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Title: Photo enhancement/ restoration Emily Wright
Post by: JustinVieira on Monday 22 July 24 16:44 BST (UK)
Hi all

I have had a week off work and got out my book of old photos
This is my great-great-great-grandmother
Would love to have some help with enhancing and restoring the images
I have put these up before but I was hoping with the new tech and colour option someone who be able to assist with a go at it

Kindest
Justin :)
Title: Re: Photo enhancement/ restoration Emily Wright
Post by: hoobaloo on Monday 22 July 24 20:31 BST (UK)
A try from me, regards, John.
Title: Re: Photo enhancement/ restoration Emily Wright
Post by: JustinVieira on Monday 22 July 24 20:40 BST (UK)
A try from me, regards, John.

Thanks so much John :)
From your experience do you think her eyes were light or dark?
Title: Re: Photo enhancement/ restoration Emily Wright
Post by: japeflakes on Monday 22 July 24 21:16 BST (UK)
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Title: Re: Photo enhancement/ restoration Emily Wright
Post by: japeflakes on Monday 22 July 24 21:22 BST (UK)
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Title: Re: Photo enhancement/ restoration Emily Wright
Post by: japeflakes on Monday 22 July 24 21:26 BST (UK)
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Title: Re: Photo enhancement/ restoration Emily Wright
Post by: Handypandy on Tuesday 23 July 24 09:50 BST (UK)
One from me...
Title: Re: Photo enhancement/ restoration Emily Wright
Post by: JustinVieira on Tuesday 23 July 24 10:07 BST (UK)
thank you everyone for the enhancements
They are great :)
Title: Re: Photo enhancement/ restoration Emily Wright
Post by: toby_ax on Tuesday 23 July 24 15:25 BST (UK)
(https://i.imgur.com/qOGofqT.png)

quick one from me
Title: Re: Photo enhancement/ restoration Emily Wright
Post by: RJ137 on Tuesday 23 July 24 15:43 BST (UK)
My try on the second one.
One vintage and one colour.
Title: Re: Photo enhancement/ restoration Emily Wright
Post by: skippy2 on Tuesday 23 July 24 19:52 BST (UK)
One more for you.

Cheers,

Skippy
Title: Re: Photo enhancement/ restoration Emily Wright
Post by: RJ137 on Wednesday 24 July 24 00:41 BST (UK)
A little dull colour added for accent
Title: Re: Photo enhancement/ restoration Emily Wright
Post by: JustinVieira on Wednesday 24 July 24 15:44 BST (UK)
Thank you for the lovely enhancements

I absolutely love them

The dull colour one really brings the picture to life :) :)
Title: Re: Photo enhancement/ restoration Emily Wright
Post by: JustinVieira on Wednesday 24 July 24 15:45 BST (UK)
My try on the second one.
One vintage and one colour.

This vintage style is so awesome - really goes with the style of the photo :) <3
Title: Re: Photo enhancement/ restoration Emily Wright
Post by: Treetotal on Thursday 25 July 24 14:57 BST (UK)
Hi Justin, Its a long time since e had one from you.
Here is my clean up of Emily. It would have brought a better result at a resolution of 600dpi as it is a Carte de Visit and they are very small.
Carol
Title: Re: Photo enhancement/ restoration Emily Wright
Post by: JustinVieira on Thursday 25 July 24 15:48 BST (UK)
Hi Justin, Its a long time since e had one from you.
Here is my clean up of Emily. It would have brought a better result at a resolution of 600dpi as it is a Carte de Visit and they are very small.
Carol

It has been very long. work has been crazy. So I have had a few days off and decided to open the photo album
Lovely clean up
My scanner is not very good
I should probably invest in something a bit stronger

Thank you so much
Title: Re: Photo enhancement/ restoration Emily Wright
Post by: Treetotal on Friday 26 July 24 11:40 BST (UK)
You are welcome. Here is the other one of her as requested. I have added a little texture for authenticity.
Carol
Title: Re: Photo enhancement/ restoration Emily Wright
Post by: JustinVieira on Friday 26 July 24 13:37 BST (UK)
You are welcome. Here is the other one of her as requested. I have added a little texture for authenticity.
Carol

This is awesome
Thank you so much
:) :)
Title: Re: Photo enhancement/ restoration Emily Wright
Post by: Treetotal on Friday 26 July 24 13:56 BST (UK)
My Pleasure Justin  :)
Carol
Title: Re: Photo enhancement/ restoration Emily Wright
Post by: yansan on Sunday 28 July 24 20:40 BST (UK)
My result for the first photo
Title: Re: Photo enhancement/ restoration Emily Wright
Post by: yansan on Sunday 28 July 24 23:04 BST (UK)
Result on second photo
Title: Re: Photo enhancement/ restoration Emily Wright
Post by: yansan on Monday 29 July 24 11:44 BST (UK)
Second attempts that I consider to be better results from my previous results.,
Title: Re: Photo enhancement/ restoration Emily Wright
Post by: yansan on Monday 29 July 24 12:23 BST (UK)
And the last one
Title: Re: Photo enhancement/ restoration Emily Wright
Post by: JustinVieira on Monday 29 July 24 21:42 BST (UK)
Second attempts that I consider to be better results from my previous results.,

I absolutely love this one
So stunning

Thank you so much
Title: Re: Photo enhancement/ restoration Emily Wright
Post by: yansan on Monday 29 July 24 23:29 BST (UK)
I absolutely love this one
So stunning

Thank you so much

Thank you.
You’re welcome, it’s a fun training exercise for doing portraits.
AI helped a lot for the final rendering, let’s be honest. But the trick is to always check what it’s been doing and manually correct what’s not completely faithful to the original source, because AI tends to reinvent faces and get close but not quite to the model.

It’s crazy how subtle changes in the eyes, nose, lips, face shadows, can make a portrait look like it’s not really the same person.

In this case,it was good to have 3 different photos of the same person because it helped me figuring out what were her defining facial features.
Title: Re: Photo enhancement/ restoration Emily Wright
Post by: Rachels on Saturday 10 August 24 20:04 BST (UK)
Hi there  :)
The AI results are so interesting and I'd really like to try it out sometime.

I would love to know which version is better/easier to use as I've only ever used Photoshop CS and am considerably out of practice at present.

TIA