I saw this cool tutorial on the internet for adjusting an old and faded photo. I thought it was really cool and wanted to try it myself, so the above two photos show this. I used mostly the clone tool to get rid of the missing parts, and to blend the different tones in the background, so it looks like the original. I spent a good few hours, but did not want to give up. There are probably other ways of retouching this photo, but using the clone tool has been enormous help for me.
The text tool was really easy to use, I was able to modify the text into different shapes and give it various effects. In the first photo I used the shape button from the Text tool Options bar, resized the text and applied a Color Dodge blending mode.
In the second photo I actually followed the video tutorial for applying a watermark. I just typed the text, resized and rotated it, then applied the Bevel and Emboss layer style.
8 comments:
You did a great job restoring that old photo; where did you get it curiously? I was going to make the watermark as well, but then thought I should use a text style, and eventually decided I preferred painting my words with cloned areas.
Great Job with the restoration! I like how you put the text in the middle of the life saver.
You did an excellent job with the restoration. It can be a tedious, but very worthwhile endeavor. You used great examples of how to apply text and a watermark!
Great job on the restoration!!!! I have pictures that look like they have the same type of damage and I will be taking them out to fix them. Alina can you post the site that you found on how to do this? Thanks so much!
WOW, the differences in the portrait is amazing!! I cannot beleive all that is possible.
Your patience paid off. The photo really looks great!
wow incredible job! the old portrait restoration blew me away
Alina,
Nice work on the restoring the photo. I don't know if I would have the patience for it or not. You would never know how badly damaged the photo was from your final photo. The lettering on the life preserver was cute. I haven't tried the beveled/embossed text yet, but I really like the way it looks. Nice job!
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