Digital photo restoration turns old photos into new
Use digital photo restoration to revive old, tired photographs into treasured memories you'd be proud to display again.
Preserve History
Restoring old or slightly damaged film photographs is a way to preserve history. You give new life to the treasured photographs and feel a sense of satisfaction and maybe even nostalgia as you relive some memories in the process.
Digital photo restoration has been used extensively by museums and movie makers for years using complicated and expensive software and computers. Today, you can do your own digital photo restoration by using your favorite digital photo editing software. Restored photographs can then be posted to websites or shared with friends and family through email, but most of all, they can be reprinted and framed again.
Tools at your Fingertips
You do not need an expensive, high end computer or to be a professional graphic artist to do your own digital photo restoration. You do, however, need a good digital photo editing software like Photoshop, PhotoDeluxe, PhotoImpact, or Paint Shop Pro, and a scanner to scan your photographs.
Digital photo restoration isn't an exact science and there is no one specific rule or process to follow, that's why you can see that almost all digital photo restoration is done manually by a human. You can never go wrong, no matter how you do it because there is always the undo button in any photo editing program. That way you can experiment with adjustments, colors, and features. Those you like, you keep. The techniques that just don't work … undo. All it takes is your imagination, creativity, and a willingness to experiment with digital photo editing, to restore difficult areas.
It's essential to familiarize yourself with the tools and effects available in your digital photo editing software as you'll use them extensively in your restoration process. So why not get started by picking a favorite, old family photograph, start your scanner and photo editing program, and start playing. Have fun!
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