Thread: Cleaning old photos

gillian · 27-05-2008, 06:46 PM

I am planning to start sorting out my pile of old photos but many of them are quite dirty with a century's finger marks on them! Is there any safe way to clean them up? I know the answer could be don't do it, leave it to a professional, but the reality is that I can only do that with a few special photos. Has anyone any experience/ideas?
Gillian

FireHorse · 02-07-2008, 04:18 AM

scan them at a res of 600 dpi and use the heal brush in photoshop then apply an orange layer with about 20% transparency and print them on good quality paper. The touch up in photoshop is a fidly time consuming job but its well worth the effort.
I actually do photo restoration and charge about $35 per hr but anyone with decent photoshop skills can do it and probably do a nice job if they take their time and pay attention to detail

hope that helps
FireHorse

gillian · 14-07-2008, 08:34 AM

Thank you FireHorse - that's really helpful. I'll have to set aside some time and practise a bit!
Gillian

27-05-2008, 06:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
gillian Ancestry Aid Staff Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Leicester Posts: 2,463 Total Awards: 4	Cleaning old photos I am planning to start sorting out my pile of old photos but many of them are quite dirty with a century's finger marks on them! Is there any safe way to clean them up? I know the answer could be don't do it, leave it to a professional, but the reality is that I can only do that with a few special photos. Has anyone any experience/ideas? Gillian

02-07-2008, 04:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
FireHorse New Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Brisbane, AUS Posts: 1	Re: Cleaning old photos scan them at a res of 600 dpi and use the heal brush in photoshop then apply an orange layer with about 20% transparency and print them on good quality paper. The touch up in photoshop is a fidly time consuming job but its well worth the effort. I actually do photo restoration and charge about $35 per hr but anyone with decent photoshop skills can do it and probably do a nice job if they take their time and pay attention to detail hope that helps FireHorse

14-07-2008, 08:34 AM	#3 (permalink)
gillian Ancestry Aid Staff Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Leicester Posts: 2,463 Total Awards: 4	Re: Cleaning old photos Thank you FireHorse - that's really helpful. I'll have to set aside some time and practise a bit! Gillian