Colorado Declares August 1, 2004 “Historical Photo Restoration Day”
(PRWEB) July 30, 2004
Colorado Governor Bill Owens has proclaimed August 1, 2004 as “Historical Photo Restoration Day.”
Current technology allows the easy restoration of damaged photographs which are important to preserving state and family history. Whether a photo is torn, cracked, faded or otherwise damaged, there are many available resources to repair these photos.
Colorado’s “Historical Photo Restoration Day” is designed to help build awareness of the need to preserve and restore photos. Genealogist Darlene Leyburn shares “More photos are damaged each day than are repaired. It’s important to save the photos that are truly important to us.”
Photos can be repaired by local photo professionals or by individuals using photo-editing software. The most recommended resource for those would-be photo restorers is Katrin Eismann’s “Digital Photo Restoration & Retouching”. There are also many free tutorials available at RetouchPro.Com.
If you’d rather trust a local photo professional, you can search the nationwide photo restoration directory hosted by Hollywood Fotofix, Inc.at http://www.hollywoodfotofix.com to find the nearest restoration expert near you.
If you have photos that you would like to share with family or display, please take the opportunity to look into restoring and preserving it… And what better day than “Historical Photo Restoration Day”?
Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher has proclaimed October 13, 2004 as “Historical Photo Restoration Day.”
Current technology allows the restoration of damaged photographs which are important to preserving state and family history. Whether a photo is torn, cracked, faded or otherwise damaged, there are many available resources to repair these photos.
Kentucky’s “Historical Photo Restoration Day” is designed to help build awareness of the need to preserve and restore photos. Genealogist Darlene Leyburn shares “More photos are damaged each day than are repaired. It’s important to save the photos that are truly important to us.”
Photos can be repaired by local photo professionals or by individuals using photo-editing software. The most recommended resource for those would-be photo restorers is Katrin Eismann’s “Digital Photo Restoration & Retouching”. There are also many free tutorials available at RetouchPro.Com.
If you’d rather trust a local photo professional, you can search the nationwide photo restoration directory hosted by Hollywood Fotofix, Inc.at http://www.hollywoodfotofix.com to find the nearest restoration expert near you.
The photo restoration industry has recently provided help to those affected by the hurricanes in Florida through CharleyFix.Com, a service to help provide volunteer services for photographs damaged by water during the storms.
If you have photos that you would like to share with family or display, please take the opportunity to look into restoring and preserving it… And what better day than “Historical Photo Restoration Day”?
Photographs are your windows to the past. Nothing can preserve memories of an unforgettable occasion. But with time, the photos can get dulled due to age, or may get creased due to mishandling or improper storage. Photo restoration procedures are carried torestore old photos to their original state.
Photo restoration procedures are ideal for removing imperfections from photographs. The photos are first scanned and the digital copy is saved on a computer. Then with the help of specially designed photo restoration software, the imperfections are gradually removed from the digital version. The various imperfections that can be removed via photo restoration services include the following:
* Creases – Due to improper storage or mishandling, photos can develop deep creases. After the photo is scanned, the photo restoration software identifies the creases and helps the specialist to remove the creases and restore the photo. Crease removal takes considerable amount of time and is quite tedious as well.
* Faded colors – This problem is pretty much unavoidable no matter how well the photos are stored. The color will always fade with time. Photo restoration software can take care of these as well. The scanned digital version of the photo is fed into the computer. The software analyzes the photo and compares the color saturation between different sectors of it. It restores the color to the faded sections of the photo by comparing the saturation of hues and applying the required amount of color.
* Tears – Photos are, after all, printed on paper. So, there is always a chance of the photo getting torn due to mishandling. In these cases, the photo restoration software can work wonders. Even if photos have been torn to pieces, the photo restoration software can often reconstruct the photos and create new copies of those, provided all pieces have been found. The pieces of the photo are spread over a paper containing a light adhesive on one side. The photo pieces are rearranged properly to form the outline of the photo in question. Once the photo has been rearranged and being held together by the adhesive, the photo is scanned and the remaining process is carried out by the photo restoration software.
These imperfections and many more can be fixed by professionally designed photo restoration software. Photo restoration is the best way of ensuring preservation of our precious photos for years to come.
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