They mainly restore old photographs damaged due to age, which means retouching. In the process, the missing areas are completed, cracks and scratches are removed, yellowness and other defects are removed. Other images can be restored using the same principle.
Necessary
- - Photoshop or another graphic editor;
- - a scanned image in high resolution.
Instructions
Step 1
If the image has yellowed spots or areas of other unwanted tint, remove that yellowness. Go to "Image" (Image) - "Correction" (Adjustment) - "Desaturate" (Desaturate). This can only be done with black and white photographs.
Step 2
If the photo has torn corners or is damaged in some places, use the Clone stamp tool to restore the lost areas. Press and hold Alt, click on the reference area, then release alt="Image" and paint over the area you want to paint over. Adjust the texture, size, opacity and pressure of the brush depending on the situation. Take new samples that are close to the area to be corrected as often as possible.
Step 3
Along with the Clone stamp, also use the Healing brush and Patch tool. To apply the Healing brush, hold down Alt, click on the reference area, release alt="Image" and paint over the unwanted object. To apply the Patch tool, stroke the area to be corrected so that it is selected, then drag the selection to the nearest sample area.
Step 4
Choose a sample and a replacement area that are similar in color and texture. The characteristic of the Healing brush and the Patch tool is that they do not exactly copy the sample, like the Clone stamp, but adapt it to the environment. Therefore, if the two areas are in contrast, the border will look unnatural. These tools are good for small imperfections - scratches, blemishes, skin retouching, etc.
Step 5
To correct an image with a lot of small scratches and dots, apply the Dust & Scratches filter. To do this, go to "Filter" (Philtre) - "Noise" (Noise) - "Dust and scratches" (Dust and scratches). Set the filter to low values, otherwise the image will become too blurry. Without a special need, it is better to do without it.
Step 6
To give the old photo the brownish tint that was typical of old photos, create a new layer. Fill it with brown color of a suitable shade: "Editing" (Edit) - "Fill" (Fill). Select a suitable blending mode for it in the layers panel (for example, "Soft light" (Soft light), and then merge the layers.
Step 7
To give the image depth and contrast, duplicate the layer and set the blending mode to Soft light. Or use the tool "Levels" (Levels) in the "Image" (Image) - "Correction" (Adjustment).
Step 8
Finally merge all layers and save the image.
