Have you ever got upset over a damaged or ruined childhood picture of yours? If yes, you must know you can restore your photo by using photoshop.

Even the ones that have heavy damages can be fixed with photoshop. 

The article which was originally posted on BoredPanda depicts side by side images of damaged and restored pictures. BoredPanda told how they restored images using photoshop.

BoredPanda wrote: ‘’The original image is on the left. On the right is the image after reducing the contrast adjacent to the tears and cracks, then filling the cracks using sampling of adjacent pixels. This can be done using tools in Photoshop like “content-aware” fill or the healing brush. However, in areas where accurate detail is critical (such as faces), I prefer to do this step manually by eye, as it keeps the highest number of undamaged pixels intact.’’

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‘’The image on the left shows the layer of sampled gray used to fill the cracks and tears.point 187 | On the right, the green indicates the areas of missing emulsion (data).point 247 |

As you can see, it’s not as much damage as you might suspect.point 51 | When filling the cracks, I work in a separate layer and fill only the areas of missing emulsion.point 130 | I do not paint over undamaged or intact areas of the photo, and I do not blend the fill into surrounding areas.point 220 |

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‘’Much of the loss is in areas that are what I call “non-critical”, meaning there’s not much in the way of identifiable features.point 233 |

Carefully dodged/burned transitions in these areas will flesh out the face.point 65 | The yellow areas are where critical detail has been lost.point 113 | These areas contribute significantly to a person’s appearance.point 170 | Loss in these areas can be difficult to restore.point 210 |

But again, the areas are fairly small in relation to the size of the head.point 60 | ’’point 66 | 1

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‘’Another thing worth paying attention to is the “big picture” areas of damage.point 251 |

Scanning a damaged photo will often leave highlights and shadows that can be misleading.point 75 | The dotted lines indicate where the large tears were, and where I need to pay attention to shading, distinguishing what’s in the photo vs.point 192 | shadows caused by the scanner lamp.point 222 |

Knowledge of anatomy becomes critical at this point, so you can balance shading in a way that’s consistent with the shape of the skull and flesh.point 122 | I usually squint or blur (then undo) so I can see the shape better.point 176 | ’’point 182 | 1

‘’The image on the left is what I believe to be a pretty accurate reconstruction of the gentleman in the photo. I arrived at this using sampling techniques (manual and digital) and blending using the smallest dodge/burn brushes. From there, I created details in the features that were both generic and suitable within the context of other features (right).

’’This is where knowledge of anatomy and illustration skills help in restoration. You may not always be able to achieve “historical” accuracy, but the end result will be much closer to the actual appearance than using other repair techniques. Save your shortcuts and tricks for areas of an image that are not as critical as eyes, mouths, noses. Working pixel by pixel is tedious, but the results are can be rewarding.’’

Here are more restored pictures shared by Boredpanda.

This one is a mother’s photo which has been restored beautifully.

This one was the only childhood picture of the mother a man had. She died when he was born.

Family photo from the early 20th century.

Another damaged photo restored with perfection.

 

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