LoganDerrick wrote:
Hey!
I would like to restore old family photos. Scan in high quality and work on them properly. Some are cracked, some are faded, well, you know what photos that are over 50 years old turn into.
Need some advices about photo restoration software.
What software should I choose, pros and cons, etc.
Yes, I know about Photoshop, but it's too complicated for me.
All software, regardless of how easy it is supposed to be, has a learning curve.
Why is PS too complicated for you? Because you haven't spent the time to learn what you can do with PS and how to do it? May I suggest that you put your photos in a safe place for now, then start "playing" with PS and some images for which it doesn't matter if you ruin them permanently.
Check videos on YouTube, see if you can find a book about PS, ask questions of those who are very familiar with PS and above all, take notes so that the next time you want to do the same thing, you can look up how you did it.
Oh, yes, it is going to take a large investment of time, but the rewards will be well worth it!
I have not used PS myself, always found the price too high, but I do have Photoshop Elements, and so far I have been able to do everything I wanted with that program. Yes, it it too, took an investment of time, but not nearly as large a chunck of my money.
Everything you learned since the day you were born took an investment of time: talking, walking, eating without half your meal on the floor or in the dog's mouth, learning to read and write, etc., etc.
So, decide you really want to learn PS, set aside 15-20 minutes a day and go for it!
In a month or two, post some original pictures together with the "restored" ones.
Going back into time a very long way, I was 4 1/2 years old, when my grandmother taught me to knit. She was a wise woman! In her mind she had already divided the art of knitting into small steps. She cast on 10 stitches, showed me how to knit them, then handed the work to me and made me do what she had just shown me.
It cost her the entire afternoon to have me knit 10 rows over 10 stitches. But she stuck with me and I was mighty proud when a year or so later, I could show her something I had made for my doll - without her help but certainly with what she had taught me in my mind.
So go for it with PS, or any other program that you think you will like. It will be your determination that will help you learn the program, not what others tell you!
Esther.