Re: [Gimp-user] Photo Restoration

[Steve Kinney <admin pilobilus net>]

On 09/23/2012 07:45 AM, Lorgach wrote:
> Hi All,
> I'm a relative newbie at using Gimp or any Photo Editing software but I have tried out some adjustments on 
> photos using Gimp and am happy with the results.
> I have recently been asked if I could try to restore an old black and white photo that is in quite bad 
> shape, full of bends, scratches and is also very grainy.
> I have looked through the Tutorials and also done searches on here to try and find something that would 
> assist me in carrying out this project but there doesn’t seem to be anything that I can find that would 
> help me.
> I would be grateful if someone on the Forum could point me in the right direction if some quicker/slicker 
> techniques I could use other that using the Cloning and Healing brushes as I have tried this and it’s 
> extremely laborious.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim

Hey Jim,

The Colors and Grain script might be very helpful:

http://registry.gimp.org/node/25148

If you download the script and put it in the "scripts" directory of
your GIMP installation (location varies with operating systems), it
will appear in the GIMP menu at:  Filters > Leon > Grain-Colors

How to use this script to remove common photo damage, per the
plugin's author (scroll down for English):

http://tinyurl.com/blpcx7s

This video tutorial on retouching skin explains how to set up the
grain and color layers "by hand" without the script:

http://tinyurl.com/9pszk5s

An alternate method using the same general principles:

http://www.gimptalk.com/index.php?showtopic=28265

:o)

Steve