Re: [Gimp-user] Photo Restoration

[Norman Silverstone <norman littletank org>]

On 23/09/12 16:39, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> > 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.
> I have spent many hours restoring old black and white prints and there
> is no short cut to getting good results. You might find some useful tips
> in http://forum.meetthegimp.org/ or in http://blog.meetthegimp.org/ Best
> of luck.
>
> Norman