How to recover old damaged images using photoshop?

We all love our old photos as they remind us those happy and fun moments, they just take us to that time and we get in love with those pictures. But as the time passes, these images get torn and they start to lose their quality because of a process called silvering in which the image loses its quality and starts to turn into a silvery shade. The silvering totally damaged your old images and photos along with your memories. So,you  
might be wondering if you can recover those old damaged images into their original form? You might be thinking if you can or not. So,today let me tell you in clear whether you can recover those old memorial damaged images or not. Definitely,yes you can recover and restore your damaged old images easily using Photoshop.

Photoshop is a powerful tool that can really help you recover and restore your old memorial images and photos.Its very easy process and I assure you'll love to know this awesome Photoshop trick.You don't need to be worry about how you can do it as today I'm providing you this secret trick to recover and restore old damaged images using Photoshop.Now,no need to go to studio and spend bucks for restoring your old images. So don’t waste your time and scroll a bit to know the trick!

Things required to restore old damaged images using Photoshop

Pretty excited to see the tutorial? Wait a minute, as I'm telling you the stuff which you need before learning the trick to restore your old damaged images and photos back to its original form. So put excitement beside and read the list first!

• Photoshop CS3+
• Digital Version of Damaged Photo
• A human brain

Well these are the only things we need, as of now. And now you can finally head to the tutorial!

How to Recover Damaged Old Images using Photoshop ?

So finally the tutorial is here! Don’t waste your time and read it! And yeah we are keeping it simple and to the point so you don’t get confused!

• Open any damaged old image and crop it according to your needs.

 

We are using this old damaged image to recover

• Now we need to boost contrast, for that go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels and then click OK.
• Now drag the black input slider to the right and change the value to 29. With this we will darken the grey shades of the image.
• Now we need to drag the white input slider towards left so it reaches value of 215. With this the shot’s weak highlights would be brightened up.

• Now its time to drag the grey slider to the right, adjust it according to yourself. With the help of this we will brighten and detail the mid tones.
• Now its time to create a smart object, for this we will click on Layer 0 and press CTRL+ J to layer via copy. 
• Now go to filter > convert for smart filter. Press OK. 
• Now again go to layer > Noise > Dust and Scratches. Set the radius and threshold as you want.

• Now click on the filter layer and press CTRL+ I.
• Now get a paintbrush with White color as foreground and start painting on the scratches, leave the scratches on face and clothes for now.
• Now its time to patch the scratch, grab the patch tool and then select the are of scratch on the clothes and then move it a bit above.
• Now grab clone tool and then clean that place and tidy it up. 
• Now for the face get the heal tool and start painting on the face.
• You will see that the scratches have gone and you are having the perfect quality image with you!

Final Preview of The old Damaged Image

Final Words

Now,I hope you have successfully learned the trick to recover and restore old damaged images easily using Photoshop. If you are still facing problem with this trick while recovering old damaged images then feel easy to share below your problem and also don't forget to say thanks. Keep Laughing and Have a Nice Day !!


This Article is submitted by Maadhav Saxena, admin at Photoshop Center ( Shop Tuts )