"Before and After"

© John McCollum

"Before and After"

Uploaded: July 25, 2006

Description

A friend brought this 16 X 20 portriate to me and asked me to fix it. It had been left in an attic for over 30 years. The heat turned it red and there was lots of water damage. Unable to scan the image I took it outdoors, placed it in the shade and photographed it. I used one step photo fix in Paintshop Pro, then moved the file to Photoshop CS2, converted to B&W then back to color then duotoned. After about 100 or so other steps I begin to add some color back in. Did an art bursh effect and printed on canvas.

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Comments

Stephanie Lyons July 25, 2006

Wow - what awesome work you did on this John! Your friend must be so very pleased with the results! #490790

Teresa Norris July 25, 2006

Wonderful work on this restoration. A lot of work, I know, but you've produced beautiful results! #3076622

DIANE COSGROVE July 25, 2006

Excellent restoration. You've got a talent and feel for this type of work.Did you keep track of the number of hours this took? #3079657

Kay E. Mahoney level-classic July 25, 2006

Fantastic work John. Love the final results. What would we ever do without software programs? #3080344

Wayne Nolting August 21, 2006

You now have a friend who owes you a big thank you. Nice job! It must have had special signigficance like a family heirloom to fix up such a damgaed picture and you did it justice. #3195941

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