Learning Photo Restoration with Photoshop

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know to use this course
• Exercise files
• The importance of preserving memories

1. Best Practices for Photo Restoration

• Scanning and scan services
• Photographing images instead of scanning
• The phone as a capture device
• Quick restoration with Photoshop Fix
• Lightroom as a homebase for your archive
• Importing and basic navigation in Lightroom

2. Preparing for the Restoration Process: Lightroom CC

• Assessing the project
• Multifile time saving tips
• Tricks to hide flaws and recover details
• Retouching and basic healing in Lightroom

3. Fixing Serious Damage: Photoshop CC

• File handling: Smart Objects and layers
• Resizing
• Selective blurring
• Selective sharpening
• Rips and creases
• Missing pieces or torn corners
• Stains and water damage

4. Finishing Touches

• Assembling pieces and creating frames
• Using Content-Aware Scale to adjust images
• Colorizing a photo

5. Unconventional Tips

• Recreating missing pieces by mirroring
• Borrowing content from within a photo
• Dealing with warping fragments
• Practical magic for changing expressions

6. Managing and Sharing

• Pushing images to Lightroom and beyond
• Printing services
• Showing your work: Spark

Conclusion

• Next steps