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| I began restoring and colorizing photographs shortly after I inherited my father's retouching kit. Since then I've been a graphic designer, programmer, publisher, writer, and animator. Oddly enough, one thing remained constant through the years -- manipulating graphics. These days, I do it with a computer and Photoshop. Here are some things I've learned. Thanks dad. Gene Brawn |
ENHANCE: An example of what you  can
do with Photoshop and the family snapshot. Click
the pic to see more info about the techniques I used to add some pizzazz
to this picture. |
RESTORE: This daguerreotype begged for a good cleaning and 
restoration. Click the pic to see
how Photoshop and I brought Abe back to life. Also included is an
example of creating a vignette. |
COLORIZE: Victory Lanes, Pacific Beach, CA -- my local  bowling
alley when I was a kid. It's a nightclub now. Nostalgic, I
restored it to its neon glory. Click
to see how I remember it. |
RESTORE & COLORIZE: I took a monochrome image and tried to  emulate
the feel of colorizing a daguerreotype in 1849. But first, I had
to do a considerable amount of clean up. Click
to see the results. |
RESTORE: There are many techniques  available
to the photographic restorer using Photoshop. A 140 year old photograph
in typically poor condition is the subject. Again, click
to see more. |
COLOR BALANCE: This is a "newer" picture I took about 25  years
ago. Unfortunately, I had the wrong film for the situation.
So I used Photoshop to do a little retouch and fix the color. Click
to explore. |
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©
1999 by Gene Brawn
email: [email protected] |
| A note on Mr. Muggs: He (or she) is a stray I found on the street in front of my house a while back. I'm not sure of my mascot's gender since the stray wasn't an actual dog, but a photograph of an actual dog. "What the hell," I thought, "this is a graphic site -- why not have a graphic mascot?" Besides, virtual dogfood is really cheap . . . gob |