Restoring old photographs

Printed photographs are delicate items that capture valuable memories and moments in history. Oftentimes, older images are one-of-a-kind, so it can be particularly heartbreaking to discover that they have been damaged. Photographs can...

The day after Thanksgiving my family and I made the trek to visit my grandparents. They live about an hour away from our home, unfortunately we don't get to see them as often as I would like to. This particular day we ate, visited, watch some old home videos and then later in the afternoon we helped Grandma put her Christmas decorations up. As I was in the back of her closet getting Christmas decorations out I came across these: (which is why I'm telling you about what happened last…

Printed photographs are delicate items that capture valuable memories and moments in history. Oftentimes, older images are one-of-a-kind, so it can be particularly heartbreaking to discover that they have been damaged. Photographs can...

Recently, I came across this great free online photo editor called Pixlr. (It even has a very fitting tagline with this blog! - Make every moment beautiful!) Pixlr has a similar interface to Photoshop, equipped with the tools perfect for some simple DIY free photo restoration. Read on and i'll explain

I have seen several articles on ThriftyFun pertaining to the restoration of old photos. They were well written and often showed before and after pictures depicting very impressive results. In most cases those results were obtained by using a paid for computer software.

This is a guest post from Max Ernst Stockburger of InstaRestoration.com. You can also read his blog: "Tipps and Tricks for Photos" Here is an example of photo restoration. What to consider when scanning your old photographs For the best results in photo restoration, you need to have high-quality scans of your photographs. We then apply our expertise to this ‘raw material’ to restore the original beauty of your images. The good news is that you can easily follow our advice for proper scanning…

Adobe Photoshop is the best program to use when restoring / retouching / editing an old photo! Here's a tutorial on how to accomplish smaller fixes!

If you know how to use a computer with photo enhancing software, it can be quite easy to restore old photos. Here is how.

Storing old family photos in a box in your closet? Here is what to do with boxes of family photos to insure you have them for the future.

An easy way to scan and preserve your family photos to keep family memories safe for the future generations. Use the Photomyne app to start scanning photos!