Each of the images below was been scanned in and had new borders applied. Following this, the relevant restoration work was undertaken. As you can see, some images need more time spent on them than others. The idea is to get the photos to look as close to their original condition as possible, although there are limits to what can been done.

Each photo is displayed in its unrestored state. To see the restored version of the photo, simply hover your mouse over it.

This photo took two hours to restore. I started by removing the ink stain and then converted the image to grayscale. Then I used clone and healing tools to remove the scratch and scuff marks, carefully ensuring that the modifications blended in with their surroundings.

Finally, I altered the black and white levels to revive the fading blacks. The result may seem a little dark, but bear in mind that printers print tones differently to how they may appear on computer monitors, and it is the print result that usually matters when considering photo restoration.

This photo took five hours to restore. I started by converting the image to grayscale. Then I used clone and healing tools to remove the scratch and scuff marks, carefully ensuring that the modifications blended in with their surroundings.

The reason this photo took so long to restore is that there are many smaller scratches that are barely visible at the resolution displayed here. When I zoomed in on the full size version I noticed that there were numerous minor flaws that needed correcting.

Finally, I altered the black and white levels to revive the fading blacks. The result may seem a little dark, but bear in mind that printers print tones differently to how they may appear on computer monitors, and it is the print result that usually matters when considering photo restoration.

This photo took ten hours to restore. I began by tackling all the minor scratches and marks on the men using the healing tool, then progressed to removing the medium sized scratches with a combination of the healing and clone tools. Next, I filled in the bottom corners, cloning replacement pixels from the areas around them. With this completed, I set to work on the major creases - one that runs horizontally, one vertically, and used the patch tool to replace the large white area (top left) with other nearby bricks. These then had to be blended in carefully with their new surroundings using the healing and blur tools.

The most difficult areas were the house and trees (top right) and the missing part of the bottom right soldier's arm. When restoring photos, I try to glean as much information from the surrounding areas as possible, in order to determine what might fill the missing area. However, sometimes a lack of information forces an educated guess. Restoring such areas is just about on the limit of what is currently possible - had someone's face been missing then there would have been no chance of a complete restoration as there's no way of guessing what someone may look like, nor cloning another face from somewhere else.

Finally, I altered the black and white levels to revive the fading blacks. The result may seem a little dark, but bear in mind that printers print tones differently to how they may appear on computer monitors, and it is the print result that usually matters when considering photo restoration.