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Like it Was Taken Yesterday ...

Photo Restoration, Restoring Old Photos, Repairing Photos, Colourising Photos, Colour Tinting Photos, Photoshop, Altering Images, Editing Photos, Portsmouth

This photograph needed several different techniques to bring what is a wonderful picture back to life. Instead of simply cropping the picture, which would lose most of this wonderful nostalgic scene, the image was rotated straight, thoroughly cleaned, restored, and then the missing background area was recreated.

Expand the image to see what a difference this service can make

In the Back Yard 1939

A stunning new image from a badly taken photograph

Photo Restoration, Restoring Old Photos, Repairing Photos, Colourising Photos, Colour Tinting Photos, Photoshop, Altering Images, Editing Photos, Portsmouth

Since the original scan is just 80x50mm, it was scanned at 1200dpi so that all of the available detail is captured. This makes sure that there is enough high quality texture to recreate the missing background.

Photo Restoration, Restoring Old Photos, Repairing Photos, Colourising Photos, Colour Tinting Photos, Photoshop, Altering Images, Editing Photos, Portsmouth

The original image

is just 80x50mm

 

The complete project was finished in just over an hour. The experience gained by working daily on many images means that I can work not just quickly, but with great accuracy. The goal of any image project like this, is to produce both an authentic picture, and an outstanding frameable photograph.

Photo Restoration, Restoring Old Photos, Repairing Photos, Colourising Photos, Colour Tinting Photos, Photoshop, Altering Images, Editing Photos, Portsmouth

The gallery to the left shows 4 stages of the restoration

The photograph was rotated, using the window frame as a guide. A new image area was marked out to show which parts of the background had to be recreated. The final image was then enhanced to give more depth to the picture.

Photo Restoration, Restoring Old Photos, Repairing Photos, Colourising Photos, Colour Tinting Photos, Photoshop, Altering Images, Editing Photos, Portsmouth
Photo Restoration, Restoring Old Photos, Repairing Photos, Colourising Photos, Colour Tinting Photos, Photoshop, Altering Images, Editing Photos, Portsmouth
Photo Restoration, Restoring Old Photos, Repairing Photos, Colourising Photos, Colour Tinting Photos, Photoshop, Altering Images, Editing Photos, Portsmouth
Photo Restoration, Restoring Old Photos, Repairing Photos, Colourising Photos, Colour Tinting Photos, Photoshop, Altering Images, Editing Photos, Portsmouth
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