Here is my most recent photo restoration - done with Gimp of course.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/115367823 ... 91/sizes/l

Sallyanne, that is excellent. Did you use the Clone tool?

Thank you Molly - I was proud of what I did but someone will do better.
I did a little cloning but it didn't really work. I even tried dodge to get rid of the stains but it didn't work over the grey parts.
So I used mostly heal selection and smudge. Took me a couple hours.

Sallyanne, you have got a very good professional work! Congrats!

Thanx, I am not so sure of myself.
You do much better stuff. I couldn't be bothered with much of it.

Well, Sallyanne, I would say stick to whatever it is you are doing cuz it is working for you. I think you did a fantastic job.

Wow .. great Sally!
Had not the original photograph beside, few would notice that there was an edition in the image.
I think I know who is this beautiful little girl ...
The part of the face was very good!

Good night Sally!

Thank you Akros

Very nicely done.

Thank you Warrior

Thank you kite

You did well Sallyanne.
A few traces of the wrinkles but nice.
Have you tried the heal tool on the stains?

Very nice work Sallyanne. You worked really hard on it and that shows.
Here's an image I've been working with. It's not finished yet, but I thought I'd post it nonetheless.

Very nice job, it looks finished to me.

Thanks 2-ton.
I've improved the image quite a bit, but there are however scores minuscule anomalies within it that need to be addressed before I feel it's finished.

Thank you Wallace and Systemx

You have done well too Wallace.

@Systemx I did try some healing on the stains and I smudged to fix up the sharp areas. Where do you see wrinkle? I think there are some on the right side of her face but I did most of the work at 800 percent and couldn't see the ones there when at 100 percent.

One on her left cheek and one on the brow in her hair line (up above the bridge of her nose.)
I seen it straight away, but hardly noticeable without the original to compare with. Awesome result though Sallyanne. Also there is a HEAL TO SELECTION but it requires a little practice to fine tune.

A small zoom window would be very useful

@ Systemx if you are not talking about 'filters > enhance > heal selection', can you tell me where to find it?

'filters > enhance > heal selection' is what I used for some part.

I have although found a lot more mistakes in it still. Hopefully I can get better.

Yes that is the one Sallyanne, also heal transparency. Some of those older FX-Foundry scripts have some useful methods, outdated as they are. Most people know that caution and your own discretion are key. ;-}