The client was hopeful that the image could be digitally restored without changing the old look.   The client wanted the large tear marks and major stains eliminated, but the client did not want all of the scratches removed.  The photo was not to be obviously sharpened, keeping the overall softness.

I began using the CLONE tool to remove the large tear marks, some small tears, and some of the larger scratches. Smaller scratches were left in at the client's request.

This old photograph was brought to me for possible repair.  It is the only known existing copy of an important photo of family history.

The image had been torn in three pieces.  The pieces had been taped together on the back and placed in an oval mat. 

The image was larger than my flat bed scanner so I scanned the middle, the top, and the bottom and stitched them together in Photoshop using overlapping LAYERS.

Before

July 3, 2000

After

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