Advice for a retouch

[ddryden]

Hello,
I am new to the forum, so I apologize if I posted this in the wrong section.
I am proficient at Photoshop and using 64bit CS6. I've done a lot of retouching,
but this one has me a little stumped on where to begin. The photo is a very discolored
screened halftone picture. Zooming in you can see the dot pattern.
Does anyone have any advice on how to go about removing the brown stain while still keeping
the integrity of the halftone pattern?
I've attached a scan of the photo.
Thanks in advance,
Dan

 

[egosbar]

desaturate it then maybe dodge tool , then probably clone from some good backround parts

that should be a start id guess

 

[sprucemagoo1]

According to his autobiography of Robin - Bert Ward took advantage of his fame, donating his “Bat-sperm” to his fans in what he called “The Ultimate Autograph”.

This is documented fact, and not an attempt to lower the tone of the thread. If this is a genuine artefact, be careful what you remove.

 

[egosbar]

heres a start

 

[ddryden]

According to his autobiography of Robin - Bert Ward took advantage of his fame, donating his “Bat-sperm” to his fans in what he called “The Ultimate Autograph”.

This is documented fact, and not an attempt to lower the tone of the thread. If this is a genuine artefact, be careful what you remove.

LOL, nice. I think I just changed my mind about doing this project

 

[ddryden]

Thanks Egosbar, very quick work! I did originally desaturate the whole thing, but then realized it was easier to isolate the brown stains (bat **** probably) if I kept it in color. I even tried to do just alleviate the brown colors through "hue/saturation" but you still
end up with dark marks which will need to be removed regardless. I've decided there's no way to really keep the halftone pattern if I'm using the stamp tool. I will post the results if I ever get done with it !
Thanks for your advice guys, and for the Bat Boy trivia, lol.
Dan

 

[ddryden]

Yes, actually the dodge tool works pretty well. I don't know why I don't use it more. It gets rid of the marks will still leaving some
texture. Thanks again.

 

[sprucemagoo1]

This is a quick do at it, I'm going to have a proper do in a bit, and get the creases out as well. It may be the it will be easier to clean it up and then re do the half tone.
View attachment 33348

 

[Tom Mann]

Has anyone else noticed that the halftone dot pattern in this image does not look anything like a conventional halftone pattern?

First, it differs in the shape and distribution of the "dots" (...ok, rectangles)); and, second, the color brown (eg, the stain) is not achieved by changing the relative sizes of C, M, Y, and K dots, but is just a overall color tint given to all of the "pixels" in the stained part(s) of the image.

Perhaps the OP can tell us what's going one, ie, what generated this unique halftone pattern, and how are you planning to have it printed.

Cheers,

Tom

 

[ALB68]

Here is a shot at this. I used the dodge tool, the healing brush tool and the Nik Black and White conversion filter.