Due Date: November 20
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Humanity's attempt to preserve itself in an immortal fashion is always a quest that demands technological assistance. From scribing on clay tablets to the digital art of today, our history, culture, politics, laws, entertainment (and so many other things), the point of preserving in a perfect format requres a hand that holds mastery of technological means.
Sometimes, this means a lot of repair work must be conducted in order to save the past. This repair work involves the removal of dust, scratches, fading colors, lost contrast and brighness, and even rips and tears in the photograph in order to restore it back to it's original image. At times, this can be difficult because we cannot see the "bigger picture" (literally). So, in order to fulfill this task we need to sort of anticipate what the image is doing by letting it guide our hand in rebuilding what was once lost.
Your task is to repair a series of photographs using Photoshop's Clone/Stamp tool. This process requires the art of Sampling, where parts of the already existing image will help to fill in damaged areas.
Create a new folder in your Digital Photography folder and title it Preserving the Past
Download these files into your Preserving the Past folder
Before you get started, watch this video about how to properly use the Clone/Stamp tool in Photoshop
After I finished the repairs, I added three adjustment layers: 1 - Curves (for color correction), 2 - Levels (for bringing out the lights and darks, and a Gradient Fill (for adding an old-time vintage photo colorizaiton scheme.
When I completed my repair work, my image appear as so:
Save your files as:"
- OldSchool.psd
- Grandma.psd
- SailorBoy.psd
- Hail to the King.psd
| Requirements | Yes | No |
| Are the images free from defects caused by age (was the stamp tool used in a manner in which the photograph appears natural "non-photoshopped" (even though it was)? | 0 | 20 |
| Were adjustment layers used in order to add a hint of colorization to it (a very faint orange/brownish hue) | 0 | 5 |
| Was an adjustment layer used to restore darker blacks and brighter whites (you can use Levels or Curves for this)? | 0 | 5 |
| Total Points: 30 (all four photographs must be completed) |
