How to Restore a Heavily Damaged Photo With Photoshop

Ed Lopez Last updated Oct 21, 2013

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Photo Effects Image Editing Photo Manipulation Image Restoration Photography Adobe Photoshop

While Photoshop is a great tool to enhance or modify digital images, it is also a fantastic application to repair or restore photographs damaged by the effects of age, neglect, or acts of nature. In this tutorial, we will show you how to restore a heavily damaged photo in Photoshop. Let's get started!

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Ed Lopez

Digital Matte Painter

I was born in Mexico City, worked and studied photography at Eastman Kodak while training in traditional darkroom techniques. I am currently working as a senior Matte Painter/Environment TD at MPC in Vancouver BC. I have worked on several major productions including X-Men, Cinderella, Monster Calls, Fantastic 4, and X-Men: Apocalypse. I have more than seven years experience in the digital matte painting field. I have worked at Epicsfx studios for three years as an Art Director and Matte Painter for a variety of projects for both film and TV under the supervision and tutorship of Serkan Zelzele who has 20+ years experience in the movie industry.

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