Gambo and T_Wil1 Photopack

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Mike Ulicny - 1945 Boston Braves

a not-great image, but it does show him in a Boston uniform, found here
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Les Layton 1948 - 2xNew York Giants
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[almost60]

Originally Posted by baseball-birthdays.com

Thank you both! While I've used PhotoShop on occasion, I normally use PaintShopPro XI for photo editing, only because I'm used to it (however, newer versions of PaintShopPro are terrible, imo)...

Like you alomost60, I use the "clone" tool for editing out signatures and watermarks, and I'll also use the "soften" tool to smooth out the edges between shadows. I'll often snatch areas of pinstriping, clothing folds, grass/dirt/crowd background from completely unrelated parts of the image to make a given section look better.

I suppose the only reason my results look at all acceptable is because I've done thousands of them for my site, so it's been very much a "trial-and-error" experience for me.

I've learned that editing skin/flesh areas is the toughest challenge in this regard because the shading is almost constantly changing, and this holds true for both b&w as well as color images.

I think it's important to remember that, with the ballplayer images, the viewer's eye is immediately drawn to the face first, the uniform second, and everything else is pretty much fill... the face HAS to be as natural as possible, so any editing has to be kept to an absolute minimum... as for the rest, I just try to make everything blend as well as possible.

I wish I had better advice for you, but that's about as accurate a summary of my approach as I can offer.

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Corel's PaintShopPro vs. Adobe's PhotoShop: PhotoShop is, obviously, the best editing software out there, but Adobe's stuff is really, really expensive. Corel's PaintShopPro gives you about 80%-85% of PhotoShop's capabilities, but at a fraction of the price... here it is on Amazon for $20, for example. edited to add: if you purchase this software, make sure you do not buy a version newer than XI... the newer versions do this really weird thing where they load EVERY IMAGE ON YOUR SYSTEM to a gallery each time you boot the software... if you only have 5 or 6 images on your machine, no problem... if you have tens or hundreds of thousands, the process takes many hours, and you cannot do anything else with the software until the process completes. It's just nuts...

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Thanks for taking the time to respond. I agree with you about skin tone. I've tried to colorize a few black and white photos and they come out absolutely terrible (they would look better if they were embalmed). Maybe I'll give PaintShop a try.

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Ron Northey 1942 - alternate uniform Philadelphia Phillies
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[tnfoto]

Originally Posted by bearman14

Also looking for a photo of Mike Epstein in a Angels uniform....

These are the only Epstein/Angels images I have.

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1920 Pirates

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Mickey Vernon 1939 - alternate uniform Red Sox
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Originally Posted by UKBaseballfan

UIN - Cubs upgrade

Dode Paskert 1907 - as an option, here's one showing the uniform lettering
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Bob Smith 1955 - alternate uniform Red Sox

**edited to delete bad info**

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Virgil Trucks 1941 - Kansas City A's, Detroit Tigers, and Chicago White Sox
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[tnfoto]

Brooklyn Dodgers image, from spring training 1957.

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Stan Swanson 1971 - better image Expos
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George Stone 1967 - alternate uniform Atlanta Braves
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John Vann 1913?

I came across the attached photo in this eBay auction which identifies the player as "John Vann of the Kansas City Blues."

According to baseball-reference.com, the only major leaguer named John Vann never played for the Kansas City Blues, although there appear to be gaps in his minor league record... checking the rosters for the Blues for the years he could have possibly played, I can find no record of any John Vann playing for them.

Anyhow, the facepack photo, although a bit blurry, looks a heckuva lot like the guy in the photo I've attached... any advice?
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[tnfoto]

Facepack upgrade and Reds UNI, from spring training 1957.

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Larger, unautographed 1957 A's image.

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Facepack upgrade, shown with the Buffalo Bisons, ca. 1924-25.

[okcochise]

Greetings,

I too have been amazed at your editing skills. I have been using these photos to create Topps Baseball cards from 1961-1968 with over 4000 cards completed. Some unfortunately have watermarks and although I have found other photos to replace them, there's no question that some watermarked photos are better than anything else available.

I am going to post a few photos. If they are possible to edit and you have the time, great. If not, no worries. I am only going to include Milwaukee Braves tonight. If you're game for other teams, please let me know.

Thanks again,
Jeff

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Originally Posted by okcochise

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I am going to post a few photos. If they are possible to edit and you have the time, great. If not, no worries. I am only going to include Milwaukee Braves tonight. If you're game for other teams, please let me know.

Thanks again,
Jeff

here's Norm Larker, plus one...
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Originally Posted by okcochise

Greetings,

I am going to post a few photos. If they are possible to edit and you have the time, great. If not, no worries. I am only going to include Milwaukee Braves tonight. If you're game for other teams, please let me know.

Thanks again,
Jeff

Phil Niekro
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