Leonidas said in another thread:
I have a number of old family albums with photos going back to the 1800s. A number are faded. Some were improperly taped to the photo album page. Some are torn. I would like to have these photos restored to the extent possible and also scanned in to share with relatives. I am an amateur and have never used a photo editing program. If I bought something like photoshop, is it relatively easy to figure out how to use it? Any ideas on what to do about taped on pictures where I can't remove the tape and the tape has discolored the corners of the photos?
I also have a number of slides from my parents. Is there anywhere that would scan them in bulk for not too large a price? Or do I have to sit and scan one by one? There are several hundred slides.
Leonidas said:I bought PhotoShop Elements and I get a lot of good comments on some of the things I have been doing. My aunt recently saw a photo of her parents that started with a photo that she had made years ago by taking of a copy of the original 1930 photo (her thumb was visible on the edge). She demanded to know where I had gotten my copy and didn't believe it was from her photo until I showed her how I did it.
I have a number of old family albums with photos going back to the 1800s. A number are faded. Some were improperly taped to the photo album page. Some are torn. I would like to have these photos restored to the extent possible and also scanned in to share with relatives. I am an amateur and have never used a photo editing program. If I bought something like photoshop, is it relatively easy to figure out how to use it? Any ideas on what to do about taped on pictures where I can't remove the tape and the tape has discolored the corners of the photos?
I also have a number of slides from my parents. Is there anywhere that would scan them in bulk for not too large a price? Or do I have to sit and scan one by one? There are several hundred slides.