we need to see the original here, not just in sbs

Corrected thanks

Its only meant to be a 6x4 inch print so please view with this in mind, many thanks

the work in this is magnificent............there are some differences in sharpness, from coat to another for instance, but the rebuild is superb.

Yes the coat cannot be sharpened any more as it comes from a postage stamp sized photo, and the original torn photo is a 6x4 inch photo. Therefore the lines that go to make up its shape are way more difused and spread out, there is no pushing them together and making them crips lines as in the mans jacket. This is the limitation of any restoration when you use photos of different sizes.

It's very good, but somehow I think you missed the chin position and shape.... I dunno, it just looks somehow 'fatter' than I suspect from such thin face and hands. I'd move it a little bit up, gl!

Very good, GL.

mmm thanks you are right I have fixed the chin, good call!

Better now! =)

if u could fix a bit better her rigth eye it wood stay perfect,it´s not easy i know,but u did a very good work congrats

Wonderful colours, and a great restoration!

Professional work,well done!

Just the right eye looks funny, other than that well done restoration!

Great job!

Well done

even though this is truely an excelent repair the womans shoulder is far too broard! nice work author

Nah, the shoulder should be like that because almost all women coats have the fake shoulder implants Oh, and I spotted something else - his hair has no colour. I know he's supposed to have black hair, but natural black hear appears brown when highlighted. Like this it looks like he's old. Lol, sorry, maybe we're to nitpicky... High votes from me anyway!

Actually his hair is coloured a slight warm hue, but you have got to look closely to spot it! Try laying one on top of the other and switching layer views, you'll see it then!

OK, OK

Other than her right eye, this is truly one of the best restorations I've seen. You get high points for just achieving the restore so well.

NIce work....well done

woww awsome , professional.

beautiful job

Congrats for your first place, PhotoRepair!

Congrats,nr1

Congrats! You deseved it!

Congrats, very well done

Congrantulations...well deserved, but i cant say that for some of the other results

congrats!! =)

This is my first entry to win first place, very proud! thanks to all who voted!

Congrats!

Congrats on your win... (the guy kind of looks like William DeFoe)

Very very good indeed! =) The hair could do some tweaking, but the resti is good! =)

Excellent work! Wow..!!

I tried fixing the hair, but i keep on messing it up. I will give it another try. Thx for comments

..........this is wonderful....the skin tones, and the colors in the dress are remarkable.......someone in this contest said they did this work professionally, this is way above the entry they have submitted.........keep up the good work.

Great theatrical makeup!

Fixed hair, changed color of flower and used a little color in the eyes. Thx for advice. Always welcome

xcellent wrk.....................................gl

Also has have a tip for you. Cutting or masking the selection should be based on the sharpness of the image. By this I mean how sharp or how much in focus the image is. For example if you blow up an image to 200-300% and see how far the pixels merge or overlap between to objects. It may be in a high resolution image this is only 1 pixel but in a lower resolution or scan of an old photograph with large grain, it may be 3 or 4. It is this “focus” that your image selection should be based on.

good advice, but you didn't do this in your coat rebuild......there are large differences there...

Phew! PhotoRepair, I don't think i understand what you mean :-b. Is there a problem with the image? Please let me know

Is it a problem that i cut out everything with the pen tool, and that the edges look too sharp...?

author, stick with your instincts, this is a great job, don't be put off by comments.

You did a great job. I did see that you cut out part of her neck. If you zoom in on the neck you can see the collar bone line is missing from your final image.

yes, I see this, I missed it first time. You have mistaken shadow for body line!!...in the original, it is not easy to see, so i think you could be excused..........

Yess i can see it now, i'll try to fix it if i still got time, thanks anyway

Thanks adeincyprus & dmspaulding07, fixed it. Boy that was a nasty gap I was going to print it on a large canvas. Glad i could fix it first.

Well done! One of the best I've seen. You got the colors perfect! Good luck to you!

FYI: If your concerned about comments and who you should take advice from, I'd stick with someone who well.. has a higher level, since they probably know what they are talking about. All opinions can be good but when it comes down to it, only yours really matters 2nd opinions are good too.

My opinion? This is a winner

Agreed!!....this is a great piece of work...........the very best of luck to you.

Perfectly restored!

This is awesome work!

nice one

I thinks that this is awsome , color are used in maximum..

great job

Congrats on your placement.

Congrats for your second place, Clinge!

Congrats,

Thx for nice comments to all

congratulation =)

Congrats!

Wow, really well done, you know there are people that do this for a living = )

wow..........skin tones are great, wall colors are superb...........the front wheel of the bike seems to be off the ground, and also a little sharper than the rest of the bike, but this is good, real good...

Pink sky looks strange, all else is well done...

I painted the sky with a blue colour, but I didn't want it too bright because I wanted the dress to stand out.

Well done, GL.

Great colours, very realistic tones, i especially like that brick wall! Good luck

In high res, it seems a little grainy but yet the original is not so much.

super easy fix... all you ad to do was fix the border.

great

Congrats for your third place, Falkor!

Congrats,

Congrats

congrats =)

Congrats!

this is superb work, although I am confused as to why the bag chain is in gold on the b/w image...........it is almost too good!

Thanks Ade..I have no idea why the chain was gold... I found the pic on Flickr......spent alot of hours on this.

Very good colouring. Not much sharpening/restoring had to be done, but it's good! =)

a lot of hours! and u did good wonderful job,good luck

Actually Wlado, there was alot of sharpening and restoration work involved....look at the steps. The original is very dark and you cant see the damage....after i lightened it and changed the tone, you can see the pic was badly scratched, pitted and damaged.

OK, calm down. =) TBH, I don't agree with you, the image was very sharp, and it was scratched and damaged in non-significant parts around the girl. I wouldn't call that badly scratched, but you did do a good work. gl! =)

Good color, good contrast, good restoration. Just a wee bit pixelated in high res (at least there was a high res to choose from) but overall this is one of the better entries I've seen and see you placing. Good luck

the color is amazing.....

great job

Just between you and me I think you should have at least placed. I can see it was close.

I agree Jaws....im very disappointed with the results.

Good job removing the hands...

dt forget about the hair i had to guess how it was

The final image is blurry and it's not much of a high res... Try messing with sharpen and high pass filter. =) Also, add some shadow to the background. =)

waldo thanks for the comment,blurry maybe a bit and is not 2 much,about shadow light is coming behind,as u can see in is chin,thanks appreciate your comment,i fix blurry latter

I think you did a great job on restoring the hair and removing the hands. It seems a bit grainy in the "slightly" higher resolution (it's not very high) and being too blurry is probably more opinon than anything. GL!

very nice