Is anyone good with post processing? I would like an old picture restored to it's original color but it is over 50 years old and the only one I have. I may be asking too much. My dress...

GrandmaG Loc: Flat Rock, MI

I would like an old picture restored to it's original color but it is over 50 years old and the only one I have. I may be asking too much.

My dress is a red & white print. My brother's tie & pants are navy I think. I have hazel eyes and my brother has blue eyes. Our hair is dark brown.

Anyone want to give it a try? Send questions and or your attempt.

My brother and I

Bill Houghton Loc: New York area

Re-post only click the store original box, so we can get the full file. Thank you

tradio Loc: Oxford, Ohio

Re-send and check "store original"

GrandmaG Loc: Flat Rock, MI

Bill Houghton wrote:

Re-post only click the store original box, so we can get the full file. Thank you

Oh right...I meant to do that. Sorry...I re-posted

pithydoug Loc: Catskill Mountains, NY

GrandmaG wrote:

I would like an old picture restored to it's original color but it is over 50 years old and the only one I have. I may be asking too much.

My dress is a red & white print. My brother's tie & pants are navy I think. I have hazel eyes and my brother has blue eyes. Our hair is dark brown.

Anyone want to give it a try? Send questions and or your attempt.

The file is 119kb. Maybe someone with PS can do some magic. With LR the best you can do is make a somewhat better black and white. Can't find any color in the jpg with LR.

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SonyA580 Loc: FL in the winter & MN in the summer

Without knowing what the actual colors were it is almost impossible to recreate them. I suppose someone more talented than I could artificially color in the right tones. I cleaned up the picture a bit and adjusted the contrast and colors slightly. Hopefully someone else can give you what you want.

Old Photo

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Bill Houghton Loc: New York area

Here is another Please crop as you seem fit. If you can rescan at 600 DPI it would help allot.

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Bill Houghton Loc: New York area

Here is another, I notice a problem with the boys left ear.

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GrandmaG Loc: Flat Rock, MI

SonyA580 wrote:

Without knowing what the actual colors were it is almost impossible to recreate them. I suppose someone more talented than I could artificially color in the right tones. I cleaned up the picture a bit and adjusted the contrast and colors slightly. Hopefully someone else can give you what you want.

This is pretty good. It looks like we have brown eyes but we have light eyes. Mine are hazel; my brother's are blue. This may not be easy to change since they are so dark in the scanned picture. Thank you!

GrandmaG Loc: Flat Rock, MI

Bill Houghton wrote:

Here is another Please crop as you seem fit. If you can rescan at 600 DPI it would help allot.

Unfortunately, my mother cut the picture to put it in a collage, so it doesn't have our complete bodies!

I scanned the photo at 600dpi's. Good Luck

ME and my brother

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GrandmaG Loc: Flat Rock, MI

Bill Houghton wrote:

Here is another, I notice a problem with the boys left ear.

Looks like my brother has CD's (car doors)

Bill Houghton Loc: New York area

Yea, but I believe I know the cause of that, Moms were for ever making us wear hats, and of course they always put them under are ears, making us have elephant ears.

Let me know what kind of back ground you would like or post a picture so I can slip into the background.

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GrandmaG Loc: Flat Rock, MI

Bill Houghton wrote:

Yea, but I believe I know the cause of that, Moms were for ever making us wear hats, and of course they always put them under are ears, making us have elephant ears.

Let me know what kind of back ground you would like or post a picture so I can slip into the background.

Funny. ..do you have elephant ears? How about a plain off white or beige background so the white color doesn't get lost and my brother's shirt can be seen?

Bill Houghton Loc: New York area

No CD's here, I walked around with duct tape for 3 years to get them stuck back to the side of my head.

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Bill Houghton Loc: New York area

If you have an old picture of the home, or of something else, it might make a better background.