Photo Repair and Restoration .. ? (2 Viewers)

[scotjimland]

If you are interested in having an old photo restored or repaired there is a Facebook Group, all volunteers who will do it willingly .. all for free..

Random Acts of Photo Restoration.. https://www.facebook.com/groups/916705811676270/

If you prefer doing yourself, until recently I was using Photoshop Elements 11, now using Affinity Photo, available for both MacOS and IOS .. on offer just now at £38.99 and has family sharing. This is a powerful alternative to PS.



I find it very relaxing and rewarding .. but still learning.

Excellent tutorials for Affinity https://vimeo.com/channels/affinityphoto

 

[scotjimland]

an example of the work done by a FB volunteer

 

[Puddleduck]

I've used the heritage versions of Serif Software - Photoplus in particular. It's free and no need to register - but no longer supported by Serif.

https://photoplus.en.softonic.com/

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[DBK]

an example of the work done by a FB volunteer


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That's clever. Removing the "measels" is fairly straightforward but it has also been "colourised" - which is the interesting bit. The technique was notably used on the WW1 footage recently shown on the box.

 

[Clarky]

an example of the work done by a FB volunteer


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That is very impressive.
Having done a fair bit of editing on old photos for a local history book that picture has taken a lot of work.
As @DBK says the colour is very clever.

Richard.