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Restored old sepia picture
I came across an old picture (1981) of my parents which was taken just before my father died of cancer followed 6 months later by my mother.
So obviously being one of the last ever pictures of them, getting the picture to a better condition was very personal to me. I didn't want to risk having it professionally restored just incase something happened so I had a go myself.
The first thing was the picture I took came out absolutely full of dust like spots. Something that had to be sorted before anything else, luckily my Microsoft Image Suite has a program in it which did a remakable job. Ididn't want to use RAW editing as I am not yet that familiar with it.
Next problem was restoring the colour and what a job that was, I almost gave up hope after over an hours work but managed to pull out a remarkable amount. The rest was just sharpening etc, the total time spent on just this one photo was well over 2 hours, so what do you think? No cropping done it was how I took the picture
Bazza
So obviously being one of the last ever pictures of them, getting the picture to a better condition was very personal to me. I didn't want to risk having it professionally restored just incase something happened so I had a go myself.
The first thing was the picture I took came out absolutely full of dust like spots. Something that had to be sorted before anything else, luckily my Microsoft Image Suite has a program in it which did a remakable job. Ididn't want to use RAW editing as I am not yet that familiar with it.
Next problem was restoring the colour and what a job that was, I almost gave up hope after over an hours work but managed to pull out a remarkable amount. The rest was just sharpening etc, the total time spent on just this one photo was well over 2 hours, so what do you think? No cropping done it was how I took the picture
Bazza
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Looks good Bazza - well done 
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Thanks Azz very much, as I said it is a very personal photo and has great sentimental value.
It just goes to show what the ordinary "Joe Bloggs" can do when it matters
Bazza
It just goes to show what the ordinary "Joe Bloggs" can do when it matters
Bazza
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Nice one Bazza.
Looks like you've done a grand job of what is a very special picture.
Looks like you've done a grand job of what is a very special picture.
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fantastic,well done ,looks like i got my work cut out on my picture of my big brother,lol
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Very well done! Looks a remarkable job.
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Wow! What a great job you have done with that. Such a very special picture.
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