A Work in Progress: Great Aunt Betty



This guide was made for entry:
Great Aunt Betty
In Contest:
photo restoration


step 1 of 5

The original photo of my great aunt.

Creation of Great Aunt Betty: Step 1

step 2 of 5

In this step cropped the photo into a new frame and adjusted the brightness and contrast. I put the contrast up about 70%.

Creation of Great Aunt Betty: Step 2

step 3 of 5

The next step was to remove the scratches. I did this using mostly the clone stamp and spot healing tools. The biggest scratches are pointed out with red arrows.

Creation of Great Aunt Betty: Step 3

step 4 of 5

After removing the scratches, I started on the colour. I painted each colour on a new layer with the blending mode set to soft light and opacities between about 30-70%. This picture shows the colours half done.

Creation of Great Aunt Betty: Step 4

step 5 of 5

This shows the completed restoration and a comparison to my previous entry.
I finished adding the colours and also enhanced each of the spokes on the bicycle wheels.

Creation of Great Aunt Betty: Step 5

Final result

Creation of Great Aunt Betty: Final Result

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