Mar 6, 2008 | photo restoration |
Photo Restoration. Advanced Techniques – Matching grain in compressed images Ok so now we know a little about Image Resolution and how it might help us with photo restoration. Lets now take a look at some advanced techniques to help with restoring old...
Apr 16, 2016 | photo restoration videos |
A new Photoshop Restoration techniques video course: “Replacing Backgrounds” has just gone live on Lynda.com. Course description for replacing backgrounds: A common photo restoration task involves replacing the background in an old photo—for example, to...
Feb 11, 2016 | photo restoration videos |
The “Dust and Scratch” filter is more useful than you might think. You can use it to remove large amounts of damage from an image. We often think of the “dust and scratch” filter as being something that removes simple damage. Small dust and...
Sep 28, 2015 | photo restoration |
Restoring hair in old photos is something you will come across a lot. The tops of heads go missing due to damage, from water or wear and tear and so does the hair. This post is a quick look at how best to restore it. Depending on the severity of the damage and the...
Nov 8, 2012 | photo restoration |
There are many styles of photo restoration and not all of them lend themselves to the best results. Photo restoration is one of those very difficult techniques to get right. Colouring photos is a very tricky skill to master, its best avoid those colours that show...
Aug 28, 2018 | photo restoration |
I got a call from a client who wanted their mouldy wedding photos restored. I didn’t know they were mouldy but only “water damaged”. When the UPS box arrived I opened it up and unpacked the album to a cloud of green mould. No joke! I rushed outside...
Nov 15, 2017 | photo restoration |
If exposed to floods you’ll need to know how to restore water damaged photos, to save your precious photographic memories. In the event your house has been exposed to a flood or water disaster there are things you can do to help stop the water damage. After this...
Sep 22, 2016 | Photo restoration example |
Sometimes restoring a light leak or fogged film requires more than delving into the colour channels and making colour corrections. You can see below that I have shown you how to tackle restoring a light leak before. If you have negative that has fogged or had a light...
This is a follow on post from my original matching grain article a while ago. This is just one example of how to match grain when replacing a background or perhaps any part of an image. Look at this image, it is part of a man’s shoulder and the background...