A Work in Progress: Sibs



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Sibs
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photo restoration 2


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Removed subjects from background. My family is convinced that the small child is a boy. Back in the day small boys were dressed with dresses.

Creation of Sibs: Step 1
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After removing subjects from background I used a content aware to estimate what was left behind.

Creation of Sibs: Step 2
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step 3 of 11

I then smoothed with clone tool.

Creation of Sibs: Step 3
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Much time was spent on that dress, here I have cloned stamped most of it.

Creation of Sibs: Step 4
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Continued clone stamping.

Creation of Sibs: Step 5
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Left arm is being difficult with me. finally realize material in bodice could be used, then I blended this with the original arm and it worked well.

Creation of Sibs: Step 6
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Pretty much finished the arm here.

Creation of Sibs: Step 7
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Finally used a technique that made things easier. Using a layer mask to trim the cutout. Made things easier also any mistakes can be undone using white brush. Should have done this in the beginning.

Creation of Sibs: Step 8
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Ready for coloring.

Creation of Sibs: Step 9
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For every area to be colored I made a new layer, for example "boy coat", I either painted by hand or used a selection and filled. Used dark rich versions of colors, then reduced opacity to adjust.

Creation of Sibs: Step 10
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Here is an example of the coloring done before reducing opacity. (p.s. I changed some of these colors later) This can be tricky as you must remember to turn off any adjustment layers and slide the color back to 100% every time you wish to change your color patch. Use Alt-Click when in brush mode to quickly duplicate an existing color (assuming it is at 100%).

Next I flattened the picture, and made some final tweaks, including blurring some edges and tweaking some shadows. I learned the hard way, that you don't want to blur any edges until you flatten a picture.

Creation of Sibs: Step 11
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Final result

Creation of Sibs: Final Result

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