Photoshop Photo Repair: PS repair damaged images

This tutorial will definitely be a lot of people to repair the favorite yo, to see how to use PS to repair serious damage photos:

Tools: Photoshop
Difficulty Degree: Intermediate
Time consuming: 10 hours

Original:

Final Result:

In addition to using PS to adjust the effect of the photo, you can also use PS to repair damaged, a certain age of old photos. This article will show you how to repair the damaged photos.

The material needed for the tutorial:
Image 1 (FLICKR)

1. "Pick Up the Pieces"

Step 1:

Well, this is the original image, we can see that the missing part of the picture is more, divided into four pieces.

Step 2

Use the Lasso tool To select 4 pieces, then create the layers separately, then hide the original layer (that is, the background layer).

Step 3

Then add a vector mask to each layer and overlay the pieces with a 23px chalk brush. (brush size is for reference only)

Step 4

Before we start with the brush, we'll create a layer below the 4 layers we're working on, fill the dark blue background so we know what to do and where to use the brush.

Step 5

Draw along the edge of the fragment, as follows

Step 6

The other fragments repeat the above steps, and the results are as follows.

2. "Jigsaw Puzzle"

Step 1

This is the simplest step, put all the pieces together, can be moderately selected. Try not to adjust the size ratio.

Step 2

Fit as closely as possible together, do not overlap.

Step 3

After you complete the above steps, copy the 4 fragmented layers to make a backup.

Step 4

Finally, 4 layers are divided into 1 groups, 4 replicas are grouped, and then the copy layer group is selected, and the right key-> the merge group.

3. The treatment of tearing edge

Step 1

Into the repair phase, we will use the Cloning tool (clone Stamp tool) to repair the following torn edges.

Step 2

Use a clearer section to repair the damaged parts, and be careful not to leave gaps.

Step 3

Don't bother, each part should be carefully ground, need to enlarge, need to change the brush size.

Step 4

Be patient, minimize folds and cracks, and suggest amplification for finer processing.

Step 5

If you find that some places require finer details, do not process them for the time being, and then deal with them later.

Step 6

Gradually, you will find that your photo has taken shape.

Step 7

I'm going to deal with this part later, because the faces of the children are broken in many places. I dealt with the surrounding details first, and then we solved the problem.

Step 8

We found that there were some long blocks on the road, which is caused by the bending of the paper, because it's not a scanned photograph, it's a shot, so we need to create some light effect/light reflection on paper to achieve more realistic effects, so bending is on the one hand, and light efficiency is another. Or that sentence: Be patient.

4. Repair of important areas

Step 1

This part is more complicated, we can't ignore the rear seat of the car, the original picture is curved, so we need to reconstruct this part.

Photo Repair work, sometimes the customer will provide a lot of clues, and this time, so we can only rely on intuition, the following figure.

Step 2

The child's face, this part is also important, do not destroy the contour of the face, so use a very small brush to a pixel adjustment of pixel, until the whole area of clean processing. After the repairs are over, we'll have to grind the details of the area again, regardless of the small details.

5. Bending and Shading

Step 1

Now convert our image to black and white, if the customer wants this dark brown, then we still have to convert to black and white, the whole process is finished and then turned brown. New adjustment layer-> black and white, as shown below.

Step 2

Duplicate the layer again, hiding the original layer for backup.

Step 3

Merge copied layers

Step 4

Now use the Color Range tool (select-> color Range) to select the dark shaded areas in the diagram that are caused by ambient light and reflection. (In fact, paper bending is also a reason)

Step 5

After selection, feather , 5 pixels.

Step 6

Then select the Burn tool and set the following figure (midtones, exposure 24%)

Step 7

Then deepen, knowing that these areas fit in with the other shaded areas in the diagram, using a softer, larger-size brush.

Step 8

This part of the fuel tank also needs to be processed, slightly cloned, and the burn tool is used to reconstruct this part, making the shadows more natural.

6. "Tinkering"

Step 1

This step is to cut the image as much as possible to retain the original content.

Step 2

Now use the spot repair brush to remove the stain, and the tool needs to be patient and slowly handle the details.

Step 3

We need to remove the stain caused by the damage and keep the details in the original image, so be clear.

Step 4

We also found that there was something wrong with this part of the front wheel, but the cloning tool and the stain repair brush were not helping us, so we had no choice but to draw it by hand at 1.1 o ' hour.

Step 5

Select the Brush tool, use this brush, size 1px

Step 6

Sample in this place and then build the cable slowly like the second picture.

Step 7

Then, sample the shadow color by following the figure, and finally finish drawing the cable.

Step 8

Done

Step 9

Take a look at this part, the baby car seems to need to repair, the original image of the details are not very clear, this is not part of the painting, we can use the more clear parts to repair.

Step 10

Then look at the front wheels, this part of the fold to be removed. However, the details are not limited to this, all the details should be dealt with well.

7. Reduce noise (AKA noise reduction)

Step 1

We will use the reduce noise tool to remove the noise from the entire image.

Step 2

Make a copy of the layer, and then press the figure set, don't overdo it, you can experiment.

8. "Cosmetic"

Step 1

The child's lips need fixing, and we can fix his left with the right side of the child's upper lip.

Step 2

Using the Lasso tool, select the right lip after copying, then create a new layer and paste.

Step 3

Edit the-> transform-> the horizontal flip, and then adjust it slightly.

Step 4

Then choose Distort

Step 5

Use the Burn tool to add a little shade

Step 6

After the adjustment, the merged layer is nearly finished.

9. Final detail Processing

Step 1

What about speckles and dust? Use the stain Repair tool , remember to use small size, as shown below.

Step 2

Let's start with the face and kill the little particles.

Step 3

Then the fuel tank is also processed, and this part of the details is lost.

Step 4

This part is enlarged to be found, and here is the details lost.

Step 5

This part of the stain should be caused by glue, but also to be patient.

Step 6

Once you find something wrong, start repairing it, such as the hair part, which is more natural.

Conclusion

In the end, we successfully repaired this picture. I've shown you how to fix badly damaged photos, and I'm sure you have an idea of the spot repair brush and the Clone stamp tool (the cloning tool) and the ability to paint details with brushes. I hope you can really learn a little something from this article.

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