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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 tiny flecks that pepper the surface of our images. The kind of dust that is often removed for us, by good negative scanners. Sure... Read More

Removing paper texture tutorial goes live on Lynda.com I am continuing to create new video tutorial courses of the way i do things and revealing industry techniques on how to restore old photos. “Many vintage photos were printed on textured, “silk-finish” photographic paper. If you’re restoring an old photo, you’ll want to remove this texture to get the cleanest,... Read More

Gimp Versus Photoshop – Removing damage from a soft-focus photo   . . For any budding restoration artist there are tools to help you do it yourself for FREE.  What are these? I hear you ask. . Introducing GIMP, it is free tool that works a lot like the leading photo editor , Photoshop. – “GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of... Read More