When you come across a bunch of old photographs, you remember all the old times of your life. However, if these photographs are not in a good condition then also you can restore these photographs again properly and can enjoy viewing them at any time. This article will tell you how to restore photos.
There are many tools available in your computer such as Photoshop that provides you a variety of tools for repairing any damaged photograph and restoring it. The process of restoring photographs is quite easy. Restoring photographs basically consists of adding or reversing effects, changing colors, contrast, brightness or reduce sharpness of the photograph.
Restoring Blurred Photos
- The main reason why a photograph is blurred are shutter speed, camera shake or bad light. If there is a minor blur in the photo that you want to fix up, then the “Quick Fix” tool will help you out. When you open the Photoshop Element, find this tool on the upper side of the page and click on apply. Before saving the changes, check whether you can see the photo clearly when you use this “Quick Fix” tool. You can use the drop down box where you can easily check all the possible ways in which you can view the photograph.
- If the photograph has medium blur and can be cleared after setting the sharpness of the picture, then you can use the other tool as well. There is a “Sharpen slider” on the right hand side at the bottom of the page. This Sharp tool is a default tool provided by Photoshop. When you want to use this tool to increase or decrease the sharpness of any photograph then you only need to drag it around and the sharpness will set. However see to it that you don’t over sharpen the image as it will not at all look good.
Restoring Old Photos
- Old photographs fade up the colors early. You can easily restore this dull color by using some Photoshop tools such as “Smart Fix”. You only need to drag this slider in the middle of the image. When you drag the slider towards left the red and yellow color will increase while on the right hand side green and blue will increase. You need to adjust the slider according to the color that you want. You will find this slider tool under “General Fixes” tab.
- You can also use other sliders for sharpness, color, brightness or contrast that you can use to restore your old photograph. “Sharpen” slider will help you to reduce the blurriness of the photograph while the “lighting” slider will help you to adjust the contrast and brightness of the picture. “Color” slider helps you to adjust the atmosphere of the picture.
- There is another slider tool dubbed as “Temperature” slider. This tool helps you to set the temperature of the image. You can change the atmosphere in the image. You can make the photograph into a cloudy damp climate or an old foggy one. This gives an added effect to the restoration of the old photograph and you can also restore the original weather condition.
Restoring Torn Photos
- There are many different tools available for restoring torn photos. If there are minor blemishes or some marks on the photographs then you can use “Spot Healing Brush Tool” that will help you to change or edit only a small part of the photograph.
- For major damages to your photograph there are other tools provided by Photoshop. These tools are easy to use and you can easily restore any photograph even if it has major damages. One such tool is the “Heal” tool that can be used for repairing damages. Heal tool will help you to remove cracks on the image.
- Another Photoshop tool is the Clone tool that helps you to repair and restore any torn or damaged photograph.
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