I was able to restore my very first photo using the instructions in this video. I am so excited and ready to try more.

@dekeNow

8 ай бұрын

That is such great news!

well done. thanks I just worked on my photo while watching this with great results

@dekeNow

4 ай бұрын

That is excellent news!

That does work, but that's an easy photo to restore. If you did it using a more challenging photo, like the new daguerrotype of Dolly Madison that has multiple types of damage, I would be more impressed.

@dekeNow

Ай бұрын

I’m always on the prowl for images in worse shape. kzread.info/dash/bejne/a3-MlsyFiJzRetI.html for example. If you have links, lemme know!

Great to see you back! Thanks, as always, for the great video.

@dekeNow

11 ай бұрын

Good to be back, Eric!

Helpful video, but I have a question and a comment. Why it is important to change a gray scale image to RGB? Unless I am going to use one of the color tools (ie colorize), it doesn’t seem to make a difference, and as you say, it does unnecessarily increase the file size. I also find that for me, it is better to repair major defects in the faces BEFORE using the Photo Restoration tool. I have gotten some very bizarre results otherwise, because the tool seems to sometimes assume that the defects are actually part of the face.

@dekeNow

8 ай бұрын

I prefer the flexibility of working with three channels over one. Even though the differences between the channels are slight, there are chances that a weakness in one channel, say Blue, may be offset by strengths in the others. (If you mix RGB to single-channel grayscale, it’s not the end of the world. But moving forward, you have to accept whatever frailties may later be exposed in your mix.) You also leave your output options wide open, including as you mentioned Colorize, but also more nuanced treatments such as duotones, and you generally ensure richer blacks when printing. As for hand-repairing before Photo Restoration, sounds reasonable to me!

¡Gracias!

@dekeNow

8 ай бұрын

¡Con gusto! (And thank you!)

When you get the orange message just press a period and hit enter to bypass

@mustafanazifart

10 ай бұрын

👍 yes

If you get the orange error message, try adding a "full stop sign" into 'What would you like to generate", It very often will solve the problem.

@dekeNow

10 ай бұрын

You mean what we in the U.S. would call a period (.)? That does seem to work. Do you know why?

@lovesmyway

4 ай бұрын

@@dekeNow It doesn't work anymore - why?

@dekeNow

4 ай бұрын

@@lovesmyway The period? Or the technique? (Photo Restoration has a flaw that I plan to visit in the future.)

@lovesmyway

4 ай бұрын

@@dekeNow putting the period in the gen fill box to retry when photoshop flagged what we tried to do to begin with.

@dekeNow

4 ай бұрын

@@lovesmyway I’ll add that to my list of Photoshop’s erratic behavior. 🙄

If you get the orange error message, you can just type a . period that solves the issue.

@dekeNow

9 ай бұрын

Yes, I have heard this one. Do you know why that works?

Thank you, I had forgotten about this and have spent a lot of time fixing some old B/W photos. Thank you.

@dekeNow

11 ай бұрын

Excellent news!

Couldn't you convert from RGB to Gray to remove color casts then back to RGB to retouch?

@dekeNow

6 ай бұрын

Yes, you definitely could. But in this particular case, I preferred the flexibility of working with the three different channels. Even though the differences between the channels are slight, there are chances that a weakness in one channel may be offset by strengths in the others.

Great, easy to follow tutorial. I've been going about this a completely wrong way. Looking forward to giving your suggestions a try on some old photos.

@dekeNow

11 ай бұрын

Let me know how it all works!

Glad to see you in good health!

@dekeNow

11 ай бұрын

”Scientists believe that the first human being who will live 150 years has already been born. I believe I am that human being.“

Do I have to have Firefly?

@dekeNow

8 ай бұрын

Well, no. This all happens in Photoshop.

Hi Deke, will there soon be full courses in Photoshop like in the past in a one-on-one series for beginners, professionals, and masters?

@dekeNow

10 ай бұрын

👀👀👀

@dekeNow

6 ай бұрын

I am working on such a course right now. See patreon.com/dekenow for more info.

What the heck is firefly?

@dekeNow

7 ай бұрын

firefly.adobe.com. It’s a web app that serves as the engine for Generative Fill in Photoshop.

Love u Deke Learn Ps Ai From You few years ago Please update us with full course on ps and ai on youtube find you when i was finding workspace setup video on u tube

@dekeNow

11 ай бұрын

Great news! I am working on a full course. Timing and delivery unknown, but it is in the works!

Pin your contextual task bar :)

Remember: Do not use Generative fill to fix multiple spots as shown in this. If you do that way after Nov 1, You may lose all of your generative credits in a single photo! Don't worry if you are happy to donate your money to Adobe

@dekeNow

10 ай бұрын

There is no indication that Photoshop will cease to support Gen Fill in existing files after Nov 1.

@juurstudio

9 ай бұрын

@@dekeNow I think she refers to the fact that generative fill now (from Nov 1st) costs credits. Not exactly sure how it is counted though. Does ever little gen fill fix really cost 1 credit each? Does the remove tool also cost any credits?

@dekeNow

9 ай бұрын

​@@juurstudio Remove tool does not cost credits. Adobe’s credit system sounds fair to me, but I’m waiting to see how it pans out in practice.

OK. Nice job but that was an extremely sharp image to begin with in comparison with some very old images. I have an image that will challenge you and AI if you care to take a look...

@dekeNow

7 ай бұрын

Sure, if you have a way to share it with me. You can try info@deke.com.

@jerbear197

7 ай бұрын

@@dekeNow I'll send it via wetransfer.

@jerbear197

7 ай бұрын

Image has been sent Deke via "we transfer". btw It's not my image. I've been teaching myself how to restore photos now since I retired just over a year ago and I asked friends and family for any they had. This was one but I threw in the towel on this.

@dekeNow

7 ай бұрын

@@jerbear197 Got it. I can experiment with it, but I would need permission from the folks in the photo, or someone with authority, to use it.

@jerbear197

7 ай бұрын

Hi Deke. I already got permission but I'll contact them again to verify.

photoshop has disabled photo restoration

@dekeNow

8 ай бұрын

Hmm, it’s still working as advertised for me. Are you saying it’s dimmed? Or it’s gone missing?

@aureo69

6 ай бұрын

If you are having issues it is usually due to graphic card issues..update drivers and verify PS is using a compatible graphics card.

have you ever noticed that you look like jim carry

@dekeNow

6 ай бұрын

I’ll have to look out for that going forward. 😁

That takes way too long