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Work on a copy, not the original: setting that habit up before you edit anything
Why you should always duplicate a photo before editing it, and a simple system for keeping the original safe.
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A clearer picture, with the memory intact.
Start with simple edits. Understand what AI restoration can change before trusting the result.
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Try Topaz Photo AI on one difficult old photo
A walkthrough of running a single difficult old photo through Topaz Photo AI, and what to check in the result before trusting it.
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Correct white balance in an indoor flash photo
How to fix the orange or blue colour cast that indoor flash photography often leaves behind.
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Reduce noise in a photo taken on an old phone
How to reduce the speckled, grainy look that older phone cameras often produce, especially in low light.
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Fix a photo scanned at an angle
How to straighten a photo that came out crooked when it was scanned, and crop it cleanly afterwards.
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Repair a torn corner in a family photo
How to fill in a torn or missing corner of an old photo so it looks complete again, without inventing detail that was not there.
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Remove a date stamp printed on an old photo
How to remove an old camera's orange date stamp from a photo without leaving an obvious patch behind.
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Retouch a portrait without over-smoothing skin
How to soften blemishes and marks in an old portrait while keeping real skin texture so the person does not end up looking airbrushed.
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Batch-edit a set of scanned photos the same way
How to apply the same fix — like brightening or straightening — to a whole folder of scans at once, instead of repeating it photo by photo.
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Compare two AI restoration results before choosing one
A simple way to look at two different AI restoration attempts on the same photo and decide which one to keep.
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Soften heavy AI restoration so a face still looks right
If an AI restoration tool has smoothed a face until it looks unnatural, here is how to dial it back so the person still looks like themselves.
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Colourise a black-and-white portrait with an AI tool, and check the result
How to use an AI colourising tool on an old portrait, and the checks worth doing before you trust the result.
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Colourise a black-and-white portrait with Photoshop Elements
A guided, step-by-step way to bring natural-looking colour to an old black-and-white portrait using Photoshop Elements.
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Adjust contrast in a flat, hazy scanned photo
How to bring life back into a scanned photo that looks flat, grey or hazy, without losing detail in the brightest or darkest areas.
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Fix motion blur in a photo of kids or pets
What can realistically be done about motion blur in a photo of a moving child or pet, and when it is better to let the blur be.
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Reduce the "AI look" in an over-processed restoration
How to spot and fix the waxy, over-smoothed, slightly unreal look that heavy AI restoration can leave behind.
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Even out a badly cropped scan from a photo-scanning service
What to do if a scanning service has sent back photos that are cropped too tightly, at an angle, or inconsistently sized.
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Remove a finger or thumb from the corner of a photo
How to remove an accidental finger or thumb that has crept into the corner of a photo, without leaving an obvious patch.
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Fix a green or pink colour cast from a faded slide
Why old slides fade toward green or pink or magenta over time, and how to correct that shift once the slide is scanned.
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Use Luminar Neo's sky replacement on a travel photo
How Luminar Neo's Sky AI feature works, and how to use it to replace a dull or overexposed sky in a travel photo.
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Compare Topaz Photo AI and Photoshop Elements on the same photo
How the two tools differ in approach, cost and results, using the same photo as a test case.
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Restore faded colour in a 1970s print
Correct the pink or magenta colour cast in a faded 1970s print before boosting saturation, using Photoshop Elements.
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Even out uneven lighting across a scanned photo
Use Photoshop Elements' Dodge tool to gently brighten the darker side of an unevenly lit scan.
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Fix an overexposed sky in a holiday photo
Pull down the Highlights slider in Google Photos to bring back detail in a blown-out sky.