Guest flatfour Posted January 17, 2007 Share #1 Â Posted January 17, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have a damaged negative from my Leica R4s and I recently saw something about using the Photoshop cloning tool with a shaded edge so that the area was gradually melded into the main area. I think it was called airbrushing. Can anyone kindly point me to where I can find this process in Photoshop 7. I really do want to try and save this negative but I am new to Photoshop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stunsworth Posted January 17, 2007 Share #2 Â Posted January 17, 2007 Anthony, the best tool to use for this kind of thing is gereally the healing brush, but I don't know if that was introduced in v7 or CS. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarsfield Posted January 17, 2007 Share #3 Â Posted January 17, 2007 Yes, PS7 does have the healing brush (looks like a band-aid). I found the best way to use this tool is to zoom in to at least 500%, sample using a small brush with hardness and spacing turned way down and re-sample many times from directly adjacent areas to get the best blend. If you make a mistake, there is the history you can dump if you really screw up and/or the fade command (under edit menu) for minor differences. Keep zooming back out to 100% to see what your changes look like and if you take your time, nobody will know that Jill had a face full of pimples at the Christmas dinner... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted January 17, 2007 Share #4 Â Posted January 17, 2007 Patrick, I don't use it at that magnification. I prefer to see the effect with more space around the area being corrected - each to his own. It's a great tool though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Roggen Posted January 17, 2007 Share #5 Â Posted January 17, 2007 You can use the cloning tool with less opacity than 100%. That way you can gradually clone to fill the damaged area. Â Regards, Hans Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrewer Posted January 17, 2007 Share #6 Â Posted January 17, 2007 Hi Tony. Â My favorite way to retouch is to first select the area that's ripped/torn/spotted with the magic wand. Â Next I'll use the regular clone tool (the rubber stamp-looking thing) and alt-click on the most-similar area of the picture to what I want to fill into the selection area, and apply it to the selection. Â Finally, I switch to the healing brush tool and use it to smooth over and completely blend the area I've just clone-stamped. Â If I can see the "selection" rim after deselecting, I simply restore the selection, apply some Gaussian blur to the selection and that takes care of the rim. Â If it all sounds like too much and you want to email the photo to me I'll take a stab at fixing it for you. Â Thanks. Â Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flatfour Posted January 17, 2007 Share #7 Â Posted January 17, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thanks for the replies everyone. I might post the neg just to show the result. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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