Need help repairing eye area

WA5JML · 02-18-2013, 10:39 PM

I am using Photoshop Elements 10 and I can repair most everything but I cannot get the eye to look right. I am new at using this program. Help I need some ideas. Thanks for your help.

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tim60 · 02-18-2013, 10:53 PM

What happened? Is this an attempt to restore an old print or some strange fault in a new picture?

The damage looks so great that it will be very hard to fix, the white line is so wide that cloning will result in a rather artificial look. Is there a funstion to allow graded fill, starting with colour and density on one side and changing along a line/curve to teh colour/density at the other side of the white space to be filled?

calsan · 02-19-2013, 12:13 AM

You could upload the high resolution scan to this forum and ask for members to have a shot at fixing it.
Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories - PentaxForums.com
I assume this is an approved use of the mini challenge thread, correct me if I'm wrong!?

percy · 02-19-2013, 01:33 AM

Look up "content-aware healing" for photoshop elements
eg: Photoshop Elements Help | Retouching and correcting
and give that a try. No guarantees that it will work, but worth a try.

wildman · 02-19-2013, 02:30 AM

Didn't spent a lot of time on it but you get the idea...

tim60 · 02-19-2013, 02:50 AM

Originally posted by wildman

Didn't spent a lot of time on it but you get the idea...

Amazing! I can only see a tiny trace of the trouble in the hair, which is a textured area. Looks like that 'context aware healing' does what I was trying to describe formt he bottom up.

wildman · 02-19-2013, 03:04 AM

Originally posted by tim60

Looks like that 'context aware healing...

No it was all done by hand cloning

Last edited by wildman; 02-19-2013 at 03:20 AM.

WA5JML · 02-19-2013, 06:16 AM

Thanks all. I will work using your suggestions. This is a scan from a 25 year old print that was damaged when the glass covering the print broke, My son, the boy in the image, scanned and emailed it to me to try to fix.

02-19-2013, 02:30 AM	#5
wildman Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Flyover America Posts: 4,469	Didn't spent a lot of time on it but you get the idea... Last edited by wildman; 03-16-2013 at 05:43 AM.

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02-18-2013, 10:53 PM	#2
tim60 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Photos: Albums Posts: 8,738	What happened? Is this an attempt to restore an old print or some strange fault in a new picture? The damage looks so great that it will be very hard to fix, the white line is so wide that cloning will result in a rather artificial look. Is there a funstion to allow graded fill, starting with colour and density on one side and changing along a line/curve to teh colour/density at the other side of the white space to be filled?

02-19-2013, 12:13 AM	#3
calsan Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Perth, Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,548	You could upload the high resolution scan to this forum and ask for members to have a shot at fixing it. Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories - PentaxForums.com I assume this is an approved use of the mini challenge thread, correct me if I'm wrong!?

02-19-2013, 01:33 AM	#4
percy Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Herefordshire, UK Posts: 197	Look up "content-aware healing" for photoshop elements eg: Photoshop Elements Help \| Retouching and correcting and give that a try. No guarantees that it will work, but worth a try.

02-19-2013, 02:50 AM	#6
tim60 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Photos: Albums Posts: 8,738	Originally posted by wildman Didn't spent a lot of time on it but you get the idea... Amazing! I can only see a tiny trace of the trouble in the hair, which is a textured area. Looks like that 'context aware healing' does what I was trying to describe formt he bottom up.

02-19-2013, 03:04 AM	#7
wildman Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Flyover America Posts: 4,469	Originally posted by tim60 Looks like that 'context aware healing... No it was all done by hand cloning Last edited by wildman; 02-19-2013 at 03:20 AM.

02-19-2013, 06:16 AM	#8
WA5JML New Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 8 Original Poster	Thanks all. I will work using your suggestions. This is a scan from a 25 year old print that was damaged when the glass covering the print broke, My son, the boy in the image, scanned and emailed it to me to try to fix.

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