1970’s Ford from the Family Album

Here’s a quick scan & restore of another old family photo. I followed the same recipe like before, but I also added a levels layer for the car color & a brightness/contrast layer for the windshield. I believe the car is a 1970’s Ford Transit. 

Added levels layer for the car color & brightness/contrast layer for the windshield.

Added levels layer for the car color & brightness/contrast layer for the windshield.

Original photo, scanned from our family album.

Original photo, scanned from our family album.

If you want the full tutorial on how to restore your old photos, follow this link:

https://cardinalguzman.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/tutorial-restore-scanned-photos-in-photoshop/

Enjoying ice cream – scanned and restored photo

I’ve started to restore some old family photos that I’ve scanned. The saturation is corrupted in some of the images, many of them have scratches and some are discolored. A few of them even suffer from all of the above!

Old photo after scan.

Original photo after scan.

It can be time-consuming to scan your old photos, especially if the photos are very damaged and you want to restore them. I was working on this photo last night and here’s a very short summary of what I did with this photo:

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