Digital BW, The Print

I know how to do quite a few things is PS, but this I don't know. 
How do you burn in an area of a faded image to match the areas 
that are not faded? Or, how do you simply burn in an area of an 
image a certain color? Usually one color is faded and that 
causes the problems. If I knew how to burn in an area in one colr 
I could correct those areas of serious fading. If there is another 
way to do this let me know. I have a lot of negatives that need 
repair to one degree or another.
I have tried going to Adjust>Hue/Saturation>Master and played 
with the various chanels. However, that changes the whole 
image and I don't aways need that.

Thanks
Russ Martin

How about making a copy of your image....adjusting the problem areas 
on the copy then using the clone tool to repair the original image.

Russ, if the saturation function yields the results you desire,
do it, then go to the history tab, create a history layer with it, 
trash the saturation history step. Click the box on the new history 
layer to make it active, and use the history brush to paint in the 
color adjustment just where you want it.
I have been using this for a lot of 16 bit contrast adjustments in
PhotoShop 5.

Best,
Alex

> I have tried going to Adjust>Hue/Saturation>Master and played 
> with the various chanels. However, that changes the whole 
> image and I don't aways need that.
> 
> Thanks
> Russ Martin

Russ,

The best way to burn (or dodge) in PS is not with the Burn or Dodge 
tools; they do not give adequate control and if you overdo it you 
have to start over.  Try the following:

Open a new layer above the layer you want to alter.  Go to Layer--New-
- Layer.  Select Mode--Soft Light.  Check the box "Fill with 50%.  
Now when you paint on this layer with black you will be burning; when 
you paint with white you will be dodging.  When you paint, reduce the 
opacity on your brush quite a bit (like down to around 10% and you 
will have much control over the degree of burning/dodging.  If you 
overburn, just switch your brush back to white and go over the same 
area.  The advantage to working this way is that you will not degrade 
the original image layer.

If you want to limit the alterations to a specific area, you should 
first select that area.  If you're selecting by color the best way to 
do this would probably be by using the Color Range function (found 
under the Select menu).