Photoshopping

The warden of my residence asked me to digitally repair a photo of his that had received considerable damage in the fire of 2007. This was something of a challenge, as parts of the photo (and certain figures in it) were completely unrecogniseable. Nevertheless it was an enjoyable task, especially as it was something that would actually mean something to someone.

The original, fire-damaged photo

The final, restored version

I found it interesting, afterwards, to see what I had in fact done. Thanks to layers in photoshop, one can see all the changes that were made, with the exception of a few broad-spectrum things like level-changes:

All the changes that were made