changing areas of a photo

[jeb]

That is great - but how did you do it? I took the photo to 300% and still couldn't come close to that. - jb

[browj2]

Ditto. It is superb! But how?

[Egg Bramhill]

Editing the photo to get the current end results took about half an hour. Unfortunately explaining how to would take an hour & a half

If I get the time later I'll try to do a video.

Thank's for the comments.

[Egg Bramhill]

jb, can you attach a larger version of this photo?

[wizard509]

Superb, Egg

Is that a photo of your family growing up? If so which one is you. I don't believe you are one of the girls so that narrows it down a bit.

[jeb]

Egg, what do you mean by larger version?

When I open the photo and click on enhance one of the lighten/darken is already at 100 so I only have the other to work with. When I change it I still have a notable line between the two parts of the photo unlike the way yours came out.

The photo was taken in the early 1930's - my grandparents, dad and his brother/sisters to left and great uncle and one of his daughters on the right. - jb




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[Egg Bramhill]

Egg, what do you mean by larger version?

Could you supply a scanned copy at 600 dpi?

[Egg Bramhill]

Here's how I recreated the photo jb, using mainly slicing & dicing.

It's a long video but as short as I could make it

Watch in HD

[Egg Bramhill]

Here's a final comparison:

[Boy]

That looks really good, Egg. Did you use a copy and blended the darker top-left section with the original?