I just received the following feedback from another happy customer. Matt came to me with some digital photos that needed some retouching so that the photos could be kept for future generations. This was a very important family moment that he wanted to preserve for the future. I was able to touch up the photo and provided a digital copy for him to keep. By the way I am really happy with them. Thanks for that. - Matt PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists. Click here for 'fancy view'

MERRY CHRISTMAS Be quick for Christmas. There is still time to have your photo restored to make a wonderful Christmas gift for someone special. Just complete the  FREE QUOTE  form and we can get started on restoring those precious photos. Otherwise you can contact us directly on 022 6373 533 or 09 8899 533.     Facebook Twitter Website Email Google Plus CHRISTMAS OPENING HOURS I will be closed for business during the christmas and new year period on the following dates.    Wed 24th Dec - Sun 28th Dec Thur 1st Jan - Sun 4th Jan   All other dates will be normal operating hours. Merry christmas to everyone and a prosperous new year.

Alice from Gisborne wanted this precious old family photo brought back to life. It had become badly discoloured and was fading, like so many of the photos from this time period, the early 70's. the photo came out great and Alice was very pleased with the restoration. Thank you Richard! What a great result. I've put payment through. - Alice   PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists. Click here for 'fancy view'

This photo has some bad pen marks spoiling the look of this family favorite. So I removed the pen marks using the heal and clone tools in Adobe Photoshop. Then I restored the contrast and vibrancy of the colours. The photo now looks restored and ready to be enjoyed again for many years to come.  PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists. Click here for 'fancy view'

I have restored these old photos for Lorraine from the contact sheet proofs. Back in the day, photographers had to print small proofs for customers to choose from. These were then enlarged to be placed in a photo album. These contact proofs were from a medium format camera and still have a quite bit of detail. They were badly creased and cracked. After the photos were restored I was able to print out to regular photo sizes for Lorraine. Thanks Richard, they look great. - Lorraine PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists. Click here for 'fancy view'

I have just started a new partnership with the Museum Workshop website and will be advertising PixelFIX Photo Restoration Services there for the foreseeable future. Their website offers a directory of companies that provide services to the Museum and artifacts industry. Photo Restoration is one of their categories. I will also now place their link on my webpage. You can find my PixelFIX Photo Restoration advert here  PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists. Click here for 'fancy view'

I moved house about 6 months ago and so did PixelFIX Photo Restoration. So I informed Google and they promptly marked my business as CLOSED!! this seems ridiculous and confusing to other users. I complained and was told that it would eventually fall off the map as the new location was taking over. But here is the situation after 6 months, a search in Google maps for PixelFIX show this.  PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists. Click here for 'fancy view'

TK just replied to the proof photo I sent through to her. The photo looks great. You have done an awesome job. I will deposit the money tonight. - TK Ngatai PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists. Click here for 'fancy view'

Kylie came to me after her wonderful trip to Peru! But she had a crisis. 2 days before the end of her holiday she had accidently deleted ALL her photos by pressing the wrong button on her camera. Luckily she came to the right place and I was able to recover 734 photos!! PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists. Click here for 'fancy view'

At PixelFIX restoring damaged photos is not the only we do. We can also recover images from your cameras memory card. Last week Corey came to me after a trip around europe with a 16GB memory card that had become corrupt. We were able to recover over 330 images that he thought he had lost forever. PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists. Click here for 'fancy view'

Diane asked me to restore this wonderful family photo so that it could be enjoyed by her family once more. The photo is actually a copy made on Kodak dye sublimation printer, which has started to delaminate and crack all over the surface of the image. If left un-restored it would eventually peel away from the backing paper and disappear forever. You may also notice that in the restored photo, the little boy sat down in the background on the left has been removed to clean up the photo. PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists. Click here for 'fancy view'

David asked me to restore this wonderful old black and white photo of his grandparents from the 1880's. I am happy to say that this was a great success and the restoration went very well. PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists. Click here for 'fancy view'

Janine came to me wanting to create a gift for a relative and asked me to help make an old wedding proof into a photo gift. So I restored the old wedding photo and added a "50th" to the corner. PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists. Click here for 'fancy view'

Rhea came to me with a very specific set of requests. The first photo below is the original she sent me and then I produced the final restored image that met the requirements. If you have anything specific that you would like to change or have restored in a photo then please contact me as Rhea did and list your requirements. I will always try my utmost to meet the brief where possible. R. Could you please provide me a quote to do the following with the attachment: 1. Remove male subject from photo 2. Brighten/lighten the female subject 3. Crop female subject so that the bottom of the photo is just below the V-neck line of her shirt 4. Change background (not sure what but value your suggestions – I visualize a light background?) 5. Semi-gloss finish 6. I don’t require a printed image, just a high quality jpeg file (approx. 1mb) PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists. Click ...

Kath asked me to clean up this old family photo from what looks to be early 20th century, if any one has a better idea about the date I would be grateful to know. I converted it to black and white before restoring and cleaning up the sky area and added some more contrast and clarity to make this old photo shine again. Kath- The restoration looks great, thank you.    PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists. Click here for 'fancy view'

It is always nice to get positive feedback on the work that I do. Below are a few of the many emails from satisfied customers that have used PixelFIX Photo Restoration Services. Thank you for your email, i have just managed to find time to look at the photos and mum loves it so we will make payment next week tuesday if thats okay with you. Regards souls Looks great thanks Richard! I'll have to get back to you with the measurements of the photo (just need one) by tomorrow or Wednesday, depending on when I can get access to the photo frame again. I'll email you once I know and go from there. Cheers, Hayden Thanks heaps, I've liked on fb and added a review to the google site. I'm really pleased with the service and results. Rebecca Speirs Hi Richard, I hope you've had a happy Easter as well as doing another wonderful job on my photos. I am indeed very happy with the coloured photograph of the lady as well as the rest of the last four photos on batch 3. Ple...

Facebook has been updating it's self again. Cleaver Facebook. What do you think of the new look for the PixelFIX Facebook page? PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists. Click here for 'fancy view'

This is a quick and dirty tutorial on making a mask from a single colour channel in Photoshop. Below is a B&W photo that needs some restoration, it has some bad damage on it. Most of the damage is the redish discolouration. So in order to fix just this area it would be real handy if we could make a mask of just that area so we can correct it. Fortunately there is a way. Step 1. Use the channel mixer adjustment layer to highlight which channel has the damage, using the red green and blue sliders. Step 2. Switch to the channel palette and copy one of the colour channels (doesn't matter which as the image is now B&W.) Step 3. Make the copied channel a selection.  Step 4. Apply this selection as a mask to any adjustment layer on your original image.  PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists. Click here for 'fancy view'

Colour photos can be affected badly by age or by breaking down of chemicals in the paper. Sometimes the easiest and most inexpensive solution is to turn the discoloured photo into black and white. This method if used correctly and with some careful use of the channel mixer adjustment layer in Photoshop, will remove the discoloration and give an nice evenly toned black and white image. Like the example below. This Photo is from   PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists. Click here for 'fancy view'

I'm always on the look out for new tips or new sources of information to help improve my photo restoration and photo retouching skills. www.retouchingacademy.com is a Photoshop teaching website that has lots of useful tips and lessons in how to use some of the powerful tools that Photoshop has to offer. PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists. Click here for 'fancy view'

No sooner has the Easter holiday's finished and the phone is ringing again and its back to work. This time I have a simple remove people situation to show you. Below are the before and after from a customer who just wanted to show the wedding couple in this old discoloured photo. I also restored the colour and restored the contrast PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists. Click here for 'fancy view'

I was approached last year by the Queen Nanasipauu of Tonga to restore some photos for the Department of Tongan  Culture. This was initially 1 batch of photos with some extreme examples of damage caused by mold, fading and also termite damage. Below is one of the very old images taken from outside the palace in Tonga. PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists. Click here for 'fancy view'

Before and After: People like to see the transformation from old and damaged to new and restored. So with every order I always make sure customers get to see what they are paying for. Below is an example of the before and after restoration image that I send to customers. PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists. Click here for 'fancy view'

I have just relocated to my new house and now PixelFIX Photo Restoration Services are now to be found at 1/21 Fortunes Road, Half Moon Bay Auckland. My contact numbers still remain the same so if you have any questions please call me on 09 8899533. PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists. Click here for 'fancy view'