Torn old Photo-1950-B&W

KAMKAM Registered Users Posts: 22 Big grins
edited October 9, 2006 in Finishing School
Good afternoon all,
I'm in the process of scanning all our old family photos and I came across a black & white photo of my Dad's graduating class of 1950-it's 37" long and 8" wide. This photo was torn and is now in two piece and each piece has been rolled up for years now. I live in Orange, CA. and I was wondering if anyone can tell me where I can take this photo to have it repaired.
NOTE: Thank you for this internet site that has been such a help to me in many different areas. The folks here are all awesome and the wealth of information is fantastic.

Kindest Regards,
KAM

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  • hgernhardtjrhgernhardtjr Registered Users Posts: 417 Major grins
    edited October 7, 2006
    I'm sure someone will come up with a better reply, but I had just this problem with a long, old B/W photo a while back.

    Using my scanner, I scanned the pieces at the highest optical resolution of the scanner. I actually had to scan 4 different sections due to the placement of the tear since my scanner only scans 12" lengths. Using PhotoShop, I re-attached the scans virtually seamlessly (just like making a panorama), and touched up any remaining defects. The end result, which I had printed elsewhere from my data file, was very nice. I also printed a smaller, 19" version on my Canon i9900 which turned out nicely.
    — Henry —
    Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est.
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,934 moderator
    edited October 7, 2006
    Dropped this over in Finishing School on the chance someone here could offer up some help for you.
    Moderator Journeys/Sports/Big Picture :: Need some help with dgrin?
  • MarkRMarkR Registered Users Posts: 2,099 Major grins
    edited October 8, 2006
    If you have Photoshop or the equivelant, the sample chapter to Katrin Eismann's Photoshop Restoration and Retouching 3rd edition deals with this very issue.

    You can download the PDF at http://digitalretouch.org/ under "Third Edition," "Sample Chapter."

    If you find it useful, you should buy her book. It's very very good.

    ian408 wrote:
    Dropped this over in Finishing School on the chance someone here could offer up some help for you.
  • BinaryFxBinaryFx Registered Users Posts: 707 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2006
    KAM, for specialist advice on both traditional and digital restoration of old/damaged photographs - I would recommend this forum:

    www.retouchpro.com

    A very good community spirit and many resources to help you (membership may be required but is worth it for access to downloads of actions etc).


    Hope this helps,

    Stephen Marsh.
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    http://binaryfx.customer.netspace.net.au/
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