On the family dog Kodak Color Slide I used a CoolScan II from Nikon set at 2700 dpi. I found the higher dpi you can set your film scanner, the more channel data you will have to work with.

First check File-> Preferences-> Display & Cursors, make sure the Color Channels in Color box is not checked. Then in the Channels palette I found that the green and blue channels had more noise and the red channel was very washed out. Go to Layers-> New-> Adjustment Layer-> Levels. Then for further information look at the next hypertext link to histograms, there are four screen shots of Levels used and most of the information about the "family dog" restoration.

Link to examples of histograms in the original scan

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Curves
One screen shot of the Curves adjustment mask. An example of using Curves with the "family dog"

Hue and Saturation
I used the Hue and Saturation mask to fine tune the Reds and Greens selections. The Red needed to be toned down, and the Green of the grass needed adjustment.

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Now that the image has a better RGB correction, you will notice small noise and artifacts from further deterioration due to improper storage. This is when you use the Rubber Stamp tool to remove the holes and mold spots. This process is time consuming and tedious. Be sure to view your image at 200 to 300 percent to see any bad spots that can be touched up or removed. The Rubber Stamp tool is unique for retouching, it copies and pastes patterns of the pixels opposed the airbrush techniques that output one color.

For a final touch use a Filter -> Sharpen -> Unsharp Mask. To be critical of my own work I used the Unsharp Mask to much in the grass of the final image. You can eliminate this problem if you use the Lasso Tool to select different areas rather than the complete image.

Happy Photoshopping!!!
I plan on some antique Black and White restorations online soon.
Please check back every few weeks for updates.

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