Scientists Develop Technique For Recovering Old Daguerreotype Photos
Researchers have developed a new technique for salvaging tarnished 19th-century daguerreotype photographs and revealing images that otherwise "seemed lost forever."
Researchers have developed a new technique for salvaging tarnished 19th-century daguerreotype photographs and revealing images that otherwise "seemed lost forever."
The 1994 James Cameron film True Lies starring Arnold Schwarzenegger was recently re-released in Ultra HD 4K disc format giving viewers the opportunity to watch these classic films in unprecedented detail.
A generous photographer is restoring treasured photos that were destroyed by the devastating tornados in Tennessee at absolutely no cost.
A documentary photographer and photo preservationist painstakingly restored thousands of glass plate photographs that reveal what life was like in New England 160 years ago.
A photographer who bought a box of "dirty and dusty" photographic slides for $33 (£27) at an auction was amazed at the quality of the images that are believed to have been taken at the beginning of the 20th century.
Adobe Photoshop's AI tool Generative Fill has been out for a couple of months now and people are still finding new uses for it -- such as restoring old photos.
A fascinating video made by Mystery Scoop has brought to life old Victorian-era portraits by using the latest technology in artificial intelligence (AI).
When Hurricane Ian devastated Krista Kowalczyk's local community in Sanibel, Florida the wedding photographer wanted to do something to help.
These incredible high-definition Apollo moon photos were remastered by stacking 16mm film frames to reveal details that were previously unseen.
A newly-released artificial intelligence (AI) model called the "Generative Facial Prior" (GFP-GAN) can repair most old photographs in mere seconds, and it can do it for free.
Adobe is adding a new photo restoration neural filter in Photoshop that is designed to uplift old photographs that have suffered degradation.
A while back, a young man contacted me about a photo digitization and restoration project for his grandfather, who served in the U.S. military during the Vietnam War. They had some photographs from this period in his life—of friends, scenery, and the culture of Vietnam—that they wanted to use for an album.
A talented photo colorizer has paid a tribute to wartime animals by breathing a new and colorful life into historical photographs that depict them and their sacrifices.
Film photography has enjoyed a significant resurgence in the last several years despite the expansive growth of digital cameras. In this 11-minute short documentary, Exploredinary interviews a few analog photographers to see why they stick with the aged format.
I’ve been restoring and also coloring historical photographs for a little over two years. Towards the end of last year, I received a request to work on an image of Abraham Lincoln. Little did I know, this request would change the direction of my work forever.
In this article, I’m going to tell a story of how we’ve created AI-based restoration project for old military photos.
Tetyana Dyachenko is a Ukrainian photo retoucher who often does restorations of vintage photos that are extremely damaged -- often seemingly beyond recovery. Yet using her Photoshop skills, Dyachenko is able to recover (and recreate) extremely fine details in the photos.
If given an old print to restore, most photographers these days would probably choose to scan it and fix the image up in Photoshop. Japanese restoration expert Murabayashi Takao uses a different technique: one that involves the magic of chemical processes. Watch and be amazed in the 10-minute video above.
A graduate photo conservation class at the University of Delaware recently devoted its skills toward restoring damaged photos for grieving parents who lost three children to a fire late last year. 260 photos were recovered through restoration techniques usually seen at museums and returned to the family.
Natural disasters are tragic for many reasons. Assuming, most importantly, that you and your loved ones come through one such disaster healthy, you immediately begin the process of putting your life back together. And even though top priorities are probably your home, cars, critical documents, and so on, those things are replaceable; the photos that may have also been damaged or destroyed are not.