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Old August 15th, 2011, 02:32 PM   #4
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Its not a perfect technique by any means, but these are examples of what can be done to rescue even the worst of images e.g. if you have a family event from an old Newspaper.
That is very good work from about as poor a source image as there can be.

Although I don't think most folks need Photoshop, most of the time, image repair is one case where Photoshop's tools are better than other stuff. "Content aware fill" and "content aware healing" are really quite good at handling some of the tougher cases

One more technique that I've seen used -- using vectors to define shapes lost in the original. That is, you can use the pen tool to make a sharp edge where you've got muddy newsprint and moire.

This takes you beyond "restoring" a photo to essentially creating a new, better image based on the photo. I've experimented myself, but I'm not all that proficient with vector/vexel art techniques.

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