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Faded Photo Restored and Re-coloured

Faded Photo Restored and Re-coloured

The Restoration & Colourization

Today we will be talking about a faded photo restored and re-coloured. Karen brought me this wonderful old faded family photo to be restored and re-coloured. Unfortunately it was very faded and all of the colour had been bleached from it. It had as happens quite often been framed and exposed to too much sunlight. UV light from the sun stripes the colour from most most things, including photographs. This is a prime example why UV protective glass is advisable for those cherished family photos.

Fortunately we were able to restore this wonderful photo. Using Photoshop to create many layers of different colours. I was able to paint in each of the separate areas with the relevant colour. I used a graduated colour map for the skin tones. Adding shadow and highlight details to make extra definition to the facial features.

Colourising photos is perhaps one of the most satisfying type of photo restorations that I get to do.  Each photo is always unique. So the challenge is always different. Karen was very happy with the results and we were able to get the colours spot on, first time. Thanks to her precise description of the different colours for each of the clothing, hair and skin tones. The photo restoration is now framed and now display, to be enjoyed for many years to come.

Before & After

Faded Photo Restored and Re-coloured

Faded Photo Restored and re-coloured by Pixelfix Photo Restoration Services
Faded Photo Restored and Re-Coloured

YouTube Time-lapse Video

You can see the full process of how I restored and re-coloured this old photo. The video is available on my YouTube channel and has been sped up to 2200% speed! So you can see 4hrs of restoration work in an incredible 5 minutes. Please Subscribe and like and share with others.

 

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.

 

Covid-19 Level 1

Covid-19 Level 1 Update

As of Tuesday the 9th of June, we are now at Covid-19 Level 1. This means life is back to normal with the exception of international travel. You are welcome to drop off your photo for restoration during normal business hours. Which I have listed below. We no longer have to wear masks or sanitise our hands every 2 minutes.   Which is all great news. Lets hope we can get New Zealand moving again in the right direction. Please support your local businesses as they are the backbone of the New Zealand economy.

Time-lapse

To celebrate the end of the severe lock down measures. I have put together my latest time-lapse movie for you. This was a restoration of a nice family portrait that had definitely seen better days. With a few hours work though, we had the photo looking very nice and it is going to be framed and displayed again. If you would like to learn more about our photo restoration services please click here. Please enjoy and let me know what you think of this latest time-lapse video. Also please 'subscribe', 'like' and share the video please.

 

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.

 

 

 

Restoration of Silvering in Black and White Photos

Old Black and White Photos can sometimes suffer from a problem called silvering. As the chemical bonds in the photo breaks down over time. The silver in the photo becomes visible on the surface and is seen as a shiny pale haze that obscures the darkest parts of the photo.

If you have a photo that looks like this, don't worry. We can fix it. We can restore the lost details. Using Photoshop we can remove the haze and fading that the silvering has caused. Once restored these old precious photos can be printed & displayed and enjoyed again for many years to come.

Ask us today how we can help you restore your old black and photos.

Restoration of Silvering in Black and White Photos

 

Restoration of Silvering in Black and White Photos photo restoration
photo restoration

Waitangi Day

Thursday is Waitangi Day and we we will be closed for the day. But please, still send us your emails and photos for restoration. We will respond to you as soon as possible on Friday. We hope you all enjoy your own Waitngi day and celebrate our unique New Zealand heritage. Thank you for your patience.

 

 

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Royal Colour Restoration

Royal Colour Restoration

This wonderful old photo of the Japanese royals was brought in by Her Majesty Nanasipauu Tukuaho Queen of Tonga. Unfortunately the original photo had been in a frame near the window and was exposed to the sun for many years before it came to me. So now it was sun bleached and almost completed faded away.

Any colour that may have been present was lost due to the bleaching. Restoring the colour was not an option. This require a complete re-colouring to bring this back to life.

I had to research the correct colours for the sashes and the orders. But the background and the carpet I were to improvise. But I think you can see that this process of colourization really does bring this photo back to life.

Before and After

Royal Colour Restoration
Heavy Restoration $240 plus prints 

Customer Feedback

Hi Richard,The photos are amazing and I am so pleased.

Many thanks,
Nanasipauu Tukuaho

Restoration Team Effort

This isn't England after their semi-final match in the football World Cup. But it did need some restoration!. This is the Coromandel Rugby Club back in the last century, 1899 to be exact. Team photos are often sent to us for restoration. They are probably the most difficult to restore.

This is because of how many faces and how much detail need to be correct. If you smudge a tree in the background it may very well go unnoticed, but smudge somebody's eye in a team photo and everyone will notice the funny-looking guy that you just smudged. This one took a good 6 hours to restore and clean up. But looks very nice now, especially with its new framing and matt border.

Before and After Restoration Team Effort

Rugby team photo restoration
Heavy restoration $240 plus prints

 

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