I restored, enhanced, and colorized this 162 year-old portrait of a Civil War soldier (1858)

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This is for you u/allieohhhh. Have a great weekend everyone! -Hyena

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Finally decided to try my hand at restoring a picture. My dad had this hanging in his truck for years.

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Grandma told me this is my grandpa’s favorite picture of her that he carries around so hoping to get it fixed up to print out a new one!

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Restored my grandparents only photograph

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A few months ago I restored and colorized this horribly sun damaged image for someone online. Probably one of the hardest restorations I've done.

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A restoration I completed a while ago

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My first attempt at restoration. Originally found on r/OldSchoolCool

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I colorized an old photo from my hometown in Sweden in the 1930s

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The transformation of the photo of my mom I posted last night - I have no words. I'm so grateful to this sub and especially to /u/Rami974 and /u/doublepoly123.

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Restoration for u/antisocialAI

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Huge thanks to u/mapsbyy!!! Not only was the restoration incredibly fast but it brought my entire family to tears! Look at those green eyes!

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My father passed completely unexpectedly on July 4th while we were vacationing. This is my mother's favorite picture of them, can someone please restore this to the best of your ability. I do not have the strength to try myself.

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Restoration I did a few years ago of the only picture we have of my grandfather.

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I love restoring my family photos using Photoshop. These are my parents in Houston TX in 1966.

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Texas Couple, CA 1910. Restoration and Colorization

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For my Mom's 77th birthday, I enhanced and colorized her senior photo.

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Some of you be like can anyone restore this picture of my family?

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My very first image restoration, done as an assignment

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It ain’t much but it’s honest work.

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A hard one but it turned out well I guess

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Another OCD fix out of the way, not 100% accurate but, yeah. This one is for u/foursevenniner.

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My grandmother is fighting covid19 right now, not expected to make it through the week. It's not the worst photo but I know it could be better so I can share it with family. Can anyone help please?

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Lonnie Johnson (Super Soaker inventor)

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I haven't done a restoration in a while but this guy posted this picture of his dad on the FB marketplace, seemed pretty determined to get it restored, thought I'd give it a shot.

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Restoration I did for a client so he can have for his parents in Mexico.

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This is my grans favourite photo of herself, she’s 81 today.

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157 year old portrait of an African-American Civil War soldier and his family

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Restoration for u/FKDpioneers82. This was quite the challenge and a lot of it clearly had to resort to digital painting. But I did my best not to lost any of the undamaged photograph. AND LOOK AT THE PHOTOBOMBING PUPPER! I genuinely didn't see him until the 11th hour (literally) of this restoration.

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An incredible restoration done by u/baker_221b! This photo of me in the 90’s was salvaged from a flood in 2009 and it’s been in this condition since. Beautiful work!

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Restoration I did for u/JenniferTrouble

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This is a beautiful photograph from u/WuChangClam. So, I couldn't help but to try and repair it. Have a great weekend everyone! -Hyena

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This one for /u/microwhisper1 . I didn't realize what the image was until I started working on it, such a sweet moment.

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My grandma, 8 years old, with smile on her face while fighting polio. Had to say goodbye over FaceTime last week.

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My great grandmother's photo. No blood relation as my mom was adopted.

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I promised my mother I’d be at a doctor and I finally did. She passed a few years ago. Could someone restore this photo for me?

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UPDATE: You all blessed me with a colorized photo to share with my father and uncles. Literally brought tears to his eyes and led to some funny stories. Thank you all!

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A restoration I did from a 1991 family photo that was chemically breaking down.

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Finally got around to restoring my mother's college graduation photo, which has been sitting in my dad's wallet for the past 30 years or so.

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Restoration for u/sparki_sparki_booman

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My first attempt at this kind of thing :) hope it helps, u/mehmil_zahra!

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Restoration and colorizing I did for u/goddamn_sploicer

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My Grandfather is on his deathbed and my family and I were looking through old photos when we found this one of him (sitting on right) with his friends and family back in South Korea shortly after the Korean War. It would mean a lot if someone could help restore it!

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nose restoration challenge

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Restoration I did for u/NAMKNURD

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I spent a whole week with this one but I'm very happy with the result!

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I just want to say a massive thank you to all of you who helped. My mum just about cried. We can now use this photo at my sister's funeral

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An adorable picture from u/akwardavacadooo , of their dad. The crinkles of the clothing required all my patience, but I hope it looks realistic.

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Restored My Grandfather's RCMP Portrait. Let Me Know What You Think!

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Restoration I did for u/kmabyoyo

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Restoration done on a badly torn photo- good thing there were 2 shots to use for rebuilding it!

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My mother-in-law asked for a restoration of her parents on their way square dancing.

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First ever attempt at restoration!

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My restoration attempt for yknot2

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Tried restoring this photo for my mother's birthday

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My first ever attempt at photo restoration. May not be the best but it was a good learning experience.

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This one was definitely frustrating.

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Gave it a go at restoring an old photograph of my grandfather with my uncle

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One of the only photos u/dfts6104 has of his grandpa, with a beautiful scenery behind.

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Working on restoring a photograph of my great grandfather. This is what I have so far. Progression video in comments.

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Just an example of an amazing result I’ve got using Remini.

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My parents both died from COVID on New Years, can anybody help with the cracking and clean this up? Thanks for any help.

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My first photo restoration when I worked for a Kodak Kiosk

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Favourite photo of my grandmother. Circa 1950 in Toronto, Ontario.

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My colorization from today.

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I restored this photo of my wife's aunt in her toy room, about 1960

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Restoration #2

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sample of complicated work

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A recently completed restoration and colorization commission

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Downloaded the Remini app and was surprised what it could do with this picture of my mom. Really only good at doing faces and even then it can produce really bad results if they have glasses, are squinting, have a mustache, etc. But when it works, it's pretty impressive.

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Restored Portrait of my Grandpa, arround 1955, Argentina

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A nearly 160 year-old portrait of 3 young sisters

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Bernie Sanders picking up trash at Battery Park in 1981

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Only Photo Of My Grandfather And Would Love To Have It Restored And Not Look So Blurry

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My very first attempt on colorizing this photo!

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A little fun with a photo from u/kevdc . I know it is far from perfect, but I like the result okay.

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Completed color restoration for user ydntkme

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A restoration I did for u/Sipansmom a few days ago, the photo is of her dad when he was in Iran. It's my second time at attempting a restoration, any constructive criticism is welcome :)

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This made people happy here..Thanks for redditors support

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My first attempt at restoration of my father around 1965. Feedback and tips are welcome!

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My Chief's Grandfather. Would mean the world to him, if someone could improve it. Please and thanks.

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Mother and Child Reunited (C1903)

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My latest work for /u/Ally862

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Colorization I did for u/sugarfreepixiedust

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A Woman Airforce Service Pilot - WASP from WW 2 - Restored and colorized

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Teenagers and their first car (circa 1950) - Colorization

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(Result) My mother's high school graduation photo from the early '80s

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i was told to post this picture of my grandparents here!

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Almost two years ago I restored my grandpa's picture [Marina Argentina 1951]

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Robert Cornelius (1839), the first person ever photographed [not my own work]

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Second Colorization Attempt

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After some advices from a previous post in this sub, this is the final result. Let me know what you think.

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My parents-in-law - almost 50 years ago...

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Did this for my Digital Imaging class today

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unknown woman, ca 1880

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The only photo of my grandmother at this age. She'll be gone any day now and I would really appreciate some help on this photo for a gift to my mother

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Uncle passed away from COVID, so I restored the photo and colorized it!

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My great grandma holding my mom.

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I did this one for u/momatrina and thought I'd share the B&A with everyone. :)

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Touched up this old photo of my Mom

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My second edit by Romanian photographer Costica Acsinte 1897-1984. Unfortunately the photo is undated, and no other information is available

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Finally finished restoring this lovely photo someone posted here last year. I can’t find the original post but I hope they get to see this!

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These are my great grandparents on their wedding day. This is the only picture my family has of them. My mom would be SO grateful if this picture was restored! Can anyone help with this?

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Dear reddit restorers. 1st restoration attempt - great grandparents wedding Feb 1924. All tips/feedback welcome :)

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Before and After Color Correction and Restoration

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Restoration I did for u_LULUCITO28

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You should know there is a free app called Remini that uses AI technology to scan your old photos and make them look like they were taken in HD. Here's an image I used.

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Restored the only photo my partner’s uncle’s spouse had of their father. She cried when I showed her the results :)

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Grandma passed away last year, and she was the light of Grandad's life. Grandad turns 95 soon, and I'd like to gift him a restored photo of them from when they first came to the USA.

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My very first attempt at a restoration!

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Came across this cool old woman smoking a pipe (around the 1930's in Trinidad) and couldn't resist.

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Mom passed away last night. We found her Mexican voting credentials. Any help would be amazing. Thank you.

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My first restoration attempt, one of the few surviving pictures of my Aunt.

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A photo restoration I did in high school of my father when he was a child.

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Restoration and colorization I did for u/solar_pi

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1947: Billie Holiday's mugshot (before/after)

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My mom died in February and was hoping someone could clean this beautiful pic of her up as a present for my dad.

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My grandmother in Showa Era, Japan. This was her favorite picture and would love to bring her a colored version to her funeral

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Great grandmother

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I restored my grandfather's photo. It's looking great now!

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A restoration I did for u/thegirlwithfreckles

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Nothing amazing, but I've been working on restoring my dad's baby pictures from the 1950's

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Hello, would it be possible to restore my wife's baby photo? It's the only childhood photo she has and our beagle took a sudden disliking to it.

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My grandmother showed me this photo today of her father and expressed how much she would love it somehow fixed. If possible could someone have a crack at it? It’s a photo of a scan of an old passport-sized photo.

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Just discovered my great-great-aunt has a treasure trove of old photos in lithographs of my family going back to the 1850s in rule Fairmont West Virginia.

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Requesting help, my precious mother, taken by my dad on their first date.

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Anyone willing to add color to this photo of my grandparents marriage?

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I took a shot at the request of the gentlemen’s grandmother from Mumbai’s photo restoration.

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My Uncle was buried today. He died of Covid. I would like to get this photo restored for his daughter.

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My sister was in a serious accident last week and likely doesn't have long. I was hoping if someone could help me fix the glare and brighten up the colors in this picture. I can pay a little something if someone can help.

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Restoration and colorization of these cute kids

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Family foto 1962. I am the baby. Is it possible to colorize and touch up. Would love to be able to send to siblings (all still alive). Thanx in advanced.

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Happy my work got so much exposure, little less happy I wasn’t credited except for the logo in the top right. Posted that pic here a few months ago.

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Color adding results

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Results of a restoration I did a few weeks ago and forgot to post

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Through a back and forth combination of manual editing via Photoshop and a few A.I. algorithms I've done my best to restore/colorize this photo of my 2nd Great Grandfather.

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This is the son of a friend of mine . His name was Adam and only lived three days . His mom never saw him as he went from the nursery to the grave .my friend wanted to show his picture to his wife but didn't want her to see him with these pipes . Please help . Sorry for the low resolution.

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Picture from our childhood pond. Able to remove the purple sun damage?

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Restoration + Touchup of u/Myusernameiscooler's grandma's photo. Original link in description

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My mother has Alzheimer's and enjoys doing jigsaw puzzles, I wanted to get her a puzzle for her birthday with her wedding photo on it, but this is the best one. Could someone please help?

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Paulec252 Result

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The only coloured photo of my grandfather, was a famous jeweller in Iraq. Any chance i can get it a little clearer so i can print it out on a canvas. Thanks

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My cousin asked me to restore this picture of her grandmother. It was my first actual restoration and I think it came out pretty good. Still tons of room for improvement. Feedback and advice appreciated.

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My friends aunt and late father. I think this was taken around 1960.

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It is not very common knowledge, digital photos can be restored too.

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