tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25681899Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:44:29 +0000Expert tips, advice and general discussion for anyone interested in photo restoration or retouchinghttp://www.photorestorationtips.com/Blog/noreply@blogger.com (Mark Wilson)Blogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25681899.post-6852977493057556664Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:13:00 +00002008-11-04T09:15:31.559ZPhoto RestorationI'm putting the finishing touches to a new course on digital photo restoration and I want to make sure that I haven't left out anything important. I really want to make it as good as I can. I'm giving away A FREE COPY OF MY PHOTO RESTORATION COURSE as a 'thank you' to anyone who submits a question or problem related to photo restoration that they need answering. Even if you think the question http://www.photorestorationtips.com/Blog/2008/11/get-free-copy-of-my-photo-restoration.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25681899.post-5674181812196252940Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:29:00 +00002008-02-04T14:36:12.497ZPhotoshop ElementsRestore Old PhotographsPhotoshop CS3Photo RestorationIt's a valid question, no doubt about it. And it's one that gets asked a lot, but to answer it we need to know why this particular question is being asked. It's not because there is some doubt about the ability of Photoshop CS3 to do the job required. Let me assure you - it's MORE than up to the task. Personally, I feel it nearly always comes down to cost. Photoshop CS3 costs about $650 and if http://www.photorestorationtips.com/Blog/2008/02/do-you-have-to-be-using-latest-version.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Wilson)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25681899.post-7965060356217322169Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:02:00 +00002007-04-19T11:08:51.985+01:00Photoshop CS3 is here at last and has some exciting new features, but is there enough to upgrade for if you use Photoshop for photo restoration? The workflow features have been improved through the streamlining of palettes and self-sdjusting docks, but the workflow and interface in CS2 wasn't exactly clunky or intrusive to begin with. Adobe Bridge has been improved too ... big deal. Most peoplehttp://www.photorestorationtips.com/Blog/2007/04/is-photoshop-ps3-worth-upgrade-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25681899.post-1048132779282787598Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:29:00 +00002007-04-17T14:30:12.480+01:00I have just been to a 100th birthday party for my wife's grandmother. She's an amazing woman, full of stories and anecdotes dating back to around the First World War. I had restored and coloured a photo of her for her 99th birthday that was originally taken on her 21st birthday, but I wanted to do something more to mark this landmark age for her 100th. I eventually put together a souvenir http://www.photorestorationtips.com/Blog/2007/04/photo-restorationits-not-just-about.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25681899.post-115814946180184201Wed, 13 Sep 2006 12:08:00 +00002006-09-13T13:11:01.816+01:00Adobe's No. 1 Selling Consumer Photo Editing Software Offers Fun, Creative Possibilities for Consumers to Showcase and Share Photos in Engaging Ways SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sept. 12, 2006 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 5.0 software, a major upgrade to the No. 1 selling consumer photo editing software*. Available for Windows®, Photoshop Elements http://www.photorestorationtips.com/Blog/2006/09/new-photoshop-elements-provides-easy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25681899.post-115589944542872844Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:55:00 +00002006-08-18T12:21:32.463+01:00Sometimes it's simply not possible to use a scanner to capture your old photos for the purposes of restoring them. There are quite a number of reasons for this. The photos may be too brittle to press flat, may be printed on a textured surface that causes artifacts in the scanned image, or your photos may be in and album or frame from which you do not wish to (or are unable to) remove them. If http://www.photorestorationtips.com/Blog/2006/08/using-copy-stand-to-capture-old-photos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25681899.post-115519977428078086Thu, 10 Aug 2006 08:49:00 +00002006-08-10T09:50:11.300+01:00So much can be done these days in Photoshop and other image editing packages to digitally "clean" and restore old photos, but there are still times when you will want to remove some grime or an unfortunate fingerprint from your photograph before you scan it. This is especially true if the dirt obscures facial details, which can be tricky to retouch at the best of times. However, cleaning old http://www.photorestorationtips.com/Blog/2006/08/photo-restoration-tutorial-cleaning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25681899.post-115217397173079614Thu, 06 Jul 2006 08:13:00 +00002006-07-06T09:33:12.216+01:00The recently launched forums on the OPR Workshop website is no ordinary community of digital artists. These are talented photo restorers with a purpose, and they've rapidly turned their message board into a vibrant and informative venue for their volunteers. Operation Photo Rescue was formed in 2005 around the idea of providing voluntary photo restoration services to the victims of Hurricane http://www.photorestorationtips.com/Blog/2006/07/vibrant-new-photo-restoration.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25681899.post-115210278860652229Wed, 05 Jul 2006 12:33:00 +00002006-07-05T13:48:18.683+01:00Over time, old photos can dry out and become rolled up or curled, becoming too brittle to flatten out for scanning or photographing for restoration. Humidification is the process used by document and photo restoration experts for relaxing (flattening out) rolled up documents and old photos. Depending on the photo itself, it is often possible with care to attempt this at home. Building a http://www.photorestorationtips.com/Blog/2006/07/flattening-rolled-up-old-photos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25681899.post-114962553213863668Tue, 06 Jun 2006 20:15:00 +00002006-06-06T21:25:32.150+01:00There's a facinating discussion about the right and wrong way to retouch skin going on over on the Tutorial Blog. If you've ever grappled with this in Photoshop you might pick up a tip or two from reading the tutorial and the comments. As ever, it enforces the fact that there are several ways to approach almost every photo restoration and retouching task in Photoshop. It's no wonder confusion http://www.photorestorationtips.com/Blog/2006/06/retouching-skin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25681899.post-114935101026650859Sat, 03 Jun 2006 16:02:00 +00002006-06-09T13:29:06.253+01:00We're just putting the finishing touches to our new Photo Restoration 'Miracles' Course and there's such a BUZZ surrounding it that we've decided to allow people to register their interest in the course now. That way you'll be the very first to hear about it when we launch! By registering your interest today and we'll automatically enter you into a draw to Win 1 of 20 FREE copies of the Photo http://www.photorestorationtips.com/Blog/2006/06/win-free-photo-restoration-training.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25681899.post-114881034268154620Sun, 28 May 2006 09:38:00 +00002006-05-28T16:03:54.496+01:00My Dad invited my around yesterday to look through some old photos he had taken down from the attic. He said that some were in bad need of restoration, which increased my interest. I was quite excited to look through them as they were old family photos I had not previously seen, and there were some really beautiful old photos in the collection. Most of them dated from the early 1900s and it washttp://www.photorestorationtips.com/Blog/2006/05/photo-restoration-tutorial-removing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25681899.post-114865883652386376Fri, 26 May 2006 15:51:00 +00002006-05-27T11:44:56.806+01:00I recently picked up a very interesting old photo in bad need of restoration. It depicts the start of the 1930 Monaco Grand Prix in wonderfully sharp detail. There's so much detail in this photo that it is actually possible to use it to verify parts of the historic record of the race. I am only aware of the existence of a couple of other photos taken at this Grand Prix and both of them featurehttp://www.photorestorationtips.com/Blog/2006/05/historic-photo-restoration-project.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Wilson)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25681899.post-114859026338067907Thu, 25 May 2006 20:33:00 +00002006-05-26T15:13:25.386+01:00Spend more than $100 on a new scanner. You get what you pay for. If you have a lot of 35mm film/slides to scan don't expect great results from a flatbed scanner. A dedicated film scanner will do a considerably better job. No amount of retouching can make up for a poor scan, so don't be afraid to scan a second time. Scan at an appropriate resolution. 300ppi if you plan on printing your restoredhttp://www.photorestorationtips.com/Blog/2006/05/photo-restoration-tutorial-top-10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Wilson)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25681899.post-114856307072243381Thu, 25 May 2006 12:45:00 +00002006-07-16T22:55:19.640+01:00If you've never used a pen tablet instead of a mouse for your photo restoration projects, you simply can't imagine the difference it can make to your work. There are tremendous subtleties of movement, gesture and pressure that you can make with a pen that are simply impossible with a mouse. And despite nearly 20 years of mouse use, I still feel like I'm drawing with a bar of soap when I'm forcedhttp://www.photorestorationtips.com/Blog/2006/05/pen-tablets-and-photo-restoration.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Wilson)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25681899.post-114839643370676702Tue, 23 May 2006 15:00:00 +00002006-05-27T08:52:15.100+01:00I'm seeing it more and more often lately, and it worries me greatly. People are buying up old photo albums then cutting them up and selling the pages or photographs separately on eBay. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against the sale of old photographs. I firmly believe that if someone is prepared to bid enough to secure an interesting old photo then they more than likely will have enough http://www.photorestorationtips.com/Blog/2006/05/are-ebay-sellers-destroying-our.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Wilson)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25681899.post-114796496764237224Thu, 18 May 2006 15:07:00 +00002006-05-26T13:05:39.680+01:00It never ceases to amaze me how many people are completely unaware of the damage it is possible to cause to an old photo just by holding it in their hands. Not just old photos either - any photograph or negative of any age can be irreparably damaged simple by coming into contact with your fingers. I'm sure we've all seen an episode of CSI: Miami where the camera zooms in to show a close-up of a http://www.photorestorationtips.com/Blog/2006/05/handling-old-photos-how-to-prevent.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25681899.post-114777877611567898Tue, 16 May 2006 11:25:00 +00002006-05-19T14:27:28.603+01:00By Sam Zaydel Whether you are still shooting film now, or you have many years' worth of negatives and slides sitting in a shoebox in the attic, the basement or the garage, it is time to organize and restructure your filing system. We often have some of our greatest photos stored with the rest of the "have-nots" in the less then desirable environmental conditions. While more modern negatives andhttp://www.photorestorationtips.com/Blog/2006/05/how-to-store-your-negatives-and-slides.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Wilson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25681899.post-114452836617763732Sat, 08 Apr 2006 20:30:00 +00002006-05-19T19:37:21.906+01:00One of the most interesting aspects of photo restoration for me, aside from the restoration process itself, is learning more about the people, places and periods depicted in the images. I enjoy nothing more than uncovering the stories behind the photos, and for that reason, old photographs that consist of more than just a head and shoulders portrait are of particular interest to me. A unique http://www.photorestorationtips.com/Blog/2006/04/stories-behind-photos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25681899.post-114452705362450574Sat, 08 Apr 2006 20:06:00 +00002006-12-13T03:51:19.963ZHi everyone, and welcome! After several months of planning and preparation the Photo Restoration Tips website (http://www.PhotoRestorationTips.com) is finally going live and I’m so excited about it. The whole purpose of this site is to bring photo restoration tips and techniques to anyone interested in getting involved in this facinating and rewarding field. It’s an area I have been involved http://www.photorestorationtips.com/Blog/2006/04/welcome-to-photo-restoration-tips-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Wilson)0