Re: Doctoring Old Photos

Cynthia Frazier (mailto:cf12@CORNELL.EDU)
Fri, 23 Jun 1995 11:44:23 -0400

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Date:         Fri, 23 Jun 1995 11:44:23 -0400
From: Cynthia Frazier <mailto:cf12@CORNELL.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Doctoring Old Photos
To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB

I rehabilitated an old photograph as a personal project. I found that it required many artistic decisions in order to make the photo clear. Therefore, someone with a good grasp of the tools in Photoshop could probably accomplish this task, however, it is time consuming.

Cynthia Frazier Instructional Design Specialist Cornell University

>Hello...I don't know if this is appropriate to the list but I am going to
>make the inquiry and maybe some nice person will send me to the people that
>would respond to my request. I have been given the task of cleaning up
>two old photographs using Adobe Photoshop. They are a mess and the ultimate
>goal is to get them as readable as possible. They are faded and have blotchy
>areas. The Photoshop manual is not specific enough. Are there any texts
>written that would help me to zero in on the particular problems of damaged
>photographs? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>Merle Suhayda
>LSU
>Hill Memorial Library
>Electronic Imaging Lab
>504 388 3686
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