Photo Restoration: Removing Paper Texture

Learn a variety of techniques for removing the texture from a scanned photo in Photoshop.

Many vintage photos were printed on textured, "silk-finish" photographic paper. If you're restoring an old photo, you'll want to remove this texture to get the cleanest, sharpest results.

In this course, master retoucher Neil Rhodes shows a variety of techniques for removing paper texture, from scanning the photo in multiple angles to using a sophisticated Photoshop plugin called FFT to process photos on Windows.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know before starting this course
• Using the exercise files

1. Evaluating and Planning

• Evaluating a photo
• Before you start: Two approaches to reducing texture

2. Scanning Method

• Examining the scans
• Using scans to remove paper texture

3. FFT Method (Windows Only)

• Using an FFT plugin to remove paper texture

Conclusion

• Next steps