Can anyone please restore my grandmother?

[kizmiaz]

Nope, the eyes were not cut from anywhere else.

The only bit I cut from another picture was the hair. I tried to repair the hair in the original but it came out too blocky and didn't look natural.

Any time I try one of these repairs, I resize the picture by at least 400% to get as big an image as my poor old computer can handle. This lets me zoom in, and I can then see the individual spots easier. It just took some careful cloning, but the info was all there in the original picture, if a little obscured by blobs.

Its always a good idea anyway to enlarge the picture beforehand. It gives you a lot finer control over the tools available.

[DeComyn]

Hi Glen

This is Francesca's husband, Andy. I'm absolutely blown away by what you've done. I just can't stop looking at it. I just wanted to say thanks and also tell you how much this means to Fran, she is so thrilled with it. I don't think she imagined that someone would do such an amazing job and spend so much time. I have printed it out onto photo paper, and the colours look even better. I can't wait till her Grandad sees it on his birthday, I'm sure that he will shed a tear. I don't know whether you do this professionally, but you should. I think reckon you must have a great portfolio of before and afters to show people.

Thanks again
Andy

[DeComyn]

Update - Grandad received the photo this week and was really really thrilled with it. He didn't even realise it was the one in his wallet, he kept saying "I don't know where you got this beautiful picture, I've never seen it before"!!!!

(There's only one computer in the village where he lives, and that belongs to an American rather than an Italian, so to say that he hasn't the faintest about computers and what can be done with them is an understatement!)

Just wanted to let you know that you made his birthday, thanks so much 

Francesca

[kizmiaz]

Hi Francesca,

Thanks for the update, and I'm so glad that your grandad liked the picture.

And thanks everyone for the nice comments. Not the easiest repair, but hugely satisfying in the end

Regards

Glen

[Ninatoo]

Had to jump in and say what a remarkable job there Glen!  Fantastic effort!

Nina