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 09/29/2004 12:28:03 AM · #1
Hi everyone,

My wife's aunt sent me some scans of old family photos and asked if I could try restoring them. This is my first attempt at doing this kind of restoration and I'd love some feedback. What improvements could I make to the edited photographs? Any tips from people who have done this kind of thing before?

Thanks!
Philip

Grandma Original


Grandma Edited


Grandpa Original


Grandpa Edited

09/29/2004 12:33:54 AM · #2
great job on the restoration!!!!. My monitor is out of calibration so I cant comment on colors and such, maybe try to sharpen them up a little, not much at all.

James
 09/29/2004 12:36:57 AM · #3
Very good so far... you're just missing the last few steps:

- Turn them to Black and White. (Then you can recolorize them to sepia)
- Add some noise (grain). Some parts look smoother than others due to processing. Grain will make the hole picture look more authentic.
09/29/2004 12:37:51 AM · #4
The grandpa one looks pretty good. The grandma one has a good smoth background but there still looks like quite a bit of noise and 'texture' on the face and hair and looks odd compared to the background. A little blur on the face should help. I dont know if you intended to keep the color as the original or not, if not then they could both do with a little tweaking. Still, excellent job on your first attempt!
 09/29/2004 01:01:22 AM · #5
Thanks for the feedback. I did want to blur the backgrounds and sharpen the people a bit to help the people stand out and also wanted to keep the original colors so that I don't alter the original photo too greatly. I just wanted a better looking version of the original. I'll try some of the suggestions you guys made to see if I can't improve the edited shots a bit.

Thanks!
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