Photoshop help please

Hi all,

I have been given a lovely old photograph (dated 1954) of a friends wife. The picture is wallet sized and in good condition, but had a crease diagonally across it.
He asked me if I could have a play with it and see if I could remove the crease. I have reluctantly agreed but I am not sure where to start. I would be fine if the picture was digital but Im not sure if I can do with a scanned photograph? I may be wrong, perhaps if I uploaded it someone could tell me if it is possible?
I am using the photoshop CS3 programme.

Thank you, in advance!

Generally speaking the clone tool, carefully applied, can fix almost any defect. It's time consuming but if done carefully you'll never know it was done.

Ditto what Bob said - the clone tool is a great tool!

Well, I have had a go, and I must say my photoshop skills need some work

It is much harder to get skin tone and lighting right than I first thought!

This is the original



Would anyone else like to have crack, and let me know what you did with it?

Just a start for someone else to continue with.

It was a combination of a couple of editing suites. Microsoft Digital Editing 9 and 2006 versions together with Photoshop Elements7 and Silver FX Pro

Vikki

After a time I shall remove this edit so if you want to save it to your pictures don't leave it too long.

Bazza

Here's my go at it.

Bob your effort is a lot better than mine. Think I overdid it a bit.

Bazza

Both attempts are fantastic!!

Was it mostly the clone tool you used? If so, I really need some more practice

Vikki

I find that the Microsoft Editing suites are the easiest to use, especially for a beginner. Unfortunately they only work on Windows XP. They do come including demos.

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Version 9 includes auto stitching which version 6 has manual only stitching but 6 has more control over sharpness.
Photoshop Elements does RAW the others only do Jpeg


Bazza

I only used the clone tool to remove the crease in the photo and the damaged edges. I increased the contrast, did a levels adjustment to add pop & removed some of the noise. Finally I carefully sharpened the photo slightly. You've got to be careful with contrast & shapness because of the pebble grain paper used on the original. After repairing the outer edge I cropped and added a very light vignette and black border to draw attention to the center of the photo.