{"id":1539,"date":"2011-04-15T15:07:41","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T19:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/?p=1539"},"modified":"2011-12-20T19:34:26","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T00:34:26","slug":"how-to-rescue-a-bad-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2011\/04\/15\/how-to-rescue-a-bad-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Rescue A Bad Photo"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been going through my photos from 1988, these are the baby pictures of my first son.\u00a0 (Boy, I wish I knew then what I know about photography and what kinds of pics I’d want to have for keepsakes.\u00a0 Ah, well.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Here’s a great example of a photo that’s desperately in need of rescuing.\u00a0 Cute baby, adorable smile, great pose\u00a0. . . and awful photography:<\/p>\n

\"1988-10-31-josh-original-grainy-photo\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What to do?\u00a0 If you have Adobe Photoshop<\/a>\"\"\u00a0or Adobe Photoshop Elements<\/a>\"\", you can make lemonade from this lemon by using filters.<\/p>\n

\"artistic-dry-brush-filter\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I used the artistic dry brush filter to make this photo look like a painted portrait.\u00a0 Click on Filter>Artistic>Dry Brush.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

As you can see, there are many other possibilities to choose from.\u00a0 I recommend you try them all.\u00a0 Different filters will work better with different types of photos.<\/p>\n

Once you choose a filter, you can also play with the settings to get just the look you want.\u00a0 I used a Brush Size of 2, Brush Detail of 8 and a Texture setting of 1.\u00a0 It defaults to a preview at 100% and you can move the photo around in the little window to look at different areas.<\/p>\n

\"artistic-dry-brush-filter-settings\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And here’s my final result.\u00a0 I think it looks like we had a portrait painted of our little guy, a vast improvement over the grainy pic I began with.<\/p>\n

\"1988-10-31-josh-filter\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It looks even better printed out, in fact I think I might get it printed on canvas to make it look more like a painting.<\/p>\n

I’d love to hear from all of you about your favorite ways to rescue bad photos.<\/p>\n

Have a great weekend!<\/p>\n

Sandy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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