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Originally Posted by zorin
Came across this image of Amanda Cass recently and decided to repair it ....
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This was my result(s) ....
Original Repaired:
Repair Enhanced
These results were obtained using the clone brush, the small repair heal tool, and the lighten and blur tools. For the enhancement I adjust brightness and colours on a copy - comparing against original repair, until I am happy I have made an 'improvement'
(remaining very conscious that its a subjective opinion thing, which I why I offer the original as well).
I rely almost entirely on eye and patience. I expand the pictures up 300% or 400% and then go over it section by section. Occasionally I reduce size to confirm results look OK then resize up again. In many ways, my
'technique' if I can call it that, is as hard as Zorin's technical approach for anyone else to follow, as it is so subjective.
It's interesting to note how all the 'repairs', do not end up with the same final images. All of which just goes to show how subjective all the techniques are.
So I would like to
publically thank Zorin, for giving such a full explanation of the proper techniques to do these tasks. Any visitor to this thread will now be able to approach a repair using a photo editor such as Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro and
the free GIMP, with some confidence.
But I will add one note of caution.... practise makes perfect. There is no one stop magic fix, even though some tools offer a quick fix button. These won't clean or repair damaged areas etc .. in the end practicing with the tools can get some great results.
Cheers
VK