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Post by drjoerogers on Nov 12, 2015 5:26:54 GMT
 A recently found faded photo of my father and friends in 1925. He's the 11year old sitting in the far left foreground. No one in our family has ever seen this before. It should be a moving moment on Christmas day when I give Mama a framed print. She is 96 and well. Dad would have been 101 this year. The name lives on. Joe Rogers IV is 9 years old. Sincerely, Joe Rogers, Jr. |
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Post by Tpgettys on Nov 12, 2015 6:10:13 GMT
Wow; that is very powerful Joe! What a timeless image. Thank you very much for sharing this personal and special photo with us.
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Post by cats4jan on Nov 12, 2015 8:58:08 GMT
What an interesting photo. I would've loved to know the story behind it. The kids, the clothes, the dogs - what were they up to. What an extraordinary find.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2015 13:22:32 GMT
Joe, what a great find!
There is nothing like finding an old photo and trying to work out what the story behind it is.
Thank you for sharing this with us.
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Post by hmca on Nov 12, 2015 15:24:14 GMT
Certainly a treasure.....you did a wonderful job on the restoration!
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Post by elines on Nov 13, 2015 9:39:50 GMT
Yes good result. I've dabbled in renovation and even got some decent results. I bought an old (2004) edition of Katrin Eismann's Photoshop restoration and retouching very cheaply and found it really helpful. Does anyone know of a more recent source of comprehensive advice - I couldn't find one when I was looking some months ago  |
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Post by Sepiana on Nov 13, 2015 17:28:07 GMT
I bought an old (2004) edition of Katrin Eismann's Photoshop restoration and retouching very cheaply and found it really helpful. Does anyone know of a more recent source of comprehensive advice - I couldn't find one when I was looking some months ago ![:(]() Chris,
I believe Eismann' book is still considered the standard when it comes to photo restoration and retouching although she stopped updating this series with the 3rd edition -- www.digitalretouch.org/. The only thing to keep in mind is that, due to the changes introduced in Elements as well as in Photoshop throughout the years, sometimes you may have to do some tweaking to follow her instructions. However, overall, the information in this book is timeless.
I don't do too much restoration but I have a copy of her book (3rd edition). It has proved to be very helpful through several versions of Elements and now with Photoshop CC.
As to other sources -- DIGITAL RESTORATION From Start to Finish (2010) -- has been recommended in other forums.
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Post by elines on Nov 13, 2015 18:40:47 GMT
Thanks Sepiana - helpful as always.
I haven't seen the Ctein book before. The current issue seem to have better reviews than earlier ones (on Amazon UK anyway).
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Post by JimD on Nov 15, 2015 6:35:47 GMT
I bought an old (2004) edition of Katrin Eismann's Photoshop restoration and retouching very cheaply and found it really helpful. Does anyone know of a more recent source of comprehensive advice - I couldn't find one when I was looking some months ago ![:(]() Chris,
I believe Eismann' book is still considered the standard when it comes to photo restoration and retouching although she stopped updating this series with the 3rd edition -- www.digitalretouch.org/. The only thing to keep in mind is that, due to the changes introduced in Elements as well as in Photoshop throughout the years, sometimes you may have to do some tweaking to follow her instructions. However, overall, the information in this book is timeless.
I don't do too much restoration but I have a copy of her book (3rd edition). It has proved to be very helpful through several versions of Elements and now with Photoshop CC.
As to other sources -- DIGITAL RESTORATION From Start to Finish (2010) -- has been recommended in other forums.
Sepiana,
Would most of the teaching in Eismann's book be useful for using with PSE 13?
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Post by elines on Nov 15, 2015 13:22:57 GMT
I was able to get results that impressed Higher Management when I had a go at some of her family history photos - and I had elements 11 at the time.
My guess is that these days any reasonably current version of Elements will be as good as Photoshop from the early 2000s.
Should say that I only got as far as the first ?quarter of the book as that was enough to get good results.
Also ... I had a free plug-in ?provided by ?Tony that enhanced my E11 to (some aspects of) E13
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Post by Sepiana on Nov 15, 2015 16:19:55 GMT
Sepiana,
Would most of the teaching in Eismann's book be useful for using with PSE 13? Jim,
My answer is Yes. I began using this book with PSE 7 (maybe even with PSE 4) and I have used it since then with PSE 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14.
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Post by JimD on Nov 16, 2015 0:31:18 GMT
Thanks, Chris and Sepiana. I have a lot of old family photos stored away so I think I'll pick up a used copy of her book. I located a very inexpensive 2nd edition of her book, so imagine that would have almost as much usable info as her 3rd edition, wouldn't it?
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Post by elines on Nov 16, 2015 10:25:51 GMT
I only have the second edition so cannot advise except to say that I got value well over the £2.81 that I paid for it (used off Amazon) so if you can't get the third edition you will still find plenty of good stuff in the second
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Post by Sepiana on Nov 16, 2015 17:39:25 GMT
Thanks, Chris and Sepiana. I have a lot of old family photos stored away so I think I'll pick up a used copy of her book. I located a very inexpensive 2nd edition of her book, so imagine that would have almost as much usable info as her 3rd edition, wouldn't it? I have the 3rd edition of this book. However, I believe you will do just fine with the 2nd edition. The basics of the restoration/retouching process will remain the same across the three editions of this book. What will change is the coverage of new features, tools, etc. which were introduced in Photoshop after a given edition was published. One thing to keep in mind is that, if you are using Elements, you may come across a suggested feature or tool not available in this program. Then, in this situation, you will have to do some tweaking. Fortunately, this doesn't happen too often as more recent versions of Elements have several features/tools brought straight over from Photoshop. |
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Post by JimD on Nov 17, 2015 1:17:33 GMT
Sounds good. Thanks.
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