help me save an old picture

**-=Drifter=-** · 06 September 2006, 01:11 AM

Well, I for one am curious as to how Norman colored that photo. Norm? Did you use the shape editor tool (I think you used Xara...) to section off parts and then color them and use transparencies? How'd you do the tie? Lines? Great job!

**parahandy** · 06 September 2006, 11:19 AM

Originally Posted by peekaboo

thanks.
i'll try coloring it myself with different colors.
that green just won't do.
i'm pretty sure i'll be able to get rid of the background.

thanks again

Ok glad to be of help to you peekaboo.
Bob check your PM .

.....Norman

**Mike S** · 08 September 2006, 01:13 AM

is this what you were wanting?

**Mike S** · 08 September 2006, 12:26 PM

here is a "yellowed" out version

**Mike S** · 08 September 2006, 12:27 PM

if you want the psd file let me know and i will post it it is about 2m or i can email it to you. if you want it emailed pm me your email address.

**parahandy** · 08 September 2006, 06:47 PM

Originally Posted by Mike S

is this what you were wanting?

See page one Mike I sent much the same picture slightly larger.

**Mike Bailey** · 08 September 2006, 09:11 PM

a quick touchup.

**Mike Bailey** · 08 September 2006, 10:08 PM

Sketch style rendering.

**Mike Bailey** · 08 September 2006, 10:22 PM

Another sketch rendering.

**Ross Macintosh** · 09 September 2006, 11:06 AM

I attach one that I played with in XaraXtreme. I used the contone method to get rid of the yellow stain. I also used NeatImage to try and remove noise. It did a pretty good job except for some really big noise around the the book area. NeatImage can be really useful to have -- the demo doesn't time out and is quite full featured. I used the stand-alone but I think there is also a photoshop plugin. I also used a plugin called 'Soft Focus' from photo-plugins.com to soften things up.

Regards, Ross