Photos fade over time, wrinkle, become covered with cracks and scratches, and this is not always useful. You can restore a photo using Photoshop, even if it is printed on paper.
It is necessary
- - the photo;
- - scanner;
- - a computer;
- - Photoshop program.
Instructions
Step 1
To recover a paper photo, scan it first. Always select the highest resolution in the scanner settings, at least 300dpi. In the process, you will need other parts of the image, and if the resolution does not match, the result may be unpredictable. Do not forget to first wipe dust, fingerprints from the image, use a compressed air cylinder or a cleaning cloth for this.
Step 2
Color correct the image. To do this, open the menu "Images", "Correction", "Curves". Click in the window that opens on the white eyedropper, which is located on the left, and already in the photo itself, find the lightest area, point to it. Similarly, click on the black eyedropper and select the darkest area. If necessary, select an area with a medium brightness for the gray eyedropper. This feature makes a yellow, hazy photo vivid and high-contrast.
Step 3
Next, start repairing damaged areas, scratches, dark and light spots, etc. There are many ways to do this, but you can use the following: enter the "Quick Mask" mode (the lowest button at the bottom), select the "Brush" tool (preferably, with a low hardness level, fluffy) and select a part of the face of a suitable color in the photo, which is not damaged. It will turn red.
Step 4
Exit Quick Mask mode, right-click on the image and choose Invert Selection from the menu. Copy the resulting image and paste it on a new layer above the photo (you can just press Ctrl + V, the layer will appear automatically). Then move the spot to the damaged area. You will see how it closed. If necessary, erase the excess with a low-hardness eraser.
Step 5
If the photo has damaged, for example, one corner of the mouth, and the second is in order, select the whole part using the described method or with the usual cursor. After copying it to a new layer, choose Edit, Transform, Flip Horizontal. Also try changing the tilt angle by choosing Rotate.
