Let’s say a huge chunk of an image is missing, an object or some ones torso or perhaps a sky. These missing elements can be replaced using other photos taken at a similar time. This is very handy and it can work very well but what if there are no other photos and the owner […]
Below I have included a couple of examples that illustrate what many of my previous posts have talked about. Many of these techniques described have been used in these two restorations
In the first example which I have called “motorbike mess” a large chunk of the image is missing and it has very large tears and […]
With the photographic features in mind and the photo repair angle in our heads is it really worth it?
There are a few features that have been added that might aid us photographers aiming to do photo repairs. Notably the first is the graphic acceleration of some operations. However reading deeper into the blurb and some […]
You may find that the photos that you want to repair are in more than one piece. When scanning an old photo with the intention of repairing it you may want to check what your scanner is up to again. See Saving you images correctly. When you scan two bits of a photo you may find […]
The effects that over compressing a JPEG file can have on your images.
When it comes to photo repairs you may scan in an image from a print, slide or negative and your scanning software does it all for you, its simple you just hit the go button and the job is done. Have you ever looked […]
Clapton Football Club and Essex County Cricket Club circa (late) 1890’s
Photo repairs performed in July 2008
Opportunities like this don’t come around too often. I had the honour to repair and restore historic images from the late 1890’s of both these prestigious teams. Clapton Football Club were one of, if not the best team in the […]
Instead of my usual photo repair posts I have decided yo have some fun. The usual Photo repair posts are before these fun tutorials.
Eyeball. Colour Pupil and Iris
This is a texture that I found to be very effective for the Iris of an eye.
Start by creating a new file around 1000 pixels square.
Your colour palette […]
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Making waves in Photoshop
Start by creating a new file around 3000 pixels square.
Your colour palette should be set to white foreground, black background
Choose filter/render/clouds then Filter/blur/motion blur angle 0, around 350
At this point I though the contrast was a bit […]
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Over the next few posts I am going to show you a few creative Photoshop tips as a change from the photo restoration processes.
Starting with the first I call “bathed in light”.
Making text bathed in light
Start by creating a new […]
Ed. Can you explain the cost of a photo restoration?
Neil. Certainly, but don’t think of it as cost, think of it as investment. You are preserving your memories. Price should be a concern, yes, but not the primary one. You have made the decision that your photo needs restoring, so I am here to […]
There are many way to change a photo’s tint using photoshop. I have made this short tutorial to show you how to change a photo from black and white to sepia using three different methods, each with similar results but with subtle differences.
We can use this image as a test image.
Method 1. Change your photo to RGB mode . Select […]
I have here an example of a photo restoration, (removing a person) that if not correctly restored a simple brightness adjustment would reveal some very shoddy work indeed, I will explain.
Lets have a look at this photo of some handsome college chaps on a night out with their partners. A request was made […]
I have just made some scans of random images from the old album to illustrate some of the points made in my previous post.
“Family in the doorway”, is an example of where the scanning light reflects on the silver within the print and glares back as a bluish tint, upper left. (The silver was used […]
I can now show you some old photo examples in from this wonderful old album, there are some treasures in here and most in need of some photographic repair. It contains postcard style prints from photographic studios in the 1920’s, smaller more modern prints on thinner, fragile paper. Some are sepia toned and others just […]