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Reader Submissions: Photo Restoration and Retouching Success Stories

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Browse this inspiring collection of success stories demonstrating the before and after results of digital photos that have been retouched or restored using graphics software. All of these photo retouching examples have been submitted by visitors of varying skill levels. Browse these before and after images to learn from our members and see what kind of results can be achieved with a little photo editing know-how.

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Severely Damaged by Age and Bugs

Photoshop Elements 6 is the software. To replace the missing parts of the boys face, I flipped the portion I had and then cloned other parts and blended it together. Other missing parts were either c…More

Crumpled and Torn Photo - A Precious Memory Restored

I used Paint Shop Pro 7.04 most of the time, but sometimes went to Adobe Photoshop 6 for tweaking. I would section off areas to be worked on, sometimes magnifying the area to the max to get pixels ri…More

1940s Scratched and Gouged Portrait Restoration

I used Photoshop CS4 and used only the clone tool. I worked on a very magnified level, almost doing this pixel by pixel. The eye was very challenging and required a lot of work and redoing. I did the…More

Great-Grandfather's 1890s Home

At the time (2002) I was using Ulead PhotoImpact. I started by getting the best base image I could - cropping the unimportant distractions at the edges, converting from sepia to b&w, sharpening, and …More

Family Cabin Photo Restoration

I scanned the 5 available photos at ultra-high resolution, then used Photoshop Elements 6 to merge the two 'best condition' photos to have one complete view of the cabin - our only one from this era.…More

Lizard Photo Restoration

I used Adobe PhotoDeluxe Business Edition, cloning areas near where the vine covered the lizard. For the legs and feet, I cloned parts of body and shaped them to get the results. I began the project …More

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