RE: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-10-04 Thread jcoyle
Nice spec! John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: Larry Colen Sent: Monday, 4 October 2021 4:12 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: How do I correct an old image like this? > On Oct 3, 2021, at 10:17 PM, John Francis wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 03, 2021 at 0

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-10-04 Thread John
On 10/4/2021 01:17:00, John Francis wrote: On Sun, Oct 03, 2021 at 07:32:51PM -0400, John wrote: I think it's something you should be able to fix during the scan. I use Vuescan. I have version 9 x64 (9.6.24) and it has tools to do the color correction during the scan. https://www.hamrick.com/

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-10-04 Thread Larry Colen
> On Oct 3, 2021, at 10:17 PM, John Francis wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 03, 2021 at 07:32:51PM -0400, John wrote: >> I think it's something you should be able to fix during the scan. >> >> I use Vuescan. I have version 9 x64 (9.6.24) and it has tools to do the >> color correction during the scan.

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-10-03 Thread John Francis
On Sun, Oct 03, 2021 at 07:32:51PM -0400, John wrote: > I think it's something you should be able to fix during the scan. > > I use Vuescan. I have version 9 x64 (9.6.24) and it has tools to do the > color correction during the scan. > > https://www.hamrick.com/ > > I highly recommend it. Once

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-10-03 Thread Mark C
When I was trying to restore old photos a while back there were several where it looked like one color faded much more severely than the others which would throw off the whole color balance. The only solution as to manually boost the color that was out of wack. But I was working with prints,

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-10-03 Thread John
Up at the top of the stairs you can see door frames, and they appear to be painted white. They might serve as a "neutral color" to allow you to correct the rest of the colors. On 10/3/2021 19:24:30, Gonz wrote: Hi Mark, Thanks for taking a shot at it! That's probably really close. The

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-10-03 Thread John
In the background there's something "black" sitting on the counter. It's probably a toaster & was actually chrome. I think y'all could get to color rendition closer if you chose something in the black area (not the reflected flash) and set that as the neutral tone. The negative is Kodak

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-10-03 Thread John
I think it's something you should be able to fix during the scan. I use Vuescan. I have version 9 x64 (9.6.24) and it has tools to do the color correction during the scan. https://www.hamrick.com/ I highly recommend it. Once you pay for it, you get "free" updates for life (I'm guessing HIS

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-10-03 Thread Gonz
Hi Mark, Thanks for taking a shot at it! That's probably really close. The stair color was "aqua". I don't know if anything there was gray. But your skin tones look pretty spot on. On Sun, Oct 3, 2021 at 3:23 PM Mark C wrote: > > Hi Gonz - > > I pulled your photo into Photoshop CS6, cropped

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-10-03 Thread ann sanfedele
Mark - Gonz said the walls were aqua...  I fiddled with my take until I got an aqua wall .. whiich I link again here just to point out that I took a screen shot of Godder's work because he had flipped the picture to get the correct view but lost clarity by messing with it too much..

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-10-03 Thread Mark C
Hi Gonz - I pulled your photo into Photoshop CS6, cropped out the margins and then applied auto colors. After that, slightly darkened the midtones in levels. The result: https://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/old-photo-touchup?blog=9 It's hard to judge the colors - skin tones,

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-10-03 Thread Steve Cottrell
Gonz - some more mgic for you mate. My take: http://www.seeingeye.tv/pages/spare.html Cot On 1 Oct 2021, at 20:10, Gonz wrote: Man you guys are wizards. I haven't a clue as to how to perform this kind of magic. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-10-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Hmm. I get excellent scans out of both my Epson scanners with Vuescan. The Epson software has a couple of other things it does well and I use it for those, but for the best image quality when scanning transparencies or negatives I always use Vuescan. In the end, whatever works best for you is

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-10-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
In my experience the Epson software is far superior to Vuescan on an Epson flatbed. I get perfect scans with Rpson software on an Epson 850P. Same was true of earlier Epson flatbeds I own. I found it impossible to get good scans with Vuescan due to the clunkiness of its controls, Paul > On

RE: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-10-01 Thread jcoyle
image than I would want. The Epson software is good (Perfection V500 with all updates). John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: Paul Stenquist Sent: Saturday, 2 October 2021 7:38 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: How do I correct an old image like this? In my experience

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-10-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Thanks Gonz! That suggests to me that my 2nd and 3rd renderings are reasonably close to accurate, given the flash and the corner-edge darkening/color shifting. Whether the most pleasing rendering … LOL! not my job. :) This kind of stuff is a little tricky, but nothing that a bit of time and

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-10-01 Thread ann sanfedele
sage- From: Gonz Sent: Friday, 1 October 2021 1:52 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: How do I correct an old image like this? Scanned an old negative.  Played around with the usual knobs, but cant seem to get it to look decent.  There is not enough dynamic range here it seems.  I've see

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-10-01 Thread ann sanfedele
. John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: Gonz Sent: Friday, 1 October 2021 1:52 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: How do I correct an old image like this? Scanned an old negative. Played around with the usual knobs, but cant seem to get it to look decent. There is not enoug

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-10-01 Thread ann sanfedele
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: How do I correct an old image like this? Scanned an old negative. Played around with the usual knobs, but cant seem to get it to look decent. There is not enough dynamic range here it seems. I've seen articles somewhere where they make old photos like th

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-10-01 Thread Gonz
gt; >> Mid-Tones +15% > > >> > > >> And then resized it to 300dpi > > >> The result is at > > >> www.epraxisdata.com/Img002_adjusted.jpg > > >> > > >> not brilliant, but perhaps it would work better on a decent scan. > &

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-10-01 Thread Gonz
aps it would work better on a decent scan. > >> > >> > >> John in Brisbane > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -Original Message- > >> From: Gonz > >> Sent: Friday, 1 October 2021 1:52 AM > >>

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-10-01 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 01.10.21 um 21:13 schrieb Gonz: My scanner is an epson 4990. Nothing wrong with that. You might want to try the demo version of Vuescan: http://www.hamrick.com Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio :

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-10-01 Thread ann sanfedele
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: How do I correct an old image like this? Scanned an old negative. Played around with the usual knobs, but cant seem to get it to look decent. There is not enough dynamic range here it seems. I've seen articles somewhere where they make old photos like this pop

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-10-01 Thread Gonz
illiant, but perhaps it would work better on a decent scan. > > > John in Brisbane > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Gonz > Sent: Friday, 1 October 2021 1:52 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: How do I correct an old image like this? >

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-10-01 Thread Gonz
Man you guys are wizards. I haven't a clue as to how to perform this kind of magic. On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 9:02 PM ann sanfedele wrote: > > Well I did a "print screen' of Godder's latest and took it a bit > further based solely on what I remember of popular interior decoration > back in the

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-10-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
in improving this pic. https://www.photo.net/photo/18661069/Gonz-s-Scan > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Gonz > Sent: Friday, 1 October 2021 1:52 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: How do I correct an old image like this? > > Sca

RE: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-10-01 Thread jcoyle
not brilliant, but perhaps it would work better on a decent scan. John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: Gonz Sent: Friday, 1 October 2021 1:52 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: How do I correct an old image like this? Scanned an old negative. Played around with the usual

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-09-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
How you scanned it isn't particularly significant, although a holder will generally make the negative easier to handle and flatter if it's a good holder for the format. I played with the image a little further … Color balance and skin tones are always so fussy! Bumping up the color

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-09-30 Thread ann sanfedele
Well I did a "print screen' of Godder's latest and took it a bit further  based solely on what I remember of popular interior decoration back in the day around the time I would guess this photo was taken.. "eggshell" or "off-white" would likely have been the wall color as opposed to gray... I

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-09-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Gonz, Thanks! I'm at home now. I grabbed the original you posted into Lightroom Classic, cropped it, and applied corrections. I noticed that it was left to right reversed according to the rebate markings, so I flipped it horizontally. The result is a bit cooler than what I did on the iPhone

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-09-30 Thread ann sanfedele
GOnz .. were the walls really that color?  (the color in Godfrey's improvement frame...) I'm tempted to play with it too.. but I shouldn't  - I"ve got stuff that needs to be done here ann On 9/30/2021 5:53 PM, Gonz wrote: Thanks, Godtrey, It looks a little closer to Dan's now. I didn't have

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-09-30 Thread Gonz
Thanks, Godtrey, It looks a little closer to Dan's now. I didn't have it on a holder, just flat on the scanner. I'm going to try putting it on the holder, though its a very odd size that I don't remember my scanner having it. I have a couple of medium format B's that I found in a book from the

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-09-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Ten seconds with Snapseed using color balance and curves netted this from your thumbnail: https://www.flickr.com/gp/gdgphoto/N777Kf — G — Godfrey DiGiorgi - godfreydigio...@me.com - 408-431-4601 > On Sep 30, 2021, at 8:54 AM, Gonz wrote: > > Scanned an old negative. Played around with the

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-09-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Not bad at all! Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 12:28 PM Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Ten seconds with Snapseed using color balance and curves netted this from > your thumbnail:

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-09-30 Thread Gonz
That looks great, and more natural too. I was having issues with color cast and such. On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 11:28 AM Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > Ten seconds with Snapseed using color balance and curves netted this from > your thumbnail: https://www.flickr.com/gp/gdgphoto/N777Kf > > — > G > >

Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-09-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
I’d begin by setting the black point and white point with PhotoShop’s Levels tool. Then I’d dodge and burn as necessary to provide further correction. Once I was satisfied with the range, I’d tweak the color using the Color Balance tool. > On Sep 30, 2021, at 11:52 AM, Gonz wrote: > >

How do I correct an old image like this?

2021-09-30 Thread Gonz
Scanned an old negative. Played around with the usual knobs, but cant seem to get it to look decent. There is not enough dynamic range here it seems. I've seen articles somewhere where they make old photos like this pop out almost to new. How does this work?