Comments on: Rescuing Grainy Film Photos

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:27:16 +0000

Tim – thanks for the suggestion! I will certainly give that a try next time.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:26:52 +0000

Dennis, thanks. I know some folks protest vignetting as being over-done, but I feel in some applications it's really helpful to draw the eye to the intended subject.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:25:54 +0000

California Photo Scout – happy to help!

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:28:27 +0000

Hi Tiffany, I enjoyed the post, but I wanted to make a suggestion, you've probably already heard it before. But instead of using a traditional dodge and burn, use a layer filled with 50% gray, set the blend mode to Overlay, and use the brush tool as you would on a mask to “dodge” and “burn”

By: Dennis Tolson

Dennis Tolson — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:11:55 +0000

This is a very effective enhancement to the original image. I especially like the darkening of the edges to reduce distractions. I often employ this or subtle vignetting to achieve that result.

By: California Photo Scout

California Photo Scout — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:48:50 +0000

Interesting technique. I usually rely on plugins to do the job, but I think I can take a few pointers from this article to further improve the results.