Introduction

Why Restore Digitally?

I love reviving old photographs. I get almost as much pleasure from saving someone’s cherished, but presumably lost, photograph as from printing a brand-new one of my own. I enjoy it so much that I even started a second business (http://photo-repair.com) just for doing digital photo restoration.

Digital photo restoration is no more magical or mysterious than ordinary photographic printing … and no less. It still feels like a minor miracle has occurred when a lovely photographic print, brand-new or restored to life, appears before my eyes. But whether it happens in the darkroom or at the computer, that miracle is based in established routine, using tools and techniques that anyone can learn. Experience and skill ...

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