Re: [Gimp-user] Photo Restoration

[Norman Silverstone <norman littletank org>]

> I'm a relative newbie at using Gimp or any Photo Editing software but I have tried out some adjustments on 
> photos using Gimp and am happy with the results.
> I have recently been asked if I could try to restore an old black and white photo that is in quite bad shape, 
> full of bends, scratches and is also very grainy.
> I have looked through the Tutorials and also done searches on here to try and find something that would 
> assist me in carrying out this project but there doesn’t seem to be anything that I can find that would help 
> me.
> I would be grateful if someone on the Forum could point me in the right direction if some quicker/slicker 
> techniques I could use other that using the Cloning and Healing brushes as I have tried this and it’s 
> extremely laborious.
I have spent many hours restoring old black and white prints and there 
is no short cut to getting good results. You might find some useful tips 
in http://forum.meetthegimp.org/ or in http://blog.meetthegimp.org/ Best 
of luck.

Norman