Old Photo Problem

[mgilvey]

Greetings,

I received a PDF today of an image that needs correction. I asked them to give me either a neg, slide or the print for scanning if they can get it. While that is happening, I thought I'd run it by you folks to see how you would handle scanning this in the event the print looks the same, i.e. yellow cast. Is it just a question of balancing the yellow to neutral or do you think there is more to it than that? I might just scan it as b/w but I think for the moment, they want color. Clues tips etc? See attached.

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[LSI_Ketelhohn]

Dear customer,

Have you already tried setting the highlights and shadows?
Try using the manual highlight tool (white triangle) on the yellow border:

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kind regards,
Arne Ketelhohn.

[mgilvey]

Yea, that's what I did using the grey eyedropper on his coat and got this scan.

Scanned Image

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I wasn't sure if there was a built in fix for old photos suffering from various problems or not, hence my question but it came out ok. I then processed it further in Photoshop.

[mgilvey]

Here is the final version after additional enhancements in Photoshop.

Final processed image.

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[LSI_Ketelhohn]

Looks good to me.
the eyedropper is the mid-grey pipette.
That is used to neutralize an image by clicking on a neutral grey area.
That image is particularly well suited for the use of that tool.


kind regards,
Arne Ketelhohn.

[mgilvey]

Thanks Arne!

[LSI_Ketelhohn]

you're welcome.