1930 Photo

[Teacher617]

I just finished (I think) fixing a photo taken of my grandparents and my mom (when she was 3). It was a labor of love ... and I don't know if I did it all the right way, but deepest thanks to Wendy for helping me through many, many steps! :)

http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/gallery/view_img.php?id=15148

Tricia

[Chuck S.]

Terrific rendition, Tricia!

:)

Chuck

[kayser]

Beautiful! Your mom is just going to love this gift. Bring kleenex!!

[NMarti]

Tricia
You did a beautiful job. I love old photos and you made it look wonderful. Kay's right - bring kleenex.

[Sissy]

Hi,

I remember seeing your photograph when you first started working on it. You've done a beautiful job restoring it. Thanks for letting us see the end result.

[kevq]

Tricia,
wonderful, your Mom will love it.
Kev:):):)

[Bayla]

Tricia,

What a fantastic restoration/retouching job! You must be very pleased with this.

Bayla

[Wendy]

Hi Tricia ...

Oh that looks so good now ... you have done so well with it :)

... very nice work indeed !!

Wendy

[Teacher617]

Thank you all, for your kind words. This forum is so supportive and helpful.:)

Tricia

[hukari]

Really nice. I bet she will love it, thinking about all the nice memories.

[lindajay]

I noticed your picture yesterday, in the gallery, and was very impressed with the wonderful work you had done on it. It's a real treasure!

[msbrad]

That is great. Oh what a treasure.
I'm sure to be screaming for help when I try one of those undertakings.
m

[mom to 4]

That is really beautiful!!! Nice Work!!!

[Teacher617]

Thank you so much, everyone!:)

Tricia

[Tom K]

Hi Tricia, You did a super job on the restoration the color tinting was done
just right. Keep up the good work.. Tom..:)

[mel]

What a great job you've done at restoring that photo!! It looks beautiful.

:) :)

[Teacher617]

Tom and Mel, thank you both for your kind words! :)

Tricia

[AlphaShooter]

Beautiful work -- you would never know it was retouched except for the fact that color photos didn't exist back then. Very cool.
Ken

[Teacher617]

Dear Ken ... I must correct an assumption that I hope I haven't led people to believe. :o

The original photo WAS colorized, not black and white or sepia. The retouching I had to do involved repairing badly torn edges (heavy use of clone stamp), getting rid of mold, scotch tape marks, very dark details, and redoing the background on the left of the photo.

Another forum user suggested how the original color may have been applied in this thread: http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17262

Tricia

[nkeevers]

Tricia, great job! The colors look awesome! I had an old picture that I tried to fix but it was too water damaged and faded. Yours looks wonderful.