fixing crease in photo

I have an old photo which has a crease going through it.  It can be seen 
at
http://www.orthohelp.com/j.jpg

My question: how best to remove that crease using Photoshop 9.

Thanks.

Jeff 

> Jeff wrote:
>> I have an old photo which has a crease going through it.  It can be
>> seen at
>> http://www.orthohelp.com/j.jpg
>>
>> My question: how best to remove that crease using Photoshop 9.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Jeff
>
> The scratch removal tool first, I used a size of 50 on the image you 
> posted, then you will have to do a bit of cloning plus a selection of 
> the lower half to get the brightness and contrast to match the top 
> half
>
> -- 
> Trev
Thanks.  I will try that.

Jeff 

Jeff wrote:
> I have an old photo which has a crease going through it.  It can be
> seen at
> http://www.orthohelp.com/j.jpg
>
> My question: how best to remove that crease using Photoshop 9.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jeff
The scratch removal tool first, I used a size of 50 on the image you posted, 
then you will have to do a bit of cloning plus a selection of the lower half 
to get the brightness and contrast to match the top half
-- 
Trev
You can always tell a Yorkshire man,
But you can't tell him much. 

"Jeff" <jeff@naol.com> wrote in message
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>
>> Jeff wrote:
>>> I have an old photo which has a crease going through it.  It can
be
>>> seen at
>>> http://www.orthohelp.com/j.jpg
>>>
>>> My question: how best to remove that crease using Photoshop 9.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>
>> The scratch removal tool first, I used a size of 50 on the image you
>> posted, then you will have to do a bit of cloning plus a selection of
>> the lower half to get the brightness and contrast to match the top
>> half
>>
>> -- 
>> Trev
> Thanks.  I will try that.
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
Further to what Trev said, try using the Scratch Remover Tool in short 
lengths and at an angle when dealing with lines, like the hair.
Keep the width of the tool as close to the width of the line that requires 
removing as possible when dealing with faces.
I like using lots of angles and widths. It's a lot of work but it's worth 
it.
I also use the Smudge Brush on low opacity, 30 or so (no Hardness), which is 
effective.
Again, short stabbing and flicking works best.
The Smudge Brush clones very nicely.
On old photographs like this I avoid using too much smoothing.
But you can select small sections, like a cheek or forehead for instance, 
then Selections>Promote Selection to Layer>deselect and apply a small
amount 
of Gaussian Blur. You can always lower the opacity of the layer if 
necessary.
Hope this is helpful.
:-)
Joëlle