A photo with a hole or water damage. Can it be saved?
A run through the usual kinds of damage to a print, and an honest answer about which can be undone and which end in educated guesswork.
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Notes on old photographs
What can be recovered and what cannot. How to scan a print without wasting the effort. What it costs and why. These are the questions people ask us most often.
How much does it cost to restore an old photo?
Where the differences in restoration pricing come from, how hand retouching differs from automated work, and what to check before you pay per photograph.
Read onAn animated photo as a gift for a mother or grandmother
When a short animation of an old photo makes a good present, when a restored print in a frame is the better choice, and how to avoid getting it wrong.
Read onHow colorizing black and white photos works
How does a computer know the dress was green? What happens to a black and white print between the upload and the finished colour file.
Read onWhat to do with old, damaged family photographs
A shoebox of prints from a grandparent's wardrobe: what to do first, what never to do, and which kinds of damage can still be undone.
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