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20 years ago

Any DIY old photo restoration programs you have used and highly recomend? I am trying to restore old photographs to display for my mother's 95 birthday party. After crop/framing etc. my biggest disappointment is focus. Is it possible to crisp pixels and sharpen? Do the programs that remove breaks and creases repair old focus? Any tips will be great, I'm running out of time, Thanks!

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ron_and_susan
20 years ago
Bodica--I recomend the photo program that microsoft puts out because I had some old washed out black and white pics from the 1940's that this program restored to almost new.(Except for the spots on the pics which I have not learned to take out of the pics yet.)--Ron
iris_gal
20 years ago
Photoshop Elements 3 or 4 are top notch but require time to learn.

Sharpening is included in most (all?) photo programs. Irfan View is a free download and can be learned very quickly. It won't produce the results of Elements but if you're in a hurry..................and the price is right :-)
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