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Photoshop fun making an eyeball - Updated!
posted by nezbitten, Jun 25, 2008 2:32 PM — 92 commentsPhoto repair and photo retouching posts are all very well for me but how about a bit of fun? Ever wanted to create a good looking eyeball in photoshop? Here is a tutorial and an action to help with just that. Tutorial brought to you from Image-Restore Photo repair uk

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3 ways to sepia tint a photo in Photoshop
posted by nezbitten, May 14, 2008 4:01 PM — 20 commentsThe trouble with PhotoShop is that there are many ways to do the same thing. This tutorial shows you how to tint an old black and white photo for Photo Restoration to sepia using three different methods, each give a similar result but with subtle differences.
A tutorial from Image-Restore.co.uk
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Patience, patience and more patience...
posted by nezbitten, Jan 11, 2008 3:25 PM — 11 commentsWhen you get a photo as bad as this, it is seriously tempting to let a quality photo restoration service do it for you. But if you were to takle this one it might be easiest to airbrush a new back ground or cheat by tightly cropping the photo so there is less work to do...

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Photo Repairs - The Importance of selection.
posted by nezbitten, Dec 2, 2007 12:24 AM — 0 commentsWhen carrying out photo restorations and reparing an old photograph quite often pieces of it need to be patched up and healed or cloned. To do this you may just grab the clone brush and clone over, but care and planning with selections can create a neater and more convincing job.
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Vanishing point, repair a missing peice of a photo
posted by nezbitten, Oct 23, 2007 1:10 PM — 2 commentsSometimes this can be tricky but it is normally a case of using your knowledge of light and shade as a photographer and knowing what looks natural.This photo restoration tip was brought to you by image-restore
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Photo Repair - Retouching Faces
posted by nezbitten, Sep 25, 2007 11:02 AM — 6 commentsInstant makeovers, years taken off, digital plastic surgery, its all possible but just how far do you go?
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Photo Repair. An natural eye...
posted by nezbitten, Sep 6, 2007 4:44 PM — 7 comments... and restoring without adding perceived artistic merit.
Sorry about the lengthy title but I could find anything more catchy!
Ok so you can use a computer and you can use Photoshop, and you can have a good go at repairing a photo, but does this mean you are a good photo restorer? Not always...Read on for more and the restored photo!

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Image resolution part 2/2 (1st post continued)
posted by nezbitten, Sep 2, 2007 11:05 AM — 0 commentsImage Resolution - The simple printing rule.
After your Photo Restoration is complete, scale you image across the page at somewhere between 250 to 300 pixels per inch to give you an optimum print. If you need to go bigger then just scale to 200 pixels per inch or even less. Do a test ...
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Photo Restoration - Restoring the Unrestorable
posted by nezbitten, Aug 28, 2007 10:08 PM — 9 commentsPhoto Restoration

In this example I will describe some of the processes involved in restoring a badly damaged photograph which has been torn, creased and stuck with tape. Bits of the photo are missing and will need to be replaced and restored.
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Photo Restoration and all that is entailed
posted by nezbitten, Aug 28, 2007 10:05 PM — 0 commentsPhoto Restoration.
Hello there and welcome to my world of Photo Restoration where you can find out how to restore old images and repair photographs using Photoshop. I will of course help out with discussing some fundamentals of image resolution and techniques used for restoring old photos. I hope this will be an informative and educational as well as some friendly chatter about photography.
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