The amount of physical damage repaired is amazing. That alone gets you high marks in my book. Great job. The balance of colors could use a little work, I think. Still, better than I could do.

A contrast adjustment would probably help

I definitely agree with Chaplain.. great job repairing the image, but the colours look very unnatural, perhaps a darker shade of that orange.

I disagree, this is a very 70's looking photo...........almost polaroid, the colors in those things were quite strange at the best of times.

That the 70s were strange is most likely but for some reason I also expect a bit more contrast. What if you add a solid black layer with blending overlay (and perhaps some opacity)? THe photorepair looks good! Good luck!

This looks more like the colorizing of the 30's-40's style pictures. Look at the mom dad entry for the 70's coloring.

Colour photos existed in 30's and 40's?!

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mmm, what prog did you use for this?..........Sorry, but I think you need to learn more about the prog before you attempt any more of these.......

i used akvis and yes i do this was the first time i really used it

Fixing is very bad, especially in the curtains, and colouring is very undetailed. =/

The coloris is also way over saturated, yes it looks like you were just attempting. Juts try and fix it and replace this one and I'll hold my vote.

you dont have to be so rude a little kindness would be be nice

actually author EVERYONE's first attempt at photo fixing looks a lot like this.. you should be commended for your effort and also for putting forth a great attempt (this actually looks like a very famous artist I used to work with that would paint giant black and white photos with color oils directly on the image (super old school) I think your debris removal shows great promise... and you do have a knack for cloning out the bad stuff... just be patient with the comments... it's just part of the learning process (and this site allows the bitter with the sweet) We all start somewhere good luck

(by the way, I could really sell this piece in my old Art Gallery I worked in... your color choices are wonderful, it's just in photoshop contest High Saturation of color makes the piece too Surreal, so of course photoshoppers will offer their voice to help fix it.. don't let it get you down

Bravo drivenslush..........I couldn't agree more.........author, as drivenslush has already said, your actual photo repair work is outstanding fro a beginner.........keep up the good work!!

When I look back at my first attempt I smile. Yours is pretty decent. Don't be discouraged, with work you will get better and better.

I'm sorry if you think we are comming off rude but if you are going to get offended that we gave you several suggestions for improvement, then maybe this site isn't for you. I wasn't rude, I was honest as most people are on this site who like to give tips to try and help others. If you want to improve your game, step back and just look at where we are comming from. I'm not familiar with that program and suggest if possible you invest in photoshop 7.0, to start. PS is the most widely used program.. and the best!

the red chair and hair is a little off. i think it was an easy fix just the edges were messed up. gl

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good effort, but the clothes could use a little more work, they a little dull. also, drop the light levels a little.

Use image->adjustments-> shadow and highlights (or highlights and shadows, something like that..) or curves/levels to make it a bit darker The rest is good

Well, yu should've tried burning/dodging after it in places :P Anyway, it's good

the idea was to color the shot, the clothes are dull, bcause they lack any definition.....there is no depth to them.....

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Why is that man wearing a dress? :P Excellent coloring.

Nice restoration. The skin looks a little red, great job otherwise.

what the hell is with the smudge tool and the background?!

I bet they only had one kid, she looks more butch than he does....

You made this look more like a painting than a modern photo...

The skin tone looks very orange and the background is not remotely like the original.

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Not bad but imo I'd use some more colors than brown only. Right now the skin color and clothes look too much like each other. Eyes could stand out a bit more too by giving a more lighter/other color. Restoring looks ok! Good luck!

I would work on your edges. They could be feathered. Right now they look too chopped.

Needs Dust & scratches and/or Despeckle too...

Clothes colour needs to be changed since it's the same as skin, and work on edges.

Thanks for all your great suggesstions. Have made some changes, this restoration is not good but I thought to try some restoration

hey, we al have to start somewhere..........keep trying, you'll get the hang of it.

It can be hard to restore images, I can understand. Ade gave you the best advice. NEVER give up!!!

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