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Old Island Photo Colourization.

Another time-lapse Friday photo restoration and colourization, this time its an old island photo colourization. We are not open this holiday weekend. Labour Day means that the summer days are now with us and we can all now enjoy some sun and relaxation this long weekend.

Old Island Photo Colourization

This one is an old photo from the Pacific islands. The photo was old and faded. In this restoration most of the work was done during the colourization process. There were 17 different colour layers used to colour in this photograph. As well as lots of other adjustment and cloning layers.

Time-Lapse YouTube Video

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Photo restoration and colourization of pacific island man.

Ripped Wedding Photo Restored

Ripped Wedding Photo Restored

This ripped wedding photo restored good as new. The ripped wedding photo was sent to us by Jaqui. Who was wanting to get a nice photo of her wedding from many years ago. The only photo she had was a small proof photo that had been damaged. It was ripped down the middle. It had several creased and some discolouring that also need to be restored.

The Photo Restoration

Using Photoshop I was able to restore this damage. the healing and stamp tools were used for most of the ripped area. the dress details were important so we needed to make sure it was pixel perfect in those detailed areas. The trickiest part was matching up the discoloured areas and darker shading in the lower half of the dress. I used a separate dodge and burn layer to slowly lighten up the selected areas. Once the damage was repaired the overall contrast and clarity was also given the PixelFIX treatment and the photo then started to come alive.

We printed out new copies of the restoration and the customer was very happy with the results. Leaving this great review on Google.

Positive: Professionalism
I had my wedding photos restored from being in a ripped state. Richard did an amazing job of fixing them. Far exceeded my expectations. They look as good as the day the pics were taken. Highly recommend his service.

YouTube Time-Lapse

You can watch the full photo restoration process here on my YouTube channel. Please subscribe and like to see lots more examples of my photo restoration work. There are lots of great examples of before and afters as well as lots more time-lapse photo restorations to watch.

Before and After - Ripped Wedding Photo Restored

Ripped Wedding Photo Restored by Pixelfix Photo Restoration services before and after example
Ripped photo restored by Pixelfix Photo Restoration services before and after example

Photo Restoration Time-Lapse

This weeks photo restoration time-lapse is a very old 1800 B&W photo that was in definite need of restoration. This is not the original photo unfortunately but is a copy that has been made quite some time ago. Never the less the image is still able to be restored and preserved for future generations.

The Restoration

I'm not entirely sure what has caused the marks on this photo but I suspect that this is from some liquid that may have been splashed onto it at some point. But by using Photoshop and the healing and spot removal tool. I was able to remove most of the damage. I could then return the image back to Black and White and remove the colour cast. Adjust the contrast and clarity and then bingo. We have a beautifully restored photos from the 1800's. The customer was very happy.

Before and After

B&W Photo Restoration showing before and after results for a time-lapse video by Pixelfix Photo Restoration Services
Photo Restored by PixelFIX Photo Restoration Services

photo restoration time-lapse

Newspaper Print into a Photo

Turning a newspaper print into a photo.

Newspaper Print into a Photo

In this restoration we turn newspaper print to photo. This was an interesting little restoration. To turn an old newspaper print into a photo that could be displayed and enjoyed for many years to come. Krissie was very keen to get this piece of history restored for her families genealogy research.

Method

Newspapers and magazines as well all use small dots to prints their images. Newspapers have larger dots that magazines and when scanned and copied they are copied as well which doesn't make for a nice display image. After scanning the old newspaper I opened up the image in Photoshop and the first job was to get rid of the dots that make up the print. Using the box blur filter I can remove the dots to make a smooth tone image that we can then work on further. After the normal clean up of the image and some contrast adjustments, curves adjustments and sharpening. The restoration is finished.

Before and After

newspaper print into a photo Black and white Photo Restoration before and after by www.Pixelfix.co.nz

YouTube Time lapse Video

Colourizing an Old Photo

Re-Colourizing an Old Photo

Colourizing an old photo is a very rewarding job. You can see the results appear before your eyes. The image comes alive again when new colour is added.

How to Colourize a Photo

Colourizing old black and white photos is not a new idea. The practice has been around for many years. In the old days, the colour was painted directly onto the printed photograph. Special dyes were used that penetrated the surface of the print and embedded themselves into the image. The colours usually quite bright and obvious. But I have seen some quite amazing examples that looked very realistic.

New Digital methods make the whole process much more accessible. There is also the 'undo' button, which means mistakes are much easier to correct. The painting is still done by hand. But this time using a digital pen to paint on the colours and make the image look alive.

Before & After

Colourizing an Old Photo Photo restored and colourised by Pixelfix
Before and After Photo Restoration and Colourisation

This is the before and after image from this restoration and colourization. Whilst this particular photo did not have much colour to it. It does now have much more facial colour and interest. The full video of the restoration and

is available to watch on YouTube. Also please subscribe, like and share the video with your friends and family.

A B&W Photo Restored and Colourized

A Colourized Photo

This weeks Restoration comes from David who wanted this wonderful old B&W photo restored and colourized. I have done another time-lapse video of this restoration so you can see the process and the amount of work required to colourise a single photo. Projects like colourizing old B&W films just involves so much work it is almost unbelievable to me.

Before & After B&W Photo Restored and Colourized

B&W Photo Restored and Colourised
B&W Photo Restored and Colourised

The process of colourization is done after the photo is restored. Then I make lots of colour adjustment layers with a black mask and then use selections or the paint brush to fill these colours in one by one. Usually trying to start with background colours and build up with foreground colours as I work my way through the image. Below is the full video which you can watch on my YouTube Channel. Please don't forget to Like and Subscribe it really will help grow the channel.

Time-lapse Video

Another Photo Restoration Time lapse

The Restoration

Its Friday again, this means we have another photo restoration time lapse video for you to enjoy. this was just one restoration out of 11 that I did for this customer to create a wonderful historic display. This was a challenging restoration of an old black and white photo. It was very small and very dirty. The quality of the photo means there is a shortage of details. Which makes the restoration a little difficult when trying to retain as much detail as possible whilst removing as much dirt and blemishes from the image. But the final result i think is very nice and a big improvement on the original.

Before and After

Black and White Photo Restoration
Black and White Photo Restoration

YouTube -Another Photo Restoration Time lapse

The restoration took a few hours but with the wonders of modern technology we are able to bring that to you in just a few minutes. Please like and subscribe to my YouTube channel here http://www.youtube.com/c/PixelFIXconz  and I hope to be able to bring you more of these time lapse videos each week. Share the videos on Facebook as well and help to spread the word.

 

Time-lapse Videos

New Time-lapse Videos

Today we will talk about time-lapse videos. In the past I have posted many many many before and after photos and in recently videos. The before after videos have been a real success in quickly showing the results of our photo restorations. Video has a more engaging feel about it and is really good at showing the dramatic differences from the start point to the finish point. I have a long playlist of Before and After Videos which you can see on my You-Tube Channel.

Now I have just uploaded my first time-lapse video. A time-lapse videos are a way of showing the full restoration work that occurs on the computer. But it is sped up and compressed into a few minutes. Instead of what is sometimes hours. The result is short time-lapse videos of about 4 minutes that shows all the work involved in restoring a photo, from start to finish. This first one was a fairly simple restoration of a 100 year old black and white photo.

The software I used was OBS Studio and Microsoft's Photo software that comes with Windows 10. It was simple enough to do and hopefully I can make improvements as I do more. The only reason I had to use Microsoft's 'Photo' software was because I couldn't get Photoshop's video editing to increase the video speed beyond 4x speed. If any knows how to increase the speed higher than this please let me know.

I hope you enjoy it. I shall be making more in the future. So please watch this space.

 

 

 

Corona Virus Update

I would like to update everyone how the corona virus Covid19 is affecting our operations and business at the moment. The short answer is that it is not affecting us at the moment. Which is good news. We are open for business and I have a desk full of restorations currently underway. So if you have a photo that you think may need restoration, then please contact us and I would be happy to give you a FREE QUOTE.

But if you are in self isolation because of the corona virus. Then there are many ways that you can send us your photo for restoration;

Internet

Firstly you can send us your photo via the internet. Options to send us your photo by email. The upload facility on our webpage are available 24hrs a day, 7 days a week. To use this service you will need to scan your photo or take a photo of it by using your phone. If you need help with any of this then please give me a call and I'll be happy to talk you through the process. There are details of the scanning requirements on our Photo Restoration page in the FAQs section.

Post

Secondly you can send us your photo via a courier service. Pass the Parcel  is a very good service that will pick up from your home and take payment online. If you are able to visit the Post Shop then of course just pop your photo into a courier bag and let the lovely people at the Post Shop do the rest. Once your photo has arrived I can get to work on the restoration.

Friend

Lastly, you can ask a friend or relative to drop off the photo for you. Just put the photo in a ziplock bag and wipe the bag with antiseptic wipe. The photo will then be safe to travel with your friend or relative.

I hope this was helpful and remember Keep Calm and Carry On.

 

 

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