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barnsyard
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Restoring Old damaged photographs
« on: Thursday 13 January 05 09:21 UTC (UK) »

Can anyone recommend somewhere professional in the UK that can restore damaged old photographs please?
June


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JillJ
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Re: Restoring Old damaged photographs
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 13 January 05 15:53 UTC (UK) »

I remember this thread:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=16477.0

I wonder if the business got off the ground?

Jill


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barnsyard
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Re: Restoring Old damaged photographs
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 13 January 05 16:07 UTC (UK) »

Thanks Jill - have sent off a message and will report back
June


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Floss
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Re: Restoring Old damaged photographs
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 13 January 05 22:40 UTC (UK) »

Hi

I recently had some old photos restored at my local newspaper office. We have a regular 'Bygones' paper that has old photos that people have sent in. The newspaper office has an imaging studio. Maybe your local paper has one too, its worth a try. Some of mine badly damaged but they've done a really good job of restoring them

Fiona


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barnsyard
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Re: Restoring Old damaged photographs
« Reply #4 on: Friday 14 January 05 08:54 UTC (UK) »

Have had some responses - for anyone else interested look at

Gerry Legere (Image Master)
info@imphotorepair.com
www.homestead.com/image_master

and Shanko has responded - I will get him to post his info.
June


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tallted
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Re: Restoring Old damaged photographs
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 22 January 05 23:57 UTC (UK) »

Hi June,
If you can get hold of Adobe Photoshop 6 you could probably restore a scanned copy quite well, I have taken torn pictures and put them back together, eliminated some folks etc.
Ted


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barnsyard
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Re: Restoring Old damaged photographs
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 23 January 05 13:16 UTC (UK) »

I can now report that Shanko has done a wonderful repair job on a damaged photograph of mine - I would strongly recommend that if you are looking for this sort of service you contact her. I am more than happy!

June


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deadants
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Re: Restoring Old damaged photographs
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 23 January 05 21:58 UTC (UK) »

Hi barnsyard, I'd sure love to see a before and after photo. When restoration is done properly it's like magic. To see some real works of art in photo restoration, have a look at the link below. This is the work of a master crafstman or should I say Craftswoman. It may take a little time for some of the pages to load as they are mouse rollover images, but it's well worth the wait.
Look at the section 'Reader Gallery' to see what can be achieved by home hackes like you and me.

deadants

http://digitalretouch.org/


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Keith Bateman
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Re: Restoring Old damaged photographs
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 23 January 05 22:16 UTC (UK) »

What a great site deadants - some fabulous restorations

Must read some more - then will have a go

Keith


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deadants
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Re: Restoring Old damaged photographs
« Reply #9 on: Sunday 23 January 05 22:20 UTC (UK) »

Hi Keith, It certainly knocked my socks off when I first saw it. I just had to go out and get the book. It's worth every cent.

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