{"id":26138,"date":"2020-05-03T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T11:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adorama.com\/alc\/?p=26138"},"modified":"2022-05-16T09:59:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T13:59:14","slug":"basic-photo-restoration-restore-old-photos-using-photoshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adorama.com\/alc\/basic-photo-restoration-restore-old-photos-using-photoshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic Photo Restoration: How to Restore Old Photos Using Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Back in the days of regular old film cameras<\/a>, people didn\u2019t have the luxury of saving all their pictures onto memory cards and backing them up on a computer. In those days, you had to get the roll of film developed, have the photos printed, and tuck them away safely into photo albums to ensure that the memories captured in each photo could be enjoyed for years to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, these printed photos have a limited lifespan because the quality of the photo paper and ink used wasn\u2019t as good as the quality of what we use now. As the years went by, deterioration would set in, leaving us with photo albums and boxes full of old, damaged photos with faded ink, tattered edges, and even some scratches and stains here and there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thankfully, old photo restoration<\/strong> isn\u2019t all that hard. You just have to know how to do it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7 Steps to Restore Old Photos in Photoshop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Photo by Laura Fuhrman on Unsplash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Below we provide step-by-step instructions on how to restore old photos. These steps apply to digital photo restoration using the latest version of Adobe Photoshop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Restore Old Photos in Photoshop:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
  1. Digitize your old photo<\/a><\/li>
  2. Open the image in Photoshop<\/a><\/li>
  3. Crop, straighten, or rotate the image<\/a><\/li>
  4. Review your photo for any corrections you want to make<\/a><\/li>
  5. Make the necessary adjustments to your image<\/a><\/li>
  6. Apply a filter to reduce noise<\/a><\/li>
  7. Save the newly restored image<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    1. Digitize your old photo<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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    Photo by Cheryl Winn-Boujnida on Unsplash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    The first step in the old photo restoration process is to scan the image to get a digital copy. You can use a regular photo scanner<\/a>, take a photo using a digital camera, or use a scanner app on your smartphone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Whichever method you use, make sure that it will yield a large, high-quality copy of the photo to make it easier to work with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2. Open the image in Photoshop<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    Next, open the digital image in Photoshop<\/a>. Then create a second copy of the image. You\u2019ll want to keep an original copy for reference, so you\u2019ll be working on altering the second copy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    How to create a duplicate copy of an image in Photoshop:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n