies no matter Wot Gadget says. :P

Title: Re: Pat
Post by: Gadget on Friday 13 March 09 16:12 GMT (UK)

Dear Tomkin  :)

I have suggested that you send a sample file to me so that I can examine it on my widescreen monitor to see if it's your monitor or your software  :)

I think we had this problem before with some restorers having different colour profiles. I don't think it was resolved.

My super-dooper monitor gives pretty accurate colours (checked against Pels' monitor profile ) but my laptop is high on the blues and low on the reds. I've also noticed that some people's images that look blue on the laptop are actually a lurid shade of purple when viewed on highest quality settings of my main monitor.

I'm not sure how we can all callibrate to all get the same colour though*  :-\


Gadget

* something for George to tell us  :D

Title: Re: Pat
Post by: Barbara Mary on Friday 13 March 09 16:24 GMT (UK)

hello Boys/Girls?
I appreciate your efforts but I seem to have lost half my hair, is it possible for you to give me a transplant, please ::) ::)  Pat

Title: Re: Pat
Post by: Gadget on Friday 13 March 09 16:34 GMT (UK)

Hi Pat

I only joined as Tomkin's colourist but I've added some hair to his version  :)


Gadget - hairstylist and colourant to Tomkin  ;D

PS - I think I'll go and do my own version now  ;)

Title: Re: Pat
Post by: tomkin on Friday 13 March 09 17:06 GMT (UK)

  The first pic is what we see.

  Is the second pic what you want?

Title: Re: Pat
Post by: Barbara Mary on Friday 13 March 09 17:22 GMT (UK)

Yes please, if you can

Title: Re: Pat
Post by: miagre1 on Friday 13 March 09 17:32 GMT (UK)

Hello,

Monitor calibration.

This is good: -

http://www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints1A.html

Maybe better for LCD screens: -

http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/

Adobe Gamma might not do the job.

There are free calibration wizards: -

http://www.hex2bit.com/products/product_mcw.asp

http://quickgamma.de/indexen.html


Always make a restore point of course if using a software product.

Other items... Check your monitor connections for bent pins and looseness. Also the seating of a graphics card in the motherboard. Reload graphics card drivers.

George

Title: Re: Pat
Post by: tomkin on Friday 13 March 09 17:39 GMT (UK)

  I've also put a pony tail on but you will have to take my word for it. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D


    Tomkin

Title: Re: Pat
Post by: tomkin on Friday 13 March 09 17:49 GMT (UK)

 Thanks a lot George.

   One of my "oldies" for your collection,

 http://www.photoscientia.co.uk/Gamma.htm

    I've located the problem. It's actually in my Adobe Elements software.

        The warning message I get seems to be nonsensical ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)

         Tomkin ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Pat
Post by: Gadget on Friday 13 March 09 18:57 GMT (UK)

Could I just get on to one of my hobby horses while we're talking technical  :)

Pat/Barbara Mary ~

If you see the enlargement of your head that Tomkin put up you will see a very strong checkered pattern. This is a sign of high jpg compression and makes it difficult for a good restore. To get around it,we have to use filters or use a lot of hand smoothing. It is also wearing on the eyes  :'( :'( :'(

It's possible to avoid this by making sure that you save it as a 'high quality-best' image when you have scanned it.

Prue has put information about this here:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,198165.msg2340721.html#msg2340721



Regards

Gadget

Title: Re: Pat
Post by: Barbara Mary on Saturday 14 March 09 13:59 GMT (UK)

You are all being too technical for me but I appreciate all your help and between you, you have improved my photo considerably.
I am very pleased with the results, thank you.  Pat  :) :) :) :) :) :) :)