5 Photo Restoration Techniques
July 23, 2009 by admin
Do you have old photographs that need to be restored, but you are not sure how to correctly do this? Then it is important to learn photo restoration techniques that can help restore any photo. This article is going to tell you the most important techniques to know in order to enhance old photos.
Here are the most important techniques to know.
One: The first thing you want to do is to scan your old photo into your computer. This is very important because the photo will need to be on your computer so you can use software to enhance it. Scan any photographs into your computer first before starting to enhance them to save yourself time.
Two: Crop all photos to be enhanced using the software program. This is important for removing any areas of the photo that are damaged, or for removing any distractions in the background of the pictures. Be sure you save the new cropped picture with a new name so you don’t damage the original copy.
Three: Adjust the lighting in each picture. Improve the lighting as much as you can so it looks natural. This will help to bring the photograph back to life.
Four: Adjust the color of the photo so it is correct. This will help sharpen the color and make it look new, instead of old.
Five: Get rid of the dust, blurs and scratches that can be seen. There are tools in the software that can be used that will help to remove these things.
These are the five most important photo restoration techniques that need to be known in order to restore any old photographs. Don’t skip any of these things of your pictures will not come out the best that they can.
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great tips, thank you
What is the best way to remove the blur?
Thank’s for this tips!
It’s a little complicate for me beaucause i don’t speak english but with google translator, it’s good!
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Gael
Oh cool. Thanks for this post.
Nice list, thanks.
just came to your site through google search. the post is really informative, thanks
I am glad everyone is finding this site informative. Thanks!
Oh! Thanks! Very useful!
What software would you recommend for doing these 5 techniques. Do you use a high end one like photoshop, or is there a cheaper way to get it done?
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nice article, thanks
Thank you- I have a bunch of old photos I need to scan and clean up.
Thanks – really helpful
To lighten phtotos I typically use gamma correction, then I’ll adjust the color balance and contrast to good effect.
thank´s
some good points there. Make use of the pipette tool in photoshop also to select the correct colour in the photo to the palette when using the brushes to paint over scratches etc.
Great set of tips. Number 4 is probably the most important.
Great tips, may I add that when scanning, always use the highest resolution and DPI settings so you have more room for adjustment in Photoshop.
I hope doing it wont effect the picture. I have my grand pa pics which i need to restored with good quality. They are in Black & white can we make it in color and can we enlarge them ?
very nice tips thank you, sure it will help me with my new carrier
Thanks for these suggestions for how to restore old photos.
I was trying to restore my parents’ wedding pictures, but unfortunately, they were stuck in old magnetic albums. I have no idea what to do with them for fear of damaging the photos further. Do you have any tips on how to remove them from the albums? I’d really appreciate it.
Wonderful tips, thank you. I have all these great old photographs from my grandparents. This will really help me.
Do you have any advanced tips for adding in missing information. I have an old photograph of my dad during his old navy days but it has ripped and so part of the image is missing. Many thanks
Great tips, thanks. I’m having issues with photos where the flash went off too quickly. I adjust levels in photoshop but I can only get them a bit better. Hopefully you’ll post an article with tips about this in the future?
thank you i will use this methods my family old pictures
Do you know of any photoshop actions that can help with these tips? I have a large volume of old family albums I need to restore for a client and I\’d like to possibly automate the process! Thanks!
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Thanks for all this useful info … will use this on my old albums .. Thanks again!
thanks for the tips, i think use a tools like a potoshop makes better
Very nice! Simple and very effective! Keep writing, we want more!
Good tips, you covered all the basics
thanks for this. a nice simple workflow to follow to help improve the quality of photographs.
it\\\’s amazing how some simple post processing can change/improve a photograph
very nice tips thank you very much..
Thanks for the free tips. I was just looking for this online
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excellent tips for the photography lovers…please go through once…differenct techniques are amazing
All photos to be improved using the software program. This is central for removing any areas of the photograph that are damaged, or for removing any commotion in the environment of the pictures.
I think enhancing and repairing old photos is an area that hasn’t been explored enough by tutorials. This is a good start, but I hope you come back and revisit this subject in the future. Because until Lynda.com or Kelby Training has a good tutorial on this I think there is a whole for this sort of tutorial. Thanks.
This has helped me take better photos. I found that using the pipette tool in photoshop was helpful as mentioned by a previous person
Thanks for the list. Nice article.
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good way, but this need some computer skill, like photoshop.
it looks like that personal is not possible to finish this
These are good techniques. It takes a while to learn the correct way to perform each technique but it definitely works to restore wedding photos.
I have never used the pipette tool in photoshop before. This has helped me take better photos.
Well Explained..But I appreciate if you could post of video on how to get the whole thing done. That would be more useful for the beginners like me..
Thanks..
Amy
I recently stumbled onto a suitcase of very old family photos and I want to scan them to share with the rest of the family. Thanks for these tips since many of them will need a little restoration during this process.
So I can honestly say that my wedding dj business has been able to profit using these techniques. My video montage sales have been increasing and I’ve been able to make the cilent’s pictures look great!