Torn picture

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I'm not sure I'm in the right group if not maybe you can
direct me.

A friend of mine's wife died from cancer at age 30. One
of the kids in their grief and anger over her leaving
tore the only recent studio picture they had of her.

He taped it together and I offered to try to remove the
tear line. Scanned it, got a great picture but I'm in way
over my head can't find a way to use the existing color
on her face to cover the tear. I only have "paint" in
windows xp. Anybody got any ideas??
 
Mel said:
I'm not sure I'm in the right group if not maybe you can
direct me.

A friend of mine's wife died from cancer at age 30. One
of the kids in their grief and anger over her leaving
tore the only recent studio picture they had of her.

He taped it together and I offered to try to remove the
tear line. Scanned it, got a great picture but I'm in way
over my head can't find a way to use the existing color
on her face to cover the tear. I only have "paint" in
windows xp. Anybody got any ideas??
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Bring the photo to your local photo studio, and pay them to do it.

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Mel said:
I'm not sure I'm in the right group if not maybe you can
direct me.

A friend of mine's wife died from cancer at age 30. One
of the kids in their grief and anger over her leaving
tore the only recent studio picture they had of her.

He taped it together and I offered to try to remove the
tear line. Scanned it, got a great picture but I'm in way
over my head can't find a way to use the existing color
on her face to cover the tear. I only have "paint" in
windows xp. Anybody got any ideas??
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You will need an image processing program like PhotoShop, PhotoShop
Elements, PaintShopPro, etc., and a great deal of practice. Your local
high end photo shop might refer you to someone reputable who can do this
easily. PhotoShop Elements can be had for about 50 US$ and you might
give it a try. Scanning, processing, and printing to get adequate
results is not easy.

Q
 
Yes, but Photoshop is a big purchase and a stiff learning curve to fix one
pic. Take the pic to your local photographer with digital experience. He
will have the software and experience to do it quickly.
If I weren't on vacation in Europe I would offer to have you send the file
and fix it for you. Sorry.
good luck.
 
I'm not sure I'm in the right group if not maybe you can
direct me.

A friend of mine's wife died from cancer at age 30. One
of the kids in their grief and anger over her leaving
tore the only recent studio picture they had of her.

He taped it together and I offered to try to remove the
tear line. Scanned it, got a great picture but I'm in way
over my head can't find a way to use the existing color
on her face to cover the tear. I only have "paint" in
windows xp. Anybody got any ideas??
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I'm certainly no Photoshop expert, but I've managed to repair a number
of old photos, both B/W & Colour, with rips, tears and stains using
the cloning tool. They have printed out quite well.
 
Yes, but Photoshop is a big purchase and a stiff learning curve to fix one
pic. Take the pic to your local photographer with digital experience. He
will have the software and experience to do it quickly.
If I weren't on vacation in Europe I would offer to have you send the file
and fix it for you. Sorry.
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I'm not vacationing in Europe, just enduring the (getting colder)
Canadian Fall. If you'd like, send to (e-mail address removed) and I'll
see what I can do and send it back to you.
 
If it's a recent studio photo, the studio might still have the negative, in
which case you could get as many reprints as you want.

For you to do it, you'd need to buy a decent photo program and spend a lot
of time learning how to use it, not to mention a lot of wasted photo paper
and ink trying to get it all done right. And then the inkjet photos would
not be as good quality or as long-lasting as a regular photo.

If the photo studio doesn't have the negative, they might be able to do
something with the photo for you. And if you tell them what happened they
might do it at a lesser price.

Good luck.
 
Photoshop Elements 2.0 can do the job, with some skill level
from the user for about $50-100 for the software.

There are some articles on photo repair on the TechTV Call
For Help web site, start looking for www.techtv.com search
for dvgarage or photshop tips.


| If it's a recent studio photo, the studio might still have
the negative, in
| which case you could get as many reprints as you want.
|
| For you to do it, you'd need to buy a decent photo program
and spend a lot
| of time learning how to use it, not to mention a lot of
wasted photo paper
| and ink trying to get it all done right. And then the
inkjet photos would
| not be as good quality or as long-lasting as a regular
photo.
|
| If the photo studio doesn't have the negative, they might
be able to do
| something with the photo for you. And if you tell them
what happened they
| might do it at a lesser price.
|
| Good luck.
|
| | > I'm not sure I'm in the right group if not maybe you can
| > direct me.
| >
| > A friend of mine's wife died from cancer at age 30. One
| > of the kids in their grief and anger over her leaving
| > tore the only recent studio picture they had of her.
| >
| > He taped it together and I offered to try to remove the
| > tear line. Scanned it, got a great picture but I'm in
way
| > over my head can't find a way to use the existing color
| > on her face to cover the tear. I only have "paint" in
| > windows xp. Anybody got any ideas??
|
|
 
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