Learn Adobe Photoshop – Restoring your Old Photos

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Many people find that the pictures of years gone by need restoration to preserve the memories they hold. The fact is that many photos become damaged through the passing of time. The color may fade, the image may blur and the picture may even suffer from marks and scratches. With the help of the Photoshop program, these problems can be a thing of the past. Technology has enabled Photoshop to provide a solution to your photo restoration needs.

The person may use the Elements in Photoshop, which are Dust and Scratch Filter to remove the marks, scratches and blots in the photo. The Dust and Scratches Filter is located on the Menu Bar and click on the Filter Tab. A drop down will list elements and then he can choose the Noise tab and select on the Dust and Scratches.

After clicking on the Dust and Scratches menu, a window will pop up with two control sliders. The first slider is for the Radius and the other one is for the Threshold. There will also be another window if the preview box will be checked. These are the main options that will be used in treating the picture.

Adjusting the Radius slider may remove the scratches. However, there is a tendency that overdoing it may make the edges blurred too. If that happens, the option is to adjust the Threshold slider and this will allow the details to go back and make the picture clearer with the scratches disappearing. The person should be careful not to set them too far or it will only create blotches on the picture.

Selecting the entire photo will not correct and remove all of the marks in one shot. The better alternative is to use the Lasso feature to select only a small area where the scratch is located to treat the photo one section at a time. This improves the quality of the photo as a whole, without losing any of the detail.

You can feather the edges of the selected area treated so that the correction and the fact that a portion of the photo has been altered will not be apparent in the overall photo. Do this by clicking on the Feather option and choose the Scratch and Dust Filter again. Repeat the process of adjusting the Radius and Threshold sliders another time to achieve the texture desired and eliminate the scratches.

You can do the method again by selecting the spot you would like to alter if there are still detectable marks on the other areas of the picture. To complete the procedure and make the picture acceptable, you can crop the image enough to remove the cracks and torn edges of the picture. The canvas may be use to uniformly crop the image.

You can insert drama into the picture by adding a drop shadow to it. This will make the picture seem as if it has been lifted off the page. The color may also be removed using the controls Shift+Ctrl+U. You can then add color by adding a small amount of Sepia using the Hue or Saturation tab. The contrast may be balanced using the Levels option.

This is a simple solution to removing blotches and marks on an aged photo. It will make the photo look new and fresh, but still maintain a classic appearance. Photoshop offers an easy and fun way to restore photos for viewing for years to come.

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