I have been doing restorations for several years. It is interesting how you and I use different techniques to achieve the same results. As well, it is always good to see a fresh approach a problem. It gives me the chance to learn something new. Good job!
BOY, you point out a lot of small details and tricks that APPLY TO REGULAR PHOTO PROCESSING!!!!!! I really glad I watched this and subscribed!!! Going to color next!!!! THANKS!!!
I needed to get rid of creases and spots on a photo of my mom for her obituary. I was worried my old version of Photoshop could not do it, but your very clear instructions had me producing a nice job in little time. Thank you!
I'm sorry for your loss. Thank you so much for your lovely comment, it's always nice to hear when a video has been useful to someone and I was really happy to read it :)
Excellent tutorial video! I CANNOT believe the improvement after all of the fix ups. I saw the fixed up one first on the other video and i was blown away when i saw how much you'd fixed! worth the watch
An orthodox, preferable way to restore old photographs. I have some affection for semi-automated AI CG tools. However, they need to be used with care and subtlety. Well done JBColourisation.
Thank you very much for the fantastic tutorial. I recently set out to color and restore some old family photos and their channel is the one that is helping me the most to understand and do it well. Thank you so much for everything.
My family just found a photo of my Great Aunt as a young woman that my Great Uncle carried in his wallet for many years. This video is going to help me restore it for my family. Thank you!
Amazing Thank you so much for taking the time to demonstrate how a photo can be restored & updated ... Precious photos and memories of generation of family Members could have been lost without your Expert Skills N Professional Photo Restoration.. it was certainly Extraordinary to see the Recreation and Restoration of this Photo, Again Thank You so Very much
Currently completing Cert IV Photography and your video was recommended as part of an assignment to restore old and damaged photographs. I'm an older student and technology can sometimes be a little harder for me to grasp straight up, usually because too many assume you already know how to work everything, which I don't. Restoration is a subject I enjoy a lot and would like to do more of later so this was informative and quite easy to follow. It taught more than my class in the use of some of the tools and options which will already help with the assignment where I was having a little difficulty so thank you for that. What I will ask is whether some scanners are better than others for getting the original image loaded for restoration. Otherwise, excellent instruction and will definitely look into your other videos. Thank you!
Great job I have an old black and white photo of my dad who is deceased. Many moons ago I took a night course on photography and did some restoration that way but will try to further improve through the software. Thanks for the tutorial
I came across your channel whilst looking for Paintsop Pro X9 tutorials. I must say that you have taught me mor about repair and colorisation than any PSP tutorial. Sadly, some of what I have learned from you today, I have no idea how to replicate on PSP. and purchasing PS is not an option I can afford. I can, however, recommend your tutorials for their clear and concise delivery. Excellent and thank you.
Thank you so much for your kind comments! I did before make a tutorial for colourisation using the free software GIMP but i do really need to do one for restoration also as I really believe that you don't need paid software to get fantastic results. I have in mind to do some tutorials in the future for cheap software and apps also, in addition to free alternatives and I'll keep Paintshop Pro in mind. Thank you for the suggestion. :)
Great video. I was just sent a photo with a small tear near the top running vertical down the pic about a 1/2". This video probably a great start for me to work on the pic. I hit subscribe as I really enjoyed this content.
Mate, this was an absolutely fantastic video. The first video I clicked on when searching photo repair. You deserve far more subscribers than you have. Great tutorial. New subscriber 👍🏻✌🏻
Thank you so much for this video! this really helped, I just finished a restoration of an original 35mm frame from the Batman 1989 trailer, Thanks again!
Amazing- you did a beautiful job- very straight forward instructions without getting too complicated with the tools. Curious to know how long it took you to restore the entire photo. Thanks for the video.
Complete Beginners Photoshop Guide th-cam.com/video/H9JkrYTdNfA/w-d-xo.html Lots of helpful information for those starting out, or looking to improve their Photoshop knowledge :) REDBUBBLE STORE: www.redbubble.com/people/JBColourisation/shop Hi! Feel free to post any questions below and i'll do my best to answer them! Also if you liked this video I have loads of others on this channel including one about America's secret One Day President: th-cam.com/video/-hB2ntMC7_s/w-d-xo.html
Hi there. I just took a look at Adobe's site and there are all kinds of versions and other types of programs which I find a bit confusing. Which is the version you use?
Wow! Thank you so much for Sharing your knowledge, I have learned so much. Still a long way to go before I reach your standards, you made this look so easy but also fun to watch.
Thank you that was fabulous! I am actually going to restore my photos and hand color them like the old days. Can you tell my which version of Photos shop that is best for me to purchase if much of my work will be restoring old photos? Thank you again Great!
I'm glad it was helpful! Photoshop generally has two versions now, the full Creative Cloud or 'CC' version where you have to pay a monthly subscription to use and the standalone one off purchase 'Elements' version. Elements is generally designed more for a home consumer purpose, such as cleaning up family photos and basic design work and 'CC' is more designed for professional use. At least in the UK, the Elements 2020 version is around £70 one off and the 'CC' monthly version is £10 a month, on and on subscription, if you get the 'Photography' plan (Which is weirdly cheaper than getting Photoshop by itself and includes Adobe Lightroom). For purely restoration purposes I suspect the one off fee 'Elements' version would probably do everything you need. I've only ever briefly used that version however, so I wouldn't want to lead you down a false path. What I WILL say is that there are multiple tutorials using Adobe elements to clean up Photos which I'll suggest checking out, also 'Elements' and 'CC' both have 30 day free trials. So I'd generally suggest checking out these videos, as the working method is a bit different (Although the theory part is the same) and giving one or both of the trials a go to see how you feel about them. Sorry I can't be of more help! :) The videos I'd suggest checking out are. 'How to Repair and Restore an Old Damaged Photo in Photoshop Elements Tutorial' by 'How to Gurus' and 'How to restore old photographs in Photoshop Elements' by Digital Camera World.
Thank you very much for this excellent tutorial. I am in the process of creating a Bob Book of my family, not only from transparencies (I have a Nikon Coolscan) but old 120 prints back to the forties. My knowledge of photo software manipulation is weak. My question is, would Lightroom have much the same ability to heal & correct as you demonstrate with Photoshop? Thanks in anticipation.
I am curious if I am missing something or if the tool changed in the past 3 years. Couldn'd find unconstrained mode in my crop tool but a google search showed this: To free crop an image in Photoshop, select the Crop Tool (C), and set the crop preset to “Ratio” or “W x H x Resolution” in the upper setting bar. Next, press “clear” to remove any constraints applied to your crop preset. Now you can freely crop your image without conforming to a certain dimension. Assuming that is the same thing. Anyway thanks for pointing me in a direction that can help a novice do something productive!
Hello. Thats is a very helpfull tutorial I've learned a lot but I have some question to ask, what is your Preset when creating a new file? I hope you could help me. Thanks a lot.
Hi! I see that you've found the link now to the Library of Congress which certainly has a lot of great potential images. The Getty Open Content gateway also has a lot of images search.getty.edu/gateway/search?q=&cat=highlight&f=%22Open+Content+Images%22&rows=10&srt=a&dir=s&pg=1
Hi! Very great tutorial, but just one question. At 8:55, the black line above the eye seems to appear very suddenly for healing brush mode. How come? How did it happen? Montage of did i miss something? Thanks!
Great video, can you tell me how to correct fade out on old black and white pics. I try to improve old photos for service veterans from the 1900s onwards. A major problem is getting the exposure even from side to side, top to bottom etc
Hi Robert, I actually made a tutorial titled 'PHOTOSHOP TUTORIAL: How to use Histogram and Curves to Repair Faded Images.' th-cam.com/video/fEu4hRHh_v4/w-d-xo.html which may hopefully help you! For edges which are disproportionately faded it's possible to add layer masks to curves layers, as shown in that tutorial, in the same way I do with the colour layers in the colourisation tutorial. That way you can adjust only the contrast of selected areas of the picture as needed. Experimenting with adding a 'motion blur' on the mask, in the direction of an uneven fade as you mention will also allow such masked contrast adjustments to fade out more gradually. J
So for someone who has only ever used, and is still using, an old photoshop elements...the healing tool is a combination of the Clone tool and the spot healing? It samples a nearby area, but also blends it? That's pretty good. I've been restoring for years using my own limited software and self taught skills so basically use spot healing, clone painting etc.
Hey man great video. I want to ask how you make your spot healing brush bigger when you picked the eye?. You pick only inside of the eye then make it bigger which is blow my mind. I am new in the photoshop so i look at it in the internet but i couldnt find anything. Can you please tell me :)
Hi! The spot healing tool brushes can be increased in size in the same way the regular painting brushes can, by using the open and close bracket keys, the ones next to enter on the keyboard '[ ] '. :) (At least that's how i do it on windows, but i imagine it's the same on Mac) Let me know if that works for you, if not it may be that I have different shortcut keys for some reason.
@@JBColourisation thanks for the answer! I am using "alt" key. Clickin the alt and right mouse and drag the mouse left or right makes it bigger or smaller. Very usefull thanks for answer again! Good job on the video too keep it going
I have been doing restorations for several years. It is interesting how you and I use different techniques to achieve the same results. As well, it is always good to see a fresh approach a problem. It gives me the chance to learn something new. Good job!
Thank you very much! If you have any suggestions to share, please feel free! :)
That’s what’s so great about photoshop their is no mastering photoshop it’s an art and everyone achieves their art differently
This helped me fix an old photo of my grandpa and another from my great grandpa. Thank you 🙏🏻
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BOY, you point out a lot of small details and tricks that APPLY TO REGULAR PHOTO PROCESSING!!!!!! I really glad I watched this and subscribed!!! Going to color next!!!! THANKS!!!
I can’t believe how simple you made this video. Awesome!!!
I needed to get rid of creases and spots on a photo of my mom for her obituary. I was worried my old version of Photoshop could not do it, but your very clear instructions had me producing a nice job in little time. Thank you!
I'm sorry for your loss. Thank you so much for your lovely comment, it's always nice to hear when a video has been useful to someone and I was really happy to read it :)
Thank you so much. I've scanned my parents wedding album from the early 90s and there were so many specs I needed to fix. This was incredibly helpful
Thank you very much, I'm glad it was of use! :)
Wonderful tutorial. I have many old family photos to restore, and this helped tremendously. Keep making these tutorials - so very helpful!
Excellent tutorial video! I CANNOT believe the improvement after all of the fix ups. I saw the fixed up one first on the other video and i was blown away when i saw how much you'd fixed! worth the watch
Thanks once again for the kind words George!
I've never seen that one with spot healing on a new layer - brilliant!
An orthodox, preferable way to restore old photographs. I have some affection for semi-automated AI CG tools. However, they need to be used with care and subtlety. Well done JBColourisation.
You saved my bacon in college , your tutorials are amazing!! Thank you soooo much!!!
Thank you very much for the fantastic tutorial. I recently set out to color and restore some old family photos and their channel is the one that is helping me the most to understand and do it well.
Thank you so much for everything.
You're very welcome indeed! I'm glad that i was of service. :)
My family just found a photo of my Great Aunt as a young woman that my Great Uncle carried in his wallet for many years. This video is going to help me restore it for my family. Thank you!
Amazing
Thank you so much for taking the time to demonstrate how a photo can be restored & updated ...
Precious photos and memories of generation of family
Members could have been lost without your Expert Skills N Professional Photo Restoration.. it was certainly Extraordinary to see the Recreation and Restoration of this Photo,
Again Thank You so
Very much
This is so helpful for my school assignment 👏 late to the party but you're saving a brother out here , thank you
Currently completing Cert IV Photography and your video was recommended as part of an assignment to restore old and damaged photographs. I'm an older student and technology can sometimes be a little harder for me to grasp straight up, usually because too many assume you already know how to work everything, which I don't. Restoration is a subject I enjoy a lot and would like to do more of later so this was informative and quite easy to follow. It taught more than my class in the use of some of the tools and options which will already help with the assignment where I was having a little difficulty so thank you for that. What I will ask is whether some scanners are better than others for getting the original image loaded for restoration. Otherwise, excellent instruction and will definitely look into your other videos. Thank you!
Excellent tutorial and presentation.
Absolutely brilliant tutorial!!! ❤️ Thank you so much!!!
Thank YOU for the kind words, and for taking time to leave a comment! :)
most helpful video I've seen. bro just saved me.
My grandfather recently passed and my mom asked me to help fix an old picture of him. You are so helpful, thanks!
Great job I have an old black and white photo of my dad who is deceased. Many moons ago I took a night course on photography and did some restoration that way but will try to further improve through the software. Thanks for the tutorial
I came across your channel whilst looking for Paintsop Pro X9 tutorials. I must say that you have taught me mor about repair and colorisation than any PSP tutorial. Sadly, some of what I have learned from you today, I have no idea how to replicate on PSP. and purchasing PS is not an option I can afford.
I can, however, recommend your tutorials for their clear and concise delivery. Excellent and thank you.
Thank you so much for your kind comments! I did before make a tutorial for colourisation using the free software GIMP but i do really need to do one for restoration also as I really believe that you don't need paid software to get fantastic results. I have in mind to do some tutorials in the future for cheap software and apps also, in addition to free alternatives and I'll keep Paintshop Pro in mind. Thank you for the suggestion. :)
@@JBColourisation Don't leave it to long!
You will definitely become the top 1 who makes cracks
Thank you so much! I have been using photoshop for many years now and have never run across a tutorial as easy to follow as this one!
Very cool. Thank you for sharing tips and tricks.
I am very glad that I stumbled upon your video
Beautiful work! It's so therapeutic to watch.
Thank you so much! :)
Excellent tutorial. I’ll certainly be using these techniques. Thanks
Thank you so much Sensei! You are a blessing!
thank you for the detailed guide, it helped me install this soft
Great video, the menu works great
You have done it brilliantly and also every filter/ correction is non-destrucrtive. Thanks a heap for the tips!
Great video. I was just sent a photo with a small tear near the top running vertical down the pic about a 1/2". This video probably a great start for me to work on the pic. I hit subscribe as I really enjoyed this content.
Mate, this was an absolutely fantastic video. The first video I clicked on when searching photo repair. You deserve far more subscribers than you have. Great tutorial. New subscriber 👍🏻✌🏻
Thank you so much for your kind words and for your subscription! :D
Stunning! Thank you for sharing such a powerful and informative tutorial, Sir!
Thank you very much indeed! TH-cam only just informed me of some of my comments, so sorry for late response! :)
Fantastic Video. Thanks friend. I'll give this a shot.
Great video! You showed me some good tips!!
I appreciate your tutorial. Many Thanks
Thank you so much!! I've learned so so much!
Thank you so much for this video! this really helped, I just finished a restoration of an original 35mm frame from the Batman 1989 trailer, Thanks again!
OMG, it really worked. Thank you so much!!
This is brillaint I'm learning as well this has helped me loads. I've subed
Thanks! I have lots more videos planned for the future, once i can get over making the one I just posted ha ha.
Excellent tutorial, thanks! In my ignorance I was using clone stamp instead of healing brush for the kind of blemishes you remove - very educational!
That was simply amazing..
Fantastic tutorial. I really enjoyed watching this and I learned a lot. You made it very easy to understand. Looking forward to your other tutorials.
Thank you very much! :)
Thanks for a great tutorial!
Amazing- you did a beautiful job- very straight forward instructions without getting too complicated with the tools. Curious to know how long it took you to restore the entire photo. Thanks for the video.
Complete Beginners Photoshop Guide th-cam.com/video/H9JkrYTdNfA/w-d-xo.html Lots of helpful information for those starting out, or looking to improve their Photoshop knowledge :)
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Hi! Feel free to post any questions below and i'll do my best to answer them! Also if you liked this video I have loads of others on this channel including one about America's secret One Day President: th-cam.com/video/-hB2ntMC7_s/w-d-xo.html
Hi there. I just took a look at Adobe's site and there are all kinds of versions and other types of programs which I find a bit confusing. Which is the version you use?
Hi great video I was wondering can you get the same results using procreate?
Great video! has helped me massively with restoring old photos
cool. I like your approach using the healing brush options. I learned a few new things there that will come in handy.
I'm very glad to hear it helped! Thanks for your comment. :)
Thanks for the tutorial. I'm new to Photoshop and planning to restore 50-100 year-old family photos after I DSLR RAW image and categorize them. :)
Very useful tutorial!
Excellent!❤
Great work! Thank you, watching this video helped me make a start on restoring my photos. Keep it up! 💯
Love your tutorials, thank yo so much!
Thank YOU for your very kind comment! :)
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Great video mate, really nice and easy to understand and follow. Thanks!
Sensational ! Thank you ! Keep up the great work.
You're very welcome! :)
Great tutorial. Thanks.
Thanks! :)
THANKS FOR THIS IV BEEN SEARCHING FO SOOO LONG
OMG THANKS SO SO MUCH THIS HELPED!!!
Excellent work
Great tutorial, thanks a lot!
This is great,I go try this with a picture of my mother
God, I'm glad I found your video that helped me
Great tutorial! Thank you for sharing!
Subcribed and Like already!
Thank you! I'm glad it was helpful and thank you for the Subscription and Like!
Fantastic tutorial, thank you! Additional commendation for sticking with Windows 7 well into 2020.
Thank you so much, particularly for the Windows 7 comment! :D
Nice tutorial man !! Awesome
Thank you very much! :)
this is very useful,thamk you so much
Thank you for letting me know it helped, I appreciate it! :)
Wow! Thank you so much for Sharing your knowledge, I have learned so much. Still a long way to go before I reach your standards, you made this look so easy but also fun to watch.
very useful video. thank you.
thank you straight to the point
Thank you that was fabulous! I am actually going to restore my photos and hand color them like the old days. Can you tell my which version of Photos shop that is best for me to purchase if much of my work will be restoring old photos? Thank you again Great!
I'm glad it was helpful! Photoshop generally has two versions now, the full Creative Cloud or 'CC' version where you have to pay a monthly subscription to use and the standalone one off purchase 'Elements' version. Elements is generally designed more for a home consumer purpose, such as cleaning up family photos and basic design work and 'CC' is more designed for professional use. At least in the UK, the Elements 2020 version is around £70 one off and the 'CC' monthly version is £10 a month, on and on subscription, if you get the 'Photography' plan (Which is weirdly cheaper than getting Photoshop by itself and includes Adobe Lightroom). For purely restoration purposes I suspect the one off fee 'Elements' version would probably do everything you need. I've only ever briefly used that version however, so I wouldn't want to lead you down a false path. What I WILL say is that there are multiple tutorials using Adobe elements to clean up Photos which I'll suggest checking out, also 'Elements' and 'CC' both have 30 day free trials. So I'd generally suggest checking out these videos, as the working method is a bit different (Although the theory part is the same) and giving one or both of the trials a go to see how you feel about them. Sorry I can't be of more help! :) The videos I'd suggest checking out are. 'How to Repair and Restore an Old Damaged Photo in Photoshop Elements Tutorial' by 'How to Gurus' and 'How to restore old photographs in Photoshop Elements' by Digital Camera World.
Omg thanks very much ! ✨
really helpful thanks a lot!
Thanks!! :)
your the best!!! thx!!!
Thank you very much for this excellent tutorial. I am in the process of creating a Bob Book of my family, not only from transparencies (I have a Nikon Coolscan) but old 120 prints back to the forties. My knowledge of photo software manipulation is weak. My question is, would Lightroom have much the same ability to heal & correct as you demonstrate with Photoshop? Thanks in anticipation.
it looks good
I am curious if I am missing something or if the tool changed in the past 3 years. Couldn'd find unconstrained mode in my crop tool but a google search showed this:
To free crop an image in Photoshop, select the Crop Tool (C), and set the crop preset to “Ratio” or “W x H x Resolution” in the upper setting bar. Next, press “clear” to remove any constraints applied to your crop preset. Now you can freely crop your image without conforming to a certain dimension.
Assuming that is the same thing. Anyway thanks for pointing me in a direction that can help a novice do something productive!
Awesome video!
Thank you very much!
Hello. Thats is a very helpfull tutorial I've learned a lot but I have some question to ask, what is your Preset when creating a new file? I hope you could help me. Thanks a lot.
thank u helped me a lot
good hack, good job man
Thank you for this video, can I use Elements or do I need a full version of Print Shop ?
thank you so much , it worked :)
Thank you and God bless
Great tutorials! Do you have any tips re where to pictures to practice on?
I meant "where to find pictures to practice on"
Never mind, just found the link above
Hi! I see that you've found the link now to the Library of Congress which certainly has a lot of great potential images. The Getty Open Content gateway also has a lot of images search.getty.edu/gateway/search?q=&cat=highlight&f=%22Open+Content+Images%22&rows=10&srt=a&dir=s&pg=1
@@JBColourisation Great, thank you very much or the link!
Thanks for this very informative. You started with quite a sharp image. What is your approach to using sharpening tools? cheers
Hi! Very great tutorial, but just one question. At 8:55, the black line above the eye seems to appear very suddenly for healing brush mode. How come? How did it happen? Montage of did i miss something? Thanks!
How do you choose and replace ? Are u just clicking on one area and then brush it in there to replace it or do u use some commands on the keyboard?
wizardry! magic!
As good as it gets. Thanks for not talking fast.
Thank you very much! :)
I have to answer questions that my teacher made as an assignment. And this is the video that was linked
Oooooooo I'm famous! If you have any additional questions, feel free to ask! :)
Thank you. Helpful video.
I'm very glad it was of help! Thanks for watching :)
Really work
Great video, can you tell me how to correct fade out on old black and white pics. I try to improve old photos for service veterans from the 1900s onwards. A major problem is getting the exposure even from side to side, top to bottom etc
Hi Robert, I actually made a tutorial titled 'PHOTOSHOP TUTORIAL: How to use Histogram and Curves to Repair Faded Images.' th-cam.com/video/fEu4hRHh_v4/w-d-xo.html which may hopefully help you! For edges which are disproportionately faded it's possible to add layer masks to curves layers, as shown in that tutorial, in the same way I do with the colour layers in the colourisation tutorial. That way you can adjust only the contrast of selected areas of the picture as needed. Experimenting with adding a 'motion blur' on the mask, in the direction of an uneven fade as you mention will also allow such masked contrast adjustments to fade out more gradually. J
So for someone who has only ever used, and is still using, an old photoshop elements...the healing tool is a combination of the Clone tool and the spot healing? It samples a nearby area, but also blends it? That's pretty good. I've been restoring for years using my own limited software and self taught skills so basically use spot healing, clone painting etc.
great hack, thanks you
Hey man great video. I want to ask how you make your spot healing brush bigger when you picked the eye?. You pick only inside of the eye then make it bigger which is blow my mind. I am new in the photoshop so i look at it in the internet but i couldnt find anything. Can you please tell me :)
Hi! The spot healing tool brushes can be increased in size in the same way the regular painting brushes can, by using the open and close bracket keys, the ones next to enter on the keyboard '[ ] '. :) (At least that's how i do it on windows, but i imagine it's the same on Mac) Let me know if that works for you, if not it may be that I have different shortcut keys for some reason.
@@JBColourisation thanks for the answer! I am using "alt" key. Clickin the alt and right mouse and drag the mouse left or right makes it bigger or smaller. Very usefull thanks for answer again! Good job on the video too keep it going
10:04 Sorry I have been stuck on this for ages; how did you fill that with black? ;-;
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