Restore original resolution: I learned a valuable lessonI have a great photo of an eagle, and have edited it so much that it is now noisy. I should have saved the original in a...

hikergal Loc: North Idaho

I learned a valuable lessonI have a great photo of an eagle, and have edited it so much that it is now noisy. I should have saved the original in a different folder and duplicated it in another for the editing. Is there any way to restore it to it's original state? Or fix it somehow. I have Carbonite but I can't go back a week to find itit is only saved as it is on my computer. Can anyone help?

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

Short answer is no, if its a JPG. Any changes saved are permanent and irreversible. In RAW the original is usually unaffected by changes and may be reverted.

Db7423 Loc: Pittsburgh, PA

Was the original RAW or JPEG and what software was it edited in?

CajunLou Loc: SW Louisiana

hikergal wrote:

I learned a valuable lessonI have a great photo of an eagle, and have edited it so much that it is now noisy. I should have saved the original in a different folder and duplicated it in another for the editing. Is there any way to restore it to it's original state? Or fix it somehow. I have Carbonite but I can't go back a week to find itit is only saved as it is on my computer. Can anyone help?

Do a "Search" on UHH for "Deleted photo on SD Card" and view a few replies with freeware if you did not reformat your SD card.

Jim Plogger Loc: East Tennessee

hikergal wrote:

I learned a valuable lessonI have a great photo of an eagle, and have edited it so much that it is now noisy. I should have saved the original in a different folder and duplicated it in another for the editing. Is there any way to restore it to it's original state? Or fix it somehow. I have Carbonite but I can't go back a week to find itit is only saved as it is on my computer. Can anyone help?

Unless you can find the original you will be unable to restore the resolution. Here's a suggestion for the future....save your images as a tiff file. Convert only to jpeg for uploading and email but keep the tiff.

hikergal Loc: North Idaho

Thank youI am just sick about this especially since now someone wants to buy a 16x20 print of it!

jpintn wrote:

Unless you can find the original you will be unable to restore the resolution. Here's a suggestion for the future....save your images as a tiff file. Convert only to jpeg for uploading and email but keep the tiff.

hikergal Loc: North Idaho

It was jpeg and I used both iPhoto and Elements

Db7423 wrote:

Was the original RAW or JPEG and what software was it edited in?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

hikergal wrote:

I learned a valuable lessonI have a great photo of an eagle, and have edited it so much that it is now noisy. I should have saved the original in a different folder and duplicated it in another for the editing. Is there any way to restore it to it's original state? Or fix it somehow. I have Carbonite but I can't go back a week to find itit is only saved as it is on my computer. Can anyone help?

Maybe this will help. Deke shows how to enlarge a lo-res photo.

http://www.deke.com/content/dekes-techniques-292-enlarging-a-low-res-photograph-photoshop

hikergal Loc: North Idaho

Wow! That is amazing! I don't have PS , just Elements, and will look into doing it therethanks for your helpand wish me luck...

jerryc41 wrote:

Maybe this will help. Deke shows how to enlarge a lo-res photo.

http://www.deke.com/content/dekes-techniques-292-enlarging-a-low-res-photograph-photoshop

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

hikergal wrote:

Wow! That is amazing! I don't have PS , just Elements, and will look into doing it therethanks for your helpand wish me luck...

Good luck!

Db7423 Loc: Pittsburgh, PA

hikergal wrote:

It was jpeg and I used both iPhoto and Elements

I was hoping for a different answer.
As for getting it back to the original, sorry, I'm afraid you are stuck good luck salvaging what you have. ;)

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

Gal, by Carbonite, do you mean you have the original somewhere in the cloud? I know nothing about Carbonite, but if the original is there, it must be there somewhere, I would think! Good luck. ;-)
SS

hikergal Loc: North Idaho

That is what I thought toobut have already talked to themno go.I also checked My Passport backup with no results...

SharpShooter wrote:

Gal, by Carbonite, do you mean you have the original somewhere in the cloud? I know nothing about Carbonite, but if the original is there, it must be there somewhere, I would think! Good luck. ;-)
SS

warrior Loc: Paso Robles CA

hikergal wrote:

I learned a valuable lessonI have a great photo of an eagle, and have edited it so much that it is now noisy. I should have saved the original in a different folder and duplicated it in another for the editing. Is there any way to restore it to it's original state? Or fix it somehow. I have Carbonite but I can't go back a week to find itit is only saved as it is on my computer. Can anyone help?

Check out Topaz Denoise. If your Editing soft ware has reduce noise under filter.

Picdude Loc: Ohio

hikergal wrote:

Thank youI am just sick about this especially since now someone wants to buy a 16x20 print of it!

I've done this before myself. Sorry to see it happen to someone else, the only silver lining is that you usually learn this lesson after having done it only one time. Hope you find a recovery venue.