How to Fix Pictures in Photoshop
One of the most interesting and useful features of Adobe Photoshop is its ability to restore or repair damaged photographs. Historians and archivists use this function to bring back to life old photographs in their collections for the public to enjoy and for scholars to study. In addition, many individuals use the program to restore their own photographs, damaged by time or the elements, to their former state.
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Instructions
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Save your photograph onto your computer's hard drive by scanning it at the highest resolution and quality settings your scanner will allow. Be careful when you scan the photograph not to damage it any further.
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Open Photoshop. Then select "File" and click "Open." Browse to the scanned file on you computer and open it.
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Evaluate the damage and what you hope to accomplish. Some things Photoshop simply can't fix. If, for example, a large piece of the photograph is missing in an area that has a great deal of detail, there is little you can do. Photoshop works well with smaller spots, tears and other damage. It can even repair larger gaps if the area happens to be fairly uniform, like a sky or water.
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Select an item that you want to repair and use the "Patch" tool to make a selection around one of them. Then drag the selection to a nearby undamaged area that has coloration and features matching as closely as possible the selected area. The damaged area will then be patched. Do the same for each damaged area in your photograph.
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Select the "Clone" tool. You may notice around the patched areas a slight discrepancy or line between the original photograph and the patch. Hold the "ALT" key and select an area near (but not in) the patched area to serve as a reference. Start painting over the line. It will disappear. As you work you will probably have to select new reference points.
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