Photo Retouching and Editing
Do you have a CD full of pictures
and you need just a few, but good ones, for you presentation? Do
you have old family photos that need to be scanned and retouched?
Then you need our photo editing services!
 Photo Editing
Typical editing procedures
include:
- Sizing - adjustment to a required size to
fit the computer screen or output printing size. Some
sizing can be done automatically, but
we often prefer to work individually with each photo, especially
if we can also crop.
- Cropping - Cropping eleminates "everything
that doesn't tell the story" - background, furniture
next to the subject, etc. It's simple, fast and always worth it.
- Sharpening - images which are out of focus
can be sharpend. Also changing image size can cause "fuzzy" look
which can be sharpened by individual adjustment.
- Light balancing - if the picture is too light,
too dark or has a "gray film" over it, the light balancing
can bring it out
- Color balancing - some pictures are unbalanced in terms of
colors, this is especially true of blue overtones or too much
red in people's faces. Oversaturated images can be toned down
to more natural colors, grayish images can be saturated to "look
happier".
 Retouching
If there are flaws in the image, it's time to 'airbrush' it -
retouch it. Typical retouching procedures include:
- Red-eye - Red-eye caused by flash is classic. Results are
always best when done "by hand", even if your fotolab
offers automatic red-eye reduction.
- Skin tones often are a problem. White people
should have naturally pink skin, not too red, not too yellow.
Dark skinned people need good lighting to show features properly.
- Skin imperfections - we can air brush wrinkles,
freckles or spots, shiny noses and add a virtual make-up
when
you didn't have
time to put on the real one.
- Teeth - some smiles expose bad teeth.
In close ups, this may be worth fixing - what the dentist didn't
manage, we might.
- Hair - hair is generally hard to air-brush,
because you can see through it and often it would have to be
cut out individually.
But if you have an otherwise perfect photo where wind picked
up your hair badly, it may be well worth fixing.
- Body - yes, we can make you thinner. But not
for real, only on the pictures. Again, natural look is the goal
here, rather
than making you look suspiciously thin to all who know you in
person.
Restoring Old Photos
Once scanned, old photos, even historic ones, can be restored
back to their original beauty ... or almost. Some of their beauty,
of course, may be precisely their age. Typical restoration procedures
include:
- Dust or stain removal
- Scratches and cracks removal
- Overall tone adjustment
- Balancing dark spots and faded spots
Manipulating Reality
There are times, when you not only need to improve the photo,
you need to actually change it. Typical uses are:
- Cutting out a subject from its background - e.g. a product
picture which was really a snapshot on your kitchen table
- Erasing part of the image - such as the waiter who ended up
on your wedding picture next to all your family members.
- Replacing part of the image - this is especially useful for
fun collages, party invitations etc. You can put your head on
a different body, put a beer mug into your friend's hand instead
of a stirring wheel ... you name it.
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