Ctein's book on photo restoration will probably be of less value to
Moose than most folks on this list. But it was and continues to be
valuable to me who has probably average PhotoShop skills. It also helps
to have a copy of Picture Window Pro and Neat Image or another noise
reducer which he also uses. The only Neat Image trick I can recall at
the moment is using it to remove the pattern on scans of old, embossed
printing papers. I hadn't previously thought of noise reduction
software as pattern recognizers but it certainly works.
I like doing photo restoration (as seen here) and would do a lot more of
it if I knew how to find the business. I believe that restoration is
one of Ctein's major endeavors. The shot shown here was my first
serious effort at restoring something that had been heavily damaged. It
was an 8x10 photo that appears to have been taken in the late 40s or
early 50s that had been rolled up for many, many years. It had
thousands of cracks in the emulsion when unrolled. The customer was
ecstatic with the fixed photo since it was the only existing photograph
of her grandparents. <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/restoration.php>
Chuck Norcutt
On 10/5/2010 1:11 PM, Moose wrote:
> On 10/5/2010 9:10 AM, John Hudson wrote:
>> I reality, is Mr Ku-tine a brand name with multiple of individual
>> operatives or is "he" an identifiable person
>
> The later.
>
>> with a determinable CV, resume and publication list.
>
> Yes.<http://ctein.com/whoami.htm>
>
>> Where does he live ?
>
> Daly City, which abuts the SW border of San
> Francisco.<http://ctein.com/welcome.htm>
>
> Ctein is his whole legal name.
>
> He is the author of at least a couple of books on photographic
> subjects, including one on restoration of old photos that Chuck lauds
> here
> occasionally<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0240812085/ref=oss_product>.
> I picked up a copy recently. I've browsed it. Some of the techniques
> are ones I have tried, others new to me. For $20 new, I feel it's
> worth it. I'll know more after I next work on an old photo.
>
> Enough?
>
> Moose
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