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6. Masks, Selections, and Filling in the Gaps: Part 1

Jennifer Harder1  
(1)
Delta, BC, Canada
 

When dealing with historical or family photos that are 20, 50, or even 100 years old, it would sometimes be nice to be able to fill in missing details when we don’t know how the entire scene looked back then.

Sometimes, one or two images of the same scene were taken, and we can copy details from one photo to the other, or we might be able to find an image on the Internet or another image collection that will give us some clue as to what the missing ...

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