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| Fixed Photo |
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| Scanned Damaged Photo |
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I struggled with this project severely because my immediate family does not keep damaged photos. I was also too torn to damage a personal photo so, I printed one of my favorite images, which in the process the color base color was changed to a cooler tone due to the printer, and I folded it, ripped it a bit on the left and got the center wet with a solvent (which is turned it pink for some reason). When scanning I changed the rpi to 300 to improve the image quality and then I processed it in Photoshop cs6 with the patch tool and the spot healing brush. Both of these are my favorite tools for photo repair because they use the photo and blend the pixels for me. The only thing to watch out for when using them is picking the areas around them. For example, while using the healing brush if you are too close to a vary contrasting color, the contrasting color might interfere with the selection of pixels used to cover the area. I used the patch too to get rid of the larger damage folds in the curtain and the leaf. This is done by encircling a portion of the image and choosing another area of the image to cover the damage. I use the spot healing brush for the green mark that came from the scan and the white spots at the top of the image. Overall repairing damaged photos is a fun process because you get to watch something turn out flawless. It is also something to take pride in because it is complicated and takes time to think through at how you want to tackle it. This image in particular took me about 30 - 40 minutes.