Photo Restoration: Fixing Stained Color and Damage

Learn the Photoshop techniques for recoloring and repairing stained, faded, and damaged color photos.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know before watching
• How to use the exercise files

1. Evaluation and Planning

• Plan the restoration

2. Simple Color and Fading/Tone Fixes

• Manual color adjustments
• Build density on the faded areas

3. Restoring the Damage

• Fix most of the damage
• Repair the arm of the chair
• Clean up the background and add wallpaper

4. Coloring

• Select color and prepare layers
• Color the chair
• Color the carpet, wood, and clothing

5. Final Steps

• Final clean up

Conclusion

• Next steps