RE: How do I correct an old image like this?

Nice spec! John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: Larry Colen Sent: Monday, 4 October 2021 4:12 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: How do I correct an old image like this? > On Oct 3, 2021, at 10:17 PM, John Francis wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 03, 2021 at 0

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

On 10/4/2021 01:17:00, John Francis wrote: On Sun, Oct 03, 2021 at 07:32:51PM -0400, John wrote: 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. https://www.hamrick.com/

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

> On Oct 3, 2021, at 10:17 PM, John Francis wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 03, 2021 at 07:32:51PM -0400, John wrote: >> 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. >

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

On Sun, Oct 03, 2021 at 07:32:51PM -0400, John wrote: > 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. > > https://www.hamrick.com/ > > I highly recommend it. Once y

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

When I was trying to restore old photos a while back there were several where it looked like one color faded much more severely than the others which would throw off the whole color balance. The only solution as to manually boost the color that was out of wack. But I was working with prints, no

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

Up at the top of the stairs you can see door frames, and they appear to be painted white. They might serve as a "neutral color" to allow you to correct the rest of the colors. On 10/3/2021 19:24:30, Gonz wrote: Hi Mark, Thanks for taking a shot at it! That's probably really close. The stair

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

In the background there's something "black" sitting on the counter. It's probably a toaster & was actually chrome. I think y'all could get to color rendition closer if you chose something in the black area (not the reflected flash) and set that as the neutral tone. The negative is Kodak SAFETY

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

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. https://www.hamrick.com/ I highly recommend it. Once you pay for it, you get "free" updates for life (I'm guessing HIS l

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

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 wrote: > > Hi Gonz - > > I pulled your photo into Photoshop CS6, cropped o

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

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://ann

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

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

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

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 wrote: Man you guys are wizards. I haven't a clue as to how to perform this kind of magic. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-l

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

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

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

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

RE: How do I correct an old image like this?

o a softer image than I would want. The Epson software is good (Perfection V500 with all updates). John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: Paul Stenquist Sent: Saturday, 2 October 2021 7:38 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: How do I correct an old image like this? In my

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

Thanks Gonz! That suggests to me that my 2nd and 3rd renderings are reasonably close to accurate, given the flash and the corner-edge darkening/color shifting. Whether the most pleasing rendering … LOL! not my job. :) This kind of stuff is a little tricky, but nothing that a bit of time and e

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

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 ev

Re: 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 Gonz wrote: The stairs/wall were a light shade o

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

ah  I knew it couldn't be that ugly gray that it became in some of the renditions.. Powder blue and aqua were popular back then.. On 10/1/2021 4:16 PM, Gonz 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 sanfedele wro

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

More like "aquaish" On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 3:16 PM Gonz 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 sanfedele wrote: > > > > ok Gonz so please do tell us (or at least me, maybe no one else cares) > > when the

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

The stairs/wall were a light shade of blue. The year was approximately 1968. On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 2:21 PM ann sanfedele 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

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

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: http://www.hamrick.com Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/map

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

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

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

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 AM wrote: > > Hi Gonz - from your low-res Flickr image, I used the following process in PS: > Auto To

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

Man you guys are wizards. I haven't a clue as to how to perform this kind of magic. On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 9:02 PM ann sanfedele wrote: > > Well I did a "print screen' of Godder's latest and took it a bit > further based solely on what I remember of popular interior decoration > back in the da

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

My take on Gonz’s scan. I set the black point and white point in levels. Tweaked the color balance to get the best skin tones, Increased saturation a bit to correct for some of the fading. Did a bit of burning and dodging, and that’s about it. Setting the levels was the most critical step in imp

RE: How do I correct an old image like this?

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 bril

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

How you scanned it isn't particularly significant, although a holder will generally make the negative easier to handle and flatter if it's a good holder for the format. I played with the image a little further … Color balance and skin tones are always so fussy! Bumping up the color temperature

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

Well I did a "print screen' of Godder's latest and took it a bit further  based solely on what I remember of popular interior decoration back in the day around the time I would guess this photo was taken.. "eggshell" or "off-white" would likely have been the wall color as opposed to gray... I ju

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

Gonz, Thanks! I'm at home now. I grabbed the original you posted into Lightroom Classic, cropped it, and applied corrections. I noticed that it was left to right reversed according to the rebate markings, so I flipped it horizontally. The result is a bit cooler than what I did on the iPhone w

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

GOnz .. were the walls really that color?  (the color in Godfrey's improvement frame...) I'm tempted to play with it too.. but I shouldn't  - I"ve got stuff that needs to be done here ann On 9/30/2021 5:53 PM, Gonz wrote: Thanks, Godtrey, It looks a little closer to Dan's now. I didn't have

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

Thanks, Godtrey, It looks a little closer to Dan's now. I didn't have it on a holder, just flat on the scanner. I'm going to try putting it on the holder, though its a very odd size that I don't remember my scanner having it. I have a couple of medium format B&W's that I found in a book from the

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

Ten seconds with Snapseed using color balance and curves netted this from your thumbnail: https://www.flickr.com/gp/gdgphoto/N777Kf — G — Godfrey DiGiorgi - godfreydigio...@me.com - 408-431-4601 > On Sep 30, 2021, at 8:54 AM, Gonz wrote: > > Scanned an old negative. Played around with the

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

Not bad at all! Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 12:28 PM Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Ten seconds with Snapseed using color balance and curves netted this from > your thumbnail: https://www.flickr.com/gp/gdgpho

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

That looks great, and more natural too. I was having issues with color cast and such. On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 11:28 AM Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > Ten seconds with Snapseed using color balance and curves netted this from > your thumbnail: https://www.flickr.com/gp/gdgphoto/N777Kf > > — > G > >

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

I’d begin by setting the black point and white point with PhotoShop’s Levels tool. Then I’d dodge and burn as necessary to provide further correction. Once I was satisfied with the range, I’d tweak the color using the Color Balance tool. > On Sep 30, 2021, at 11:52 AM, Gonz wrote: > > Scanned