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War time is never pretty
War time is never pretty
Oscar sent me this wonderful old photo from WWII. It is a devastating scene of destruction that accompanies any war. The photo was very small and in a very poor condition as you can see from the original on the left.
But with patience and a lot of Photoshop cloning I was able to remake this into a complete portrait again.
Medium restoration – Cost : $120 plus print
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Amazeballs!
Amazeballs!
Sonnya and Leafa sent me this very badly faded and washed out old photo and asked me if I could improve it somehow. I said yes of course. In case you were wondering. I used Photoshop to examine the channels and used the blue channel to make a black and white copy of the image to paint on.
Once i had removed any blemishes and cleaned up the photo using the stamp heal and dodge & burn tool, I was then able to start to repaint the photo. 20 layers and 3-4 hours later and voila!
Both Sonnya and Leafa were very pleased with the final result.
WOWSERS, that looks amazeballs! Thaaaaaanks! Totally will recommend you to others or better yet use your awesome service again! – Leafa
Medium photo restoration badly faded colour photo – $130
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Putting a smile on her face.
Putting a smile on her face
Vivienne brought me this wonderful photo graph and asked if I could put the smile back on the ladies face. So using the power of Photoshop to eliminate the red channel data and clean up the rest of the image with cloning and heal brushing, I was able to recreate the smile and restore this wonderful portrait.
The photo is now being enjoyed once again and Vivienne was very pleased with the finished result.
I am very pleased with them all. Your results with these restorations are just what I’d hoped for. – Vivienne
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Summer hide away
Summer hide away
While everyone has been watching the All Blacks in the Rugby World Cup, I’ve been busy restoring old photos. Anthony brought me this wonderful aerial photo of his family’s batch up in the Bay of Islands in the Northland.
It is a large print mounted on to cardboard and was badly faded and discoloured through sun exposure and time. Using a number of various curves adjustment layers in Photoshop I was able to carefully bring back the colour and restore contrast.
A moderate amount of cloning and healing brush work was needed to clean up the small blemishes to complete the restoration.
It is quiet an eery scene with a stormy looking sky. Anthony tells me that the land is now covered in wild bush. Just goes to show that it doesn’t take long for nature to reclaim what is hers.
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New marketing materials
www.PixelFIX.co.nz photo restoration is just one part of my business. I am also a professional photographer, my company name is PixlBOX and I have just received the new marketing material that I am going to be displaying at the front of my property. Nice, don’t you think?
Photography and photo restoration marketing materials.
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The Good Ol’ Days
When Summers were always hot and the lemonade was also fresh! This wonderful old photo was sent in by Glenda and in desperate need of some restoration. There were thousands of tiny cracks and some large creases that has destroyed some of the photo. But with the magic of Photoshop and also 5-6 hours of slow and steady work. I was able to full restore this wonderful old photo so that the memories of those wonderful summers could be shared for many years to come.
Larger than the usual
Larger than the usual
Helen brought in these wonderful old photographs from England that she has purchased to add to her collection. The largest was over a metre long and they were taken almost 100 years ago. After restoring the photos I also framed them and this is the final result.
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Tune in on YouTube
I created a new channel on You tube to highlight some of my photo restorations, repair and re-touching. I hope you like them.