How it's done!
The early photographs taken during the American Civil War were often made on glass plates. This image of General Sheridan was borrowed from the American Memory Collection for my students to practice with. Photoshop has a host of tools that allow the photographer to rejuvenate old or damaged images.
The Healing Brush Tool is extremely useful for correcting small imperfections like wrinkles or acne.
The Clone Stamp Tool allows for the creation of "patches" where whole sections of the photograph are missing.
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| Un-restored Image of General Sheridan |
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| Restored Image |
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| Sepia |
You may remember the horrible smell that chemical sepia toning created in our room. Photoshop allows you to accomplish the same task in a few seconds.
How to do it:
- Duplicate your restored image and name it Sepia.
- Image/Adjustments/Hue/Saturation
- Click on the "Colorize" button and use the following settings. That's it!
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| Sheridan in Color |
Colorizing
Before the invention of color photography, the only way to get a color photograph was by hand tinting. This artistic process had the photographer paint with transparent oil color paint over the photograph. The resulting images had a soft but pleasing look. (Nothing like today's vibrant color.)
Colorizing with Photoshop is easy in concept. You use the paintbrush tool (with a low opacity) to cover areas in color. The application of color in a realistic manner requires some skill and patience. Large areas can be selected and filled globally using Edit/Fill.
Vignette
Vignetting is the reduction of an images brightness or saturation at it's edge. Sometimes vignetting is the result of poor optics (toy cameras). Often it is used to draw attention to the main subject. (As in a portrait).
How to do it:
- Make an elliptical selection with the Elliptical Marquee Tool.
- Inverse the selection.
- Select/Modify/Feather. 15 (or more) pixels.
- Fill the selection with white.
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| Selection Tools |
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| Vignette |
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