photo restoration help, please!

[Greg1973]

I have this photo I've been trying to restore for a friend.



She wants it restored so she can give it to her mom as part of a birthday gift. I've been working on it, when i have a chance, but I can't seem to get past this point. Everything I try doesn't seem to help.



I'm quite new to Photoshop and I'm learning as I go, but her birthday is in the first week of August. My job keeps me busy and I'm scared that I may not get it to where I want it in time for her birthday.

I'm hoping you can give me a hand, whether giving it a shot yourself, give tips and tricks, or point me to tutorials that will help me achieve my goal.

Any help is greatly appreciated!!

Greg

 

[hawkeye]

I'd suggest just making it a B&W.

 

[Greg1973]

that's something i never considered. I was hoping to keep the color, but I'm having trouble with the skin tone and white clothes. Everything I have tried seems to deteriorate the quality.

 

[Dom]

What version of Photoshop do you have? If you have cs5+ you can use the black and white function to pretty much get rid of most of that staining to bring the details back out (will still be b&w). Then I guess if you really did want colour back into it, you can just paint it back in (loads of tutorials online).

 

[sprucemagoo1]

Just been bored for a bit of hours:-

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[Greg1973]

Wow!! Amazing!!
My problem was mainly the faces and skin tone. They were so bright that I didn't know how to get the color back and keep detail.
You did a great job.

 

[Greg1973]

thanks to all that gave me some guidance with my project and tips for further learning. I really appreciate all the help!