Restoring an old damaged picture

[lightwriting by swapan]

If this is not the right forum, please pardon me.

 

I have a few old B/W pictures (from 50s and 60s)I would like to restore. All

of them are damaged, some more, some less.

 

Can somebody suggest me a place where they will do a good job of it ? Do I

send the pictures(I am scared) or just scan and upload them ?An internet

search returned numerous choices, completely confusing me.

 

I am willing to spend a fair amount of money for good restoring as those

pictures are invaluable to me.

 

Please help me. I will very much appreciate it

 

Thanks

 

Swapan Chaudhuri

[mendel_leisk]

Think I know the answer but: do you have the negatives?

[lightwriting by swapan]

No, i just have some damaged B/W prints

[J.W. Wall]

Perhaps you can find a shop in your area where you can take the prints in for evaluation?

[JeffOwen]

There are services in the UK that can do such a task. However if you have a scanner or a reasonable camera and a program like Photoshop (even the basic version will do) then get the image onto the computer and have a go to do your own restoring. Not only is it a lot more rewarding it is also cheaper. The main problem depends how much time/patience you have and what programs you can use.

 

In Photoshop the most useful tool is the clone or healing brush. I mainly use the clone tool.<div></div>