Restoring faded photographs

[bonkers325]

I recently found some photographs from my parent's childhoods, but they're very faded and hard to make out.

I was wondering if the photographs could be restored? If so, where can I get them restored?

 

[ed21x]

scan them at high resolution and touch up, adjust color/contrast/hue etc... on photoshop. its pretty easy to do.

 

[13Gigatons]

1. Do you have the negatives ?

2. How faded ?

 

[Xstatic1]

yeah, there are places who can restore 'em..but it'll be much more cost effective for you to "fix" 'em with photoshop. any good photoshop book/manual will show you how.

 

[Vegitto]

I can tell from experience that this is hard to do, even for an experienced person like me. It can be done, but it'll take a lot of work, and professional places that specialise in this kind of thing do it way better. If you've got the negatives, get a scanner that can scan negatives and you'll be done in 20 minutes or so .

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Contact some local photography shops and see if they offer any kind of service for this or know anyone that does this.