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~ let me count the ways.
i've had this image laying around the house forever. it's a tintype circa 1860s (definitely wartime, since the subject is in uniform). like most images of this era, it's dark, discolored, and i don't expose it to light and the elements very often (keep it in a case, put away). i'd been wanting to scan it forever, but have been wary of taking it out of its case, etc.
today i got bold and scanned it, casing at all. the scan came out okay, but very dark. i took it into PhotoShop and brightened it up. the color tinting on the original image is incredible (complete with gold flecks on the buttons, etc.) ~ much of that, i desaturated out, however since i didn't want it in this particular scan. i saved a copy of the actual image (on the right, reduced), and this is the PhotoShopped version which is not only distinguished by the toning down of the color and lightening the image, but, most notably, i removed the subject's hat.
now, this is not an easy thing to do. But I have a carte de visite of this particular man and his wife, likely taken in the late 60s or early 70s, so i was able to reconstruct his head and hairline, etc.
it's pretty flippin' amazing what you can do with a Wacom in PhotoShop.
the constrast isn't perfect on this, i'm still tinkering, but i just wanted to squeal a little since it's taken me so long to do this and the results have me very pleased.
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i've had this image laying around the house forever. it's a tintype circa 1860s (definitely wartime, since the subject is in uniform). like most images of this era, it's dark, discolored, and i don't expose it to light and the elements very often (keep it in a case, put away). i'd been wanting to scan it forever, but have been wary of taking it out of its case, etc.
today i got bold and scanned it, casing at all. the scan came out okay, but very dark. i took it into PhotoShop and brightened it up. the color tinting on the original image is incredible (complete with gold flecks on the buttons, etc.) ~ much of that, i desaturated out, however since i didn't want it in this particular scan. i saved a copy of the actual image (on the right, reduced), and this is the PhotoShopped version which is not only distinguished by the toning down of the color and lightening the image, but, most notably, i removed the subject's hat.
now, this is not an easy thing to do. But I have a carte de visite of this particular man and his wife, likely taken in the late 60s or early 70s, so i was able to reconstruct his head and hairline, etc.
it's pretty flippin' amazing what you can do with a Wacom in PhotoShop.
the constrast isn't perfect on this, i'm still tinkering, but i just wanted to squeal a little since it's taken me so long to do this and the results have me very pleased.
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well hopefully you will be able to get one soon ~ ! i just have a ridiculously good time with mine.
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