Exhibit 6: Restoration

Background

Our sixth exhibit consisted of retouching images and applying the skills we've learned throughout the semester. I wanted to apply the skills I have learned to restore an old image I have of my mom from when she was fifteen years old. 

Photoshop

I went into Photoshop 

• I used the patch tool to fix all the blemishes there are in the picture.

• I used the spot-healing brush to clear out the lines and bumps in the image. 

• I then used the content-aware tool to move parts of the image around to make it look good. The shadowing under her chin was one area I used the content-aware tool to make it look more real.

• I used the liquify tool a lot around the image to move lines around and make them more defined. I also used it to fix her hair and to stretch out the background.

• I used the marquee tool and copied a bit of the image to the missing area and then used the blur, patch, and healing brush to make the missing area look as natural as it could be. 

• I used the blur and healing brush to soften the image all around. 

Design

The design I was going for is to restore the image. My mom has a few images from her youth, so I want to make sure we can conserve them as much as we can. I wanted to give her this back so she could see it as if it was new. I also 

• I used contrast when fixing the shadowing to make it look natural.

• Repetition was used a lot by spot healing and using content-aware.

• I used alignment by fixing the space around to make my mom the center of the image. 

• Proximity was used by having my mom be the focal point. 

• The color scheme used here was to have colors that fit together well. The pink, brown, and beige color really ties the image together. 

Credits

• Editing Software: Adobe Photoshop

• Models: Martha Flores