Most photos fall far short of the demands of today's advertising world. Our graphic artist at Designs by D8a is able to tease your images to the faux perfection that today's customer-base has come to expect. Skilled at both removing unwanted elements from either the foreground or the background or seamlessly splicing together dual images, our graphic artist has an eye for details that most others overlook.
Dick Tull, geneologist
services rendered: photo restoration
Aside from the obvious crease, the original photo doesn't look that damaged, but looks can be deceiving. Fortunately the crease damages only a blank background and the date along the side of the photo. In addition there are following; 1.) specks of dust and lint on the photo 2.) a barely visible damage along the left hand side on the car door and window 3.) the face of the woman is really washed out by the flash 4.) the bottom of the picture has had the white border removed and finally 5.) the white border is no longer very white.
The Restored photo shows the crease gone, the specks removed, the car door and window fixed, the border restored to pristine whiteness, and the date fixed. I also darkened the photo a little and toned down the brightness of the woman's face.
The Oaks Agency
services rendered: logo clean-up, font mimicry, photo manipulation, tri-fold brochure
On the right you see their original photo. The picture was rather dark and cluttered. The subject of the photo was lost among the crowd of people.
The second image shows the adjustments I made.
- I selected the best action in the photo and cropped the picture to focus in on it,
- brightened the photo overall,
- also brought some details out in the windows to reduce the bright white of the window, and finally
- removed a grease stain from the wall near the light switch.
The client’s response is included in the testimonials page. "We have really appreciated James´ attention to detail in creating the products we have requested. We would recommend his services to anyone."
Calvary Church
Calvary Church uses background slides for overhead projections. They have a few general needs. They usually use the top two-thirds and the left three-fourths of the screen as a backdrop. This area needs to be either a neutral tone, like a clear blue sky, or it needs to have a non-busy, non-white infused background, like a tree line or a mountainside.
The original photo shows a nice skyline without clouds. I began by cropping to the size needed. I continued by temporarily imposing the lyrics to Amazing Grace, which showed that some of the lyrics wouldn't show upon the snowier portions of the mountains.
The final picture shows the mountain with snow removed for legibility.
