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...
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...
Removing paper texture video course 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,...
This post is a quick look at one part of the process of Colouring an image with multiple blend modes and coloured layers. It is just a brief look at a working image of how there are no set rules about which blend modes to choose when trying to colour an image. Its...
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 a free tool that works a lot like the...
I just spotted a video on Lynda.com, a very reliable online resource for learning. It describes using the “patch” tool as a useful tool for repairing scratches, tears and damage. . There is no doubt this tool is a great tool. In this case, I feel that...
Some more challenging photo restorations of 2011, enjoy watching! Through 2011 it was a busy year for photo restorations fact year on year I take on more work. I have put together a few restorations in this visual montage. Starting with the daguerreotype, a cracked...
When restoring a photo using Photoshop there are so many ways to repair the damage that I thought I would take a typical example of a fold mark or crease and show the ways we can use to repair it. One method we can use for fixing this damage would be to use the...
Sometimes for first-time visitors, my photo restoration blog can be quite daunting. I have made a quick reference video of what I can do, so play the video below and in around a minute or two you’ll know what I’m about! Of course it is not all restorations...
