How to remove crease from photo?
krunch....@yahoo.com
I have a photo that was folded in half, unfortunately,
and I wonder if either Photoshop and/or The GIMP are
able to remove this crease.
Thank you for any assistance.
Jerrymander
1) Open a Photoshop or GIMP window.
2) Carefully unfold the photograph.
3) Tape it to your monitor with the picture side facing the monitor.
4) In Photoshop or GIMP, select the Blur tool.
5) Run the cursor along the crease.
6) Carefully remove the photograph from the monitor, and the crease will
be invisible.
KatWoman
"Jerrymander" <gka...@cox.net> wrote in message
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IWO there is no automated one button fix using those programs
however YOU can repair the image if you know how to use PS
learn cloner and it's options and/or healing tools
I don't know GIMP
restoration is one of the more difficult tasks in PS and should be done by
an expert if you want a professional result
if you are not all that picky a repair by a beginner as yourself may suffice
Ed Mullikin
I have done what you wish to do in either Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro. I
forget which. It's been so long ago that I can't remember details. Play
with it. You have nothing to loose.
peter
> and I wonder if either Photoshop and/or The GIMP are
> able to remove this crease.
Once you scanned it into the computer, it's easy to fix using the clone tool
with the above apps.
Ken Hart
You have white-out spots on your monitor, too, don't you?!
BTW, that's not a holder for your coffee cup...
HEMI-Powered
Having done a number of these as well as badly discolored B &Ws,
the degree of crease et al has a LOT to do with how easy it is to
clone. Sometimes, the best one can do is blur it some and hope for
the best. I suppose the OP could post their picture(s) to some
binary NG so people could take a crack at fixing them ...
--
HP, aka Jerry
"Surely you jest - and don't call me Shirley!" - from the movie
"Airplane!"
Charles
<krunch....@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I have a photo that was folded in half, unfortunately,
> and I wonder if either Photoshop
Healing brush? Clone tool?
Photoshop offers several methods to fix a crease.
Charles
> 1) Open a Photoshop or GIMP window.
> 2) Carefully unfold the photograph.
> 3) Tape it to your monitor with the picture side facing the monitor.
> 4) In Photoshop or GIMP, select the Blur tool.
> 5) Run the cursor along the crease.
> 6) Carefully remove the photograph from the monitor, and the crease will
> be invisible.
Tape it to your monitor? Your attempt at humor is sad.
Folks come here for help. Please don't prey on them.
Roy G
Hi.
Why not go back to old fashioned ways.
Soak it in water, with a drop or two of detergent, for an hour or so.
Put it onto a flat surface and gently dab it with a sponge until it is as
dry as you can get it.
Put it between sheets of lint free blotting paper, with a weight on top and
leave it to dry. They used to make special photographic blotting paper, but
probably don't anymore.
This should reduce the creasing considerably, with just a bit of luck.
Roy G
liva...@gmail.com
use the clone tool to remove the crease in photoshop (not sure if it's
available in GIMP,) I use Serif's photoplus which has the clone tool
it is a lot less expensive then photoshop. livagain1@gmail
Ken Hart
"Roy G" <roy.g...@virgin.net> wrote in message
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Your procedure is generally good, but I would add a first step: Make the
best possible copy of the damaged picture, whether it be a scan or a
photogrpahic negative.
It's possible that soaking it will have no ill effect on the photo, and will
soften the emulsion and base sufficiently that the crease can be flattened
out. It's also possible that the soaking will destroy the photo.
Bob Williams
Easy as pie. I do it all the time.
With Photoshop or Photoshop Elements,
1.) Select the clone tool, set at 100% opacity and check "aligned" box.
2.) Enlarge the image to 300% so you can easily see what you are doing.
3.)Select a SOFT brush with a size slightly larger than the width of the
crease. (Try 7-10 pixels for starters).
4.)Alt click on a "clean" spot very close to the crease.
5.)Drag your brush down the middle of the crease and it will magically
disappear.
You will have to "play around" with the process if the crease has many
limbs, but this is the general idea........Good luck.
Bob Williams
Dudley Hanks
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Perhaps, before soaking, etc, try placing it inside a book and leaving it
for a couple of days / weeks. Adding more books on top adds weight and
improves flattening affect.
If this works, it removes the possibility of water damage...
Good Luck,
Dudley
Ursus Californicus
>> Soak it in water, with a drop or two of detergent, for an hour or so.
>> Put it onto a flat surface and gently dab it with a sponge until it is as
>> dry as you can get it.
>> Put it between sheets of lint free blotting paper, with a weight on top
>> and leave it to dry. They used to make special photographic blotting
>> paper, but probably don't anymore.
>> This should reduce the creasing considerably, with just a bit of luck.
>>
which might have damaging chemicals, use a drop of Kodak PhotoFlo in about a
quart of water. PhotoFlo is the closest thing to a "neutral" detergent as
you can easily get.
-- Theo, the big bipolar bear
Celcius
"peter" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote in message
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ALSO make sure that you zoom in on parts of the crease and use a small brush
on the clone tool. You can increase / decrease the diameter / hardness. Try
a very small area and see the result. You can do Ctrl + Z and try again.
Depending on the "surroundings" of the crease, you can play with increasing
/ decreasing the diameter / hardness. I repeat, your clown tool should be
small so as to hone in on the right area and color.
I hope this helps.
Marcel
Garry Douglas
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I repeat, your clown tool should be small so as to hone in on the right
area and color.
> I hope this helps.
It put a smile on my face :-)
I've been looking everywhere for the clown tool but suspect it's in a later
version of PS!
Garry
Celcius
"Garry Douglas" <ga...@douglasSPMOFF1959.plus.com> wrote in message
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If I remember correctly, it was in version7, but I didn't use Photoshop
before that ...
Take care,
Marcel
Garry Douglas
No, it was in 5.0 LE which obviously stood for Laughter Edition :-)
measekite
It is easy unless the fold is in such a place where using the clone tool
or a healing brush will not blend well.
Dave Cohen
Probably the way to go. I don't use the Adobe offerings but most
equivalents also support scratch removal. I believe that tool picks up
adjacent good area for a better blend. Unlike manual methods, you can
play to your heart's content (which is why I love digital photography),
so just experiment to see which works best.
Dave Cohen
aglet
Use a tear-shaped brush with the clown tool.
HEMI-Powered
>>> If I remember correctly, it was in version7, but I didn't
>>> use Photoshop before that ...
>>
>> No, it was in 5.0 LE which obviously stood for Laughter
>> Edition :-)
Ah, yes, PS 5.0 LE, I remember it well, but not fondly. It came
with my flatbed scanner many moons ago, what a POS! I never heard
"Laughter Edition", but I'd say it fits!
Frank ess
You need to home your looking skills.
Pudentame
In which case use a lot of alternate points to clone from and apply it
as lots of tiny dots like spotting an old fashioned B&W print.
HEMI-Powered
...
>> I repeat, your clown tool should be small so as to hone in
>> on the right area and color.
>>> I hope this helps.
>>
>> It put a smile on my face :-)
>>
>> I've been looking everywhere for the clown tool but suspect
>> it's in a later version of PS!
>
> You need to home your looking skills.
>
ah, yes, Frank Ass, just as imbecilic here as in the "autos" NG.
you want to tell us about how you "home" your "looking skills"?
Vass
"Bob Williams" <mytbob...@cox.net> wrote in message
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>
> I do it all the time.
you wanna store them better then ;-)
--
Vass
jjs
"Dudley Hanks" <hanks....@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Perhaps, before soaking, etc, try placing it inside a book and leaving it
> for a couple of days / weeks. [...]
Books, books... I've heard of them. Would it work if I just loaded up a
Kindle instead?
Pudentame
What's a Kindle?
Peter
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A group of kittens?
http://apluspetgoods.com/petsupplies/cat-glossary.php#K
--
Peter
Stewy
"Garry Douglas" <ga...@douglasSPMOFF1959.plus.com> wrote:
Duh, and I thought Limited Edition meant it was a rare copy...
Stewy
"Frank ess" <fr...@fshe2fs.com> wrote:
I especially love the lens flare and smudge tools. Manufacturers have
spent years trying to eliminate them then Photoshop goes and makes them
available to everyone.
Stewy
measekite <inkys...@oem.com> wrote:
The biggest problem I find with this technique is try to clone out a
crease near the subject's eye - any advice on this?
jjs
"Pudentame" <no....@no.were.invalid> wrote in message
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> What's a Kindle?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FI73MA/?tag=googhydr-20&ref=pd_sl_p2bg741rk_b
I have a couple for R&D. Pretty cool for a first effort.
jjs
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> I especially love the lens flare and smudge tools. Manufacturers have
> spent years trying to eliminate them then Photoshop goes and makes them
> available to everyone.
Yep, and filters to create grain, out-of-focus, cross-processing, all that.
Next they will have an add-camera-shake filter. Then a Holga filter. In the
end we will have people with $5000 cameras emulating $2 throw-away film
cameras.
Dave
>
>The biggest problem I find with this technique is try to clone out a
>crease near the subject's eye - any advice on this?
Consider replacing the eye
Dave
Pudentame
Oh, OK.
Doesn't look like it has the weight to flatten out the crease in a print
though.
jjs
"Pudentame" <no....@no.were.invalid> wrote in message
> jjs wrote:
>>> What's a Kindle?
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FI73MA/?tag=googhydr-20&ref=pd_sl_p2bg741rk_b
>
> Oh, OK.
>
> Doesn't look like it has the weight to flatten out the crease in a print
> though.
Not even if I load it up with 100 books?
Seriously, I do some contract PS work, and have fixed a number of creased
photos. It's not hard. It's just donkey work.
Pudentame
Whenever I've had to do this, I use a very small, soft brush (2-3
pixels, 10 hardness and select the closest "clean" point I can for my
source.
Closest means closest color value ... you may have to use parts of the
other eye to build up the eye that's under the damage.
I also set opacity and flow at about 50%.
Instead of dragging, I use a click, click, click ... moving the pointer
around like manually spotting a print.
I un-check the "aligned" box. I want my source to stay within that
"clean" spot, but I change the source point frequently to achieve a
blend of tones matching the surrounding area that becomes harder to see
in the repaired image.
All this is done on a duplicate layer. If it goes horribly wrong,
discard the layer and start again. But it should work, so you can
flatten the layer into the image later.
It's the same technique you'd use to remove the reflection of strobes
from a portrait subject's eye-glasses. It'll take a long time to build
up the correction, but it'll be damn near un-detectable in the end.
John
>http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FI73MA/?tag=googhydr-20&ref=pd_sl_p2bg741rk_b
>
>I have a couple for R&D. Pretty cool for a first effort.
You have too many toys ;>)
JD
jjs
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And I am paid for it!
jrblack10
purpose...
But I have used other Akvis tools and they are quite nice.
http://akvis.com/en/retoucher/examples-image-restoration.php
Stephen Keefrider
Microsoft's PictureIt does a pretty good job. PictureIt is bundled
with Microsoft WORKS. It may also be in their OFFICE package.
Jean Pierre Daviau
crease tool in photoshop
or use the magic words crease go away!
stuseven
> Hello,
>
> I have a photo that was folded in half, unfortunately,
> and I wonder if either Photoshop and/or The GIMP are
> able to remove this crease.
>
> Thank you for any assistance.
the best way to remove that crease is print a new copy.
problem solved.
Dave
or a smoothing iron
Frank Wrap
> Hello,
>
> I have a photo that was folded in half, unfortunately,
> and I wonder if either Photoshop and/or The GIMP are
> able to remove this crease.
>
> Thank you for any assistance.
If you like freeware you might want to test this small standalone app on
your picture http://www.hanovsolutions.com/?prod=PhotoWipe
Bob Williams
Mainly, I do it for friends and family who want to restore family photos
that are 50-75 years old.
Often they have been passed down through several generations.
Bob
Mike Russell
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Nice image, BTW. I wish I had one like this of my grandfather and father.
--
Mike Russell - www.curvemeister.com