I have many snapshots taken in the 1970's with a Kodak Brownie camera. I put them in albums and they lost their color. These are pictures of my kids growing up and I would love to get them fixed or restored. Can that be done without the negatives. I have lost the negatives. Help? thank you
2007-01-20 08:21:49 · 7 answers · asked by sunny 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
Absolutely! In Adobe Photoshop you can truly work miracles with practice!
I have attached a link that shows how the process works.
With experience you will be able to do this quicker than you would think. Look in your area for classes that teach Photoshop or digital imaging.
It can be costly to have it done... and it really isn't all that difficult do.
2007-01-20 13:35:43 · answer #1 · answered by Cambria 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you do end up using photoshop, the tool you need to wrap your head around is the HSB controls, called Hue/Saturation (Cntrl U on PC's or Apple U on Macs)...
This gives you complete control of the saturation and hue and density of colors.
If you have any skill with the selection tool, my advice is desaturate the image completely, then one region at a time, use the colorize function of this tool. This works much better than trying to strengthen faded colors, which have usually picked up a color cast anyway as the image faded.
2007-01-20 17:10:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, yes. there are filters in certain photo editing software programs that will do absolute magic. I had a '70's shot of me in elementary school, with a reddish, monotone look. I ran it through the filter and it was amazing. Most programs will do it. The standards that come with a computer are usually too basic to do that much, though. AdobePhotoshop has been my choice.
2007-01-20 16:28:43 · answer #3 · answered by degroove 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=63059196
This is one of the new breed of scanners designed to restore old faded color photos. The results are really amazing,. If you are pretty good with a computer this is an excellent way to preserve/restore your old prints.
Click on the link above and check out the Epson scanner. $150
2007-01-20 22:25:14 · answer #4 · answered by john_e_29212 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The original colour can not be 'replaced' , however if you get the image scanned the coulour can be restored by adjusting the levels in photoshop.
2007-01-20 16:46:42 · answer #5 · answered by thomaswheeler1991 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might need to have them scanned into a computer and retouched in Photoshop. Check with your local imaging/photo place. Good luck.
2007-01-20 16:32:00 · answer #6 · answered by sehiny 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can hand color them. it takes time and you have to mix the colors and be precise.
2007-01-20 16:48:30 · answer #7 · answered by |aura. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋