On Sunday 18 October 2009, Ray C. wrote: >I have several photos that are square but had an oval matt over them. Over > the years the oval has UV damage. I am stumped on how to get the UV > damaged part of the photo to match the original. > >Then I can restore and colour balance of the whole piece. I would > appreciate anyone's suggestions on how to proceed with this. > >You can view a sample photo of what I am speaking of at: >http://gimper.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6043 > > >Ray
Photo's such as that may not be truly salvageable, the red dye looks like it is 99% absent in the oval. You may have to do a lot of pixel selection, and repainting, a truly tedious and frustrating job even for someone with excellent color vision. I also came away with the possibility that the oval mask wasn't a totally acid free material, or that the original washing was not sufficient. What are the chances the negatives are still available? -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> A day without sunshine is like a day without Anita Bryant. _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
