With Gimp turn back time - so it goes
Depending on the quality of the digital template, you need to take several steps to restore an old photo. We will show you on the basis of a relatively poor template, how to get the best out of old recordings. In the settings you can play with the values until you find the result acceptable.
- First you have to digitize the photo. Either scan the image or take with a digital camera. In both cases, the resolution, the higher, the better the chances of damage to repair.
- You can open the image in Gimp.
- In our example, the image quality is relatively poor and there is a lot of gray streaks are visible. This eliminate the tool under "colors" > "brightness/contrast". You increase the contrast and reduce the brightness, it will turn unsightly grey streaks in black.
- Patches, and cracks, you can repair with the "Heal tool" well. Zoom in on the image to view the Details for editing. In the tool bar, select Cure, the tool "off" and set the size of the brush so that it fit the neck.
- Now click on an error-free portion in the vicinity of the damage, while holding down the control key (Ctrl). Make sure that you select a part in the vicinity of the patch or the crack. Otherwise the brightness and color may not match.
- Release the control key, you can repair it with the mouse and the errors.
- Repeat steps 4 and 6 until all the cracks are repaired, or stains removed.
With Gimp restored photo
The powerful image-editing program Gimp offers even more ways to enhance pictures. For example, to retouch them with Gimp Portraits, the perfect appearance of a glossy magazine to get.
