Restoring your family photos with photo editing software is fun, exciting and rewarding, especially if you use these five tips to increase your success.
Use the Clone Tool
If your photos are plagued with dust, scratches, creases or old boyfriends, then the clone tool is about to become your best friend. Most photo editing programs include a clone or rubber stamp tool that can be used to remove unwanted objects, like your ex, or to patch up ruined parts of a photo. Great advances have been made in object removal over the past few years, most notably in the content-aware functions. Content-aware means that the program takes into consideration the surrounding environment – the colors, tones and objects – and renders a repair as close as possible. This makes it very easy to fill in places and remove unwanted objects and people. It can take some time to get used to how these restoration tools work, so be sure to play around and get some experience.