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Janet Paul 10-Feb-2008 03:09
You are truly an artist, Phyllis. Being able to rescue a damaged photograph is a labor of love. Sometimes those photos are all we have left of a loved one. If I could vote for this gallery twice, I would :)
Dick Lowthian 16-Apr-2007 16:59
You've done amazing work Phyllis. Thanks for sharing.
jessica in louisiana 16-Jul-2006 03:23
PLease email me at swtgrl1910@aol. com. i need your help
Henry Taitano 30-Jul-2005 04:10
I find hair being the hardest
to blend. You do an excelent job
at it.
Wonderful work.
lerma olayres 23-Jun-2004 07:59
Hi! I'm Lerma from Philippines.
I was first captured by your shots and then discovered your photoshop tutorials.
It's nice learning from a pro like you. You made it easy and fun for me. I think I'll visit your site often.

More Power!

Regards to you and your family,
Lerma
Tom 22-Jun-2004 20:18
Hello, my compliments for your nice work!
Please come see my photos sometime?
Best regards, Tom from The Netherlands.

http://members.lycos.nl/tomjutte/
oh87 21-May-2004 18:04
Hello, My name is Gila and I am from Israel.
I accidently entered your beautiful gallery and was amazed by your skills. You made me smile!
Keep up the good work.
:)
Andrew Grupp 21-Apr-2004 22:45
This is wonderful - what a great skill to have mastered!
Jordan 15-Apr-2004 13:37
Just wanted to compliment your excellent restoration work. I hope you are very successful for the great work you do!
Karen P. Bryan 11-Apr-2004 03:12
wonderful job at the retouching and restoration! congrats! especially love the first one where you made the pink and white dress.. outstanding!
ac 21-Dec-2003 06:41
Wow, you are an expert in retouching. Good job.
Phyllis Stewart 05-Dec-2003 07:26
Thank you, Eldar. I work beween 20 minutes and 2 hours on each, depending on what it needs, or if it's damaged. There's no "magic" involved, just hand tool work. You can't do much portrait retouching the "easy" way with only levels, curves, and filters, as you can with scenics, for example. When faces are involved, you have to use plain old-fashioned manual methods. For more info on retouching, see the Retouching Tutorials on my photo site at http://www.innographx.com/forum
Eldar 05-Dec-2003 01:53
Phyllis you are a magician, is this Photoshop only, how much time you spend on each pic ? No one else can do it like you ! I should be a millioner...
Phyllis Stewart 04-Dec-2003 18:26
Thanks, Les, and good question. He supplied a color photo of the uniform with the ribbons on it.
Les 04-Dec-2003 11:20
Brilliant - just wondered how much time and research went into getting the colours correct on the ribbons in image 11
northstar37 04-Dec-2003 09:03
I found this very interesting.
Jet Liera 29-Nov-2003 06:11
Phyllis, you have a one TOP GALLERY here.
Very interesting and promising.
Vive la difference !!!
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Congratulations !!
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Regards
Phyllis Stewart 27-Nov-2003 07:04
Paul, there's no room here, but... Come to my photo participation site at http://www.innographx.com/forum where many of these challenges originated, sign up (free), PM me to say it's you, and I will post a tute on it in our tutorials forum! :) Thanks for asking about an important topic that needs a tutorial anyway!
Paul 27-Nov-2003 03:43
hi...! can u illuminate how you erase backgrounds and put in new ones? How do you cut out the people... down to their hair... so perfectly? I would LOVE to know. =)
Ari 26-Nov-2003 17:35
Excellent work... you have done even the smallest detail perfectly.
I enjoy your works... thanks for sharing.
Tracy Ferrero 26-Nov-2003 16:01
These are terrific Phyllis - it looks like you've been having some fun. I'll bet you could make a small fortune with your weight reduction techniques! :-) Tracy!
Phyllis Stewart 25-Nov-2003 06:47
Thanks, Gene. Actually it's still done with "paint and brushes, " but now the paint is digital, as are the brushes. :)
Gene 25-Nov-2003 01:02
I really like the work you've done here Phyllis. I especially like the the black & white work, in particular the coversion to color. My mother used to color BW photos for Olan Mills photography, and I always admired her work. Of course then it was with paint and brushes :)
Liam Kensler 22-Nov-2003 06:26
Some of the best retouching work I have seen, all are excellent.
Michael Lee 21-Nov-2003 21:42
I am so glad that you have shown what can be accomplished in Touch Up techniques, including your extreme examples. There appears to be no limits to these techniques. No photo need be lost because of poor light or other adverse conditions. What is required is time and patience and perseverance! It is an eye opener! However, there can also be beauty in real life, warts and all. Thanks for showing us what is possible!
Jill 21-Nov-2003 13:42
Wonderful and laid out perfectly. Easy to see the before and after. The work on these pictures shows just what can be done to save or enhance photos.
bubster 21-Nov-2003 09:19
These are all really good!
Phyllis Stewart 19-Nov-2003 04:53
Rainer, thank you! Yes, I do use Photoshop 7 for retouching.
Guest 18-Nov-2003 20:44
You really do great with PS (if you use PS). Clean and profesional looking. Bravo
Phyllis Stewart 17-Nov-2003 19:07
Thanks, Mattias. I try not to change anyone too drastically unless I'm just playing around, as I was with the #013 weight reduction pic and the old-to-young Aunt Sophia. Those two are unrealistic, but were just for practice...it's fun to see how far you can go! But you are correct that most folks don't want toooo much of a change...usually just a bit of shadow brightening, a bit less wrinkling, or perhaps a new background.
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