I have a photo that my mother took of me and a friend (who passed away in a car accident last November) back in 1990. I have scanned the print, which has turned orange-ish and lost some contrast over time. I cannot find the negative and this is literally the only photograph of my friend that I've been able to locate.
Is there a way to fix it so his face won't fade away forever?
@dancingkatz try to put it in picasa, up the fill light, desaturate (verus black and white). It will probably have a bit of a fuzzy look though, and adjust on auto contrast. It is a free program offered through google, but i am sure picmonkey has the same options.
defo need the negative, but even then its not a good photo, it was taken in low light on too fast a setting so its not picked up detail. I'm no expert though, just heightened a few sliders.
Thanks for all your help. Unfortunately, I'm beginning to seriously doubt that I will ever find the negative. My mother passed away in 1998 and it appears that she didn't save the negatives of the pictures she got developed -- at least I haven't found any negatives while going to through all the boxes that were just stuck up in the attic since then.
The fixes you have all offered have at least made my friend identifiable in the pic, which is the most important thing. Thank you again.
@dancingkatz fixing this image with the 181 kb available will sure be some task, I'm probably the least photoshop savvy person around :P but managed some result. I think with the full res scan and edits you will be able to get at least something to hold onto.
Hi Christine, I would read http://www.scantips.com/ or http://www.scantips.com/simple.html then use the 'advanced' scanner driver settings to get the best histogram of the scan possible. This is the way to capture as much digital data (detail) as possible - especially for the second shot. Apply the PS techniques described above for restoring colour.
Don't worry about not having a negative - I have had good success with faded photos from the 1920's - and uncovered far more detail than was visible to the naked eye!
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Maybe it would look better in black and white?
defo need the negative, but even then its not a good photo, it was taken in low light on too fast a setting so its not picked up detail. I'm no expert though, just heightened a few sliders.
Thanks for all your help. Unfortunately, I'm beginning to seriously doubt that I will ever find the negative. My mother passed away in 1998 and it appears that she didn't save the negatives of the pictures she got developed -- at least I haven't found any negatives while going to through all the boxes that were just stuck up in the attic since then.
The fixes you have all offered have at least made my friend identifiable in the pic, which is the most important thing. Thank you again.
More luck with this one
Thank you!
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Mile better thank my attempt earlier today: http://365project.org/discuss/general/13612/thought-everyone-in-the-thumbnail-challenge-could-use-a-laugh
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Thank you! Grain I can live with. I think that if I had a time-turner (a la Harry Potter) I'd go back and rescue all my mom's negatives.
@dancingkatz Glad you've found some help :) I didn't know it was doable like that... :)
Don't worry about not having a negative - I have had good success with faded photos from the 1920's - and uncovered far more detail than was visible to the naked eye!
@mjkthorpe Thank you! it does help!