Color Restorations

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1940 High School Portrait

This photograph is in pretty good shape except for the background. Per the Customer's request, we performed the following:

  • Removed fading
  • Adjusted overall tone and contrast
  • Hand-colored the photograph to the specifications of the Customer
  • Smoothed out the coarseness in the face
  • Replaced the background

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Young Military Man

This is an original black and white photograph is from RetouchPro.com that we hand colorized. The age of the photo looks like it might be from the Korean or Vietnam War era, To restore it we performed the following steps:

  • Removed scratches and other marks
  • Colored the photograph
  • Sharpened the image
Original Photo of Kids on Porch Restored Photo of  Kids on Porch

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"Dog Days - Colorized"

This is the same picture we restored that is shown on the Major restoration page. In this case, we added the colorization step. The restoration steps included:

  • Removing all stains throughout the picture, including faces, clothing, and siding
  • Removing all writing on the picture
  • Restoring detail to all the faces (and dog)
  • Opening up the shadows, highlights and midtones
  • Sharpening the picture
  • Colorized photo

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Colorized Photo of the Mother

This is the only photograph a Daughter has of her Mother when she was younger. To retouch this treasured photograph, we performed the following:

  • Repaired some discolorations on the background, and a light line on the neck
  • Smoothed out the face and sharpened the eyes, mouth, hair and suit
  • Improved the overall brightness and contrast
  • Colorized the photograph according to what the Daughter told us
  • Changed the color of the background

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Lisa

The original is a black & white photograph from RetouchPro.com. To restore and colorize it we performed the following steps:

  • Slightly adjusted contrast
  • Colorized the photo

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"Scottish Couple - 1910"

This is a photograph from RetouchPro.com of two Grandparents from Perth, Scotland in 1910. There were scratches, lines, fading and blurring in the original. To restore and colorize this photograph we performed the following:

  • Opened up the tonal range (shadows, midtones and highlights)
  • Removed all scratches, lines, fading and blurring
  • Hand-colored the photograph
  • Created the side and bottom of the chair which was not visible in the original
  • Sharpened the faces and most of the other objects