Charging the Right Amount for Restoration Work
Lesson 10 from: Advanced Photo RestorationSuzette Allen
Charging the Right Amount for Restoration Work
Lesson 10 from: Advanced Photo RestorationSuzette Allen
Lesson Info
10. Charging the Right Amount for Restoration Work
Lessons
Introduction to Class
02:44 2Simple Color Restoration
02:29 3Getting Rid of Spots in Old Photos
06:46 4Removing Stains From Photos
02:55 5Adding Contrast to Your Black & White Images
05:24 6Using the Dodge & Burn Tool
01:35 7Techniques to Cleanup Image Backgrounds
13:01 8Fixing a Torn Image
03:08Lesson Info
Charging the Right Amount for Restoration Work
Okay, any major questions on that one? This is all so charges. What do you charge for some, like this depends on the picture of the detail time. Oh, yeah, in fact, I will never give a quote on anything until I have seen it because you just never know. You know what people expect? Describe what they have for you, teo, work on. So I always want to see it and want to know what's the final print size is going to be small is going to be big because that determines how precise you need to be in restoring things and did they want it color? Do they want it? Black, black and white? What do they want it printed on so on so forth now, it's probably a good idea to have a base fee for, like, simple restoration, heavy restoration, extreme restoration. I I used to have a priceless like that, but I don't anymore I pretty much just do it by the hour, and I just I kind of khun given estimate because I've done enough of this, that I give him a ballpark idea of how much it'll be, because I know how long i...
t takes me to do that kind of thing that when you're starting out. Talk to do it by the hour because you might not be really skilled, might take you a long time, and you, you just don't even know how long it's going to take until you jump in. You like, so far over my head way, we've all been there, so I just started by the hour for me. I would look around it, what competitive pricing in your area, and just come up with a basic fee. When you first start doing this, yeah, you're probably not going to do great hourly wage in the beginning, but the more you do it, the better, the faster you will be more efficient.
Class Materials
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Ratings and Reviews
Audrey Agin
I have really learned a lot from Suzette’s instruction. Photo restoration requires a lot of skill sets in Photoshop. This class is not for a beginner- the title says "Advanced." Watch Ben Willmore courses first, when you understand his retouching, then watch Suzette's course. Most videos of YouTube, teaches the same basics, over and over again. It is hard to find advanced photo retouching classes that are spot on. Suzette gave instruction on how to fix things that I have come across in my family photos and business. True she did not work a complete photo, but she showed how to fix hard or unique problems in photo restoration. I loved the Dust and scratches fix on Grandmother-WOW!. This can be used on most old photos. Yes, I had to do some more research to get the hang of it, but now I have made my own action for it. Wish I had known about this years ago. Plus she showed how to fix other problems in the Grandmother photo. I watched the Action classes of Ben Willmore and Dave Cross. There are Actions in the classes of Blake and Kristna, I recommend Actions for everyone. Actions are easier to learn than some other things in PS, Just need to watch a course on it. Each instructor teaches different Actions, so you should find something that will help you. – Now back to Suzette. If Suzette had fixed a complete picture, I would not have learned as much. I was needing everything she taught & better techniques. I hope CreativeLive has her do another advanced photo restoration class of things that were not covered in this class. Her skills in Photoshop & restoration, should motivate people to learn more about Photoshop through other classes here at CreativeLive. Then come back and watch her class again. If you do not understand the technique she is demonstrating, you need more foundation work in that area. …Example- her demonstrating “Dust and Scratches removal” motivated me to learning Actions- now I am using some type of Action in most photos I work on. Thank you. Thank you.
Doug Currie
This is a great course for someone interested in offering a photo restoration service, perhaps as a business opportunity. However, it does require an above average skill level in using Photoshop. I would strongly recommend Ben Willmore's course also offered here on CreativeLive first as a prerequisite before taking this course. Also, in the course, Suzette recommends a free color guide for faces, that can be obtained from her website, but I have tried and cannot find it at all. It would have been great if it was provided as course material for subscribers to this course! Anyone knowing where we can download the file she quotes: "ColorGuideFaces.jpg", please let us know.
Kristin K Hand
Amazing! Suzette shows you techniques that are SO much simpler than you have used in the past to remove spots, cracks, and tears. Faster, more effective, and BETTER end results! The technique to colorize an old B&W photo was fabulous! I used to do handpainting black & whites by hand. With the skills Suzette shows you, you can now do this beautifully and easily in Photoshop. She uses restoration examples in this class, but the skills could be used with any new photos, as well. Thank you, Suzette!
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