PS Image Repair

Image provided by Stacey Peterson.
Repairs made by Curtis Harvey

Problems:

  1. light leak caused red cloud over image
  2. missing image data caused by sending tiff over network created ulgy line right through the middle of the image
  3. lots of dust, hairs, and scratches from an unclean high-resolution scan.
Original
damaged image of Stacey's father in front of parked Ford Explorer
Repaired
repaired image

Repairs:

  1. After attempting a few different methods including patch tool and copying and pasting a 1 pixel tall selection above and below the line I settled for the rubber stamp tool, though not the quickest solution, it provided the most control and best results.
  2. Painting in at varying opacities a channel mixer layer proved to be the answer for removing the red cloud.
  3. ALL HAIL THE HEALING BRUSH/PATCH TOOL!!! 5 minutes with PS 7.0 latest tool and all the dust and scratches from the scan are gone, it really is too easy, I feel like I am cheating.

*** A few adjustment/fill layers (color, luminosity, saturation, and levels) painted at varying opacities throughout the image and the final result was reached.