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[Zelda-Bitch]

Someone on GAF about a year ago posted some tool/filter that helps restore old photos. It worked amazingly well and for the life of me I can't figure out what the hell it was. Anyone on the off chance know what the hell talking about? In the thread posted there was a before and after pic from like 1918 or something. The fixed pic looked stunning. Anyone remember this? If so, any info in finding this photoshop add-on would be great.

 

[Blackace]

did you get this idea from the picture of the dog with an arrow in its head?

 

[Zelda-Bitch]

no damn it ! :lol

I'm trying to help a photographer friend of mine with restoring old photo's. One of you has to remember!! anyone?!! =_(

 

[olimario]

I've never seen it... I'd like to try it.
I'm sure you can do it by hand, though.
I did this in a minute.

 

[Zelda-Bitch]

Yeah, I know I can do it by hand. However this is meant for someone who needs to do a ton of pics so I'm kind of looking for some time saving methods.

(nice job btw)

 

[ElfoMan]

sometimes what works perfectly is using "AutoLevels", then use the "sponge" to make colors brighter

 

[monkeymagic]

I've never seen it... I'd like to try it.
I'm sure you can do it by hand, though.
I did this in a minute.

Wow.

Would you mind going through the steps you did to get to that.

 

[Iceman]

woah, I'm sorry.. I was looking for a latte.

 

[lachesis]

CTR+Shift+L
CTR+Shift+Alt+L
CTR+Shift+Alt+B

These are three auto color balancing options. If the picture isn't too bad, a lot of times it fixes it. I used it all the time at work. Takes seconds to fix in many cases.

Hope this helps.

lachesis

 

[olimario]

woah, I'm sorry.. I was looking for a latte.

:lol


Desaturate
Sharpen
Up contrast
Then I created a new layer and colored it.


If you have to correct a bunch of like pictures, you can create a macro in the history box. Assign it to F2 and apply it to each picture by pressing F2.

 

[Zelda-Bitch]

cool thanks for the tips guys.