GENEALOGICAL AND HEIRLOOM PICTURES
Large Image Restoration and Object Insertion
The original image of the WW II aircraft carrier was 16x18" which is larger than the 8x10" scan area of my scanner. On examination, it was determined that the carrier would easily fit into10 vertical inches. The images was scanned in three sections as a 10x18". Not scanning the top, bottom and some of the side edges avoided having to fix taped edges and tack holes, and the removal of 6" of open ocean actually enhances the picture. The family also wanted the young man's picture, in Navy ROTC uniform, inserted into the image.
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The carrier picture was divided into three sections each 10x8" wide and very carefully aligned on the scanner. Each section was brought into Photoshop in a separate layer. Then each image section was separately positioned in its own layer so that the sections overlapped properly at 600% zoom. The brightness and contrast of each section was matched. The layers were merged with a feather factor of about 100 pixels. It is impossible to find the seams.
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Next, adjust the overall brightness and
contrast, clone over the visible tape marks along the left and right edges
and the tear next to the bow, and then search for and clone over any artifacts
visible at 300% zoom. Lastly sharpen the essential edges.
The seaman's image was scanned in separately, and his
image was ‘cut' from the background, contrast adjusted, visible artifacts
cloned over, and sharpened. The resulting bust was then ‘pasted'
into a floating layer and moved into position. The ocean around the
bust was lightened with a radial gradient and the image layers were ‘flattened'
into final position
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| A fine art museum quality 15x27" giclée print was made of the final image on an IRIS InkJet printer @ 300dpi resolution. The print image file is a whopping 145.8 megabytes. |  |
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