Here is a badly damaged army photo that Jessica sent to me of her Grandfather for repair. Jessica has kindly allowed me to use the image and I am going to feature it on the website. This restoration required quite a lot of cloning with photoshop. Jessica was very pleased with the result.  "Wow, that looks amazing!" " Thanks for your great service"  - Jessica PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists. Click here for 'fancy view'

I digitally restored this 80 year old photo and now it looks like it was taken yesterday. It is actually an old black and white image that was hand painted over to look like a colour photograph. It is one of the best examples of this type of work I have seen. So congratulation to whoever the original print processor was. PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists. Click here for 'fancy view'

Business is busy and the first part of my service is offing a FREE quotation on the work to be carried out. This week has been full of quotes. Assessing the work and trying to calculate the time required to do a job is not an exact science. The method I use normally, is to spend 5 minutes just quickly trying a couple of different methods on the most difficult part of the image. From this quick assessment I can then calculate the best route forward and also the eventual success of any restoration. A  price is then based on an hourly rate, or portion thereof. I always stand by my quotation, so even if I spend longer than anticipated I do not charge more than the quoted price. To obtain your FREE quotation complete the form here PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists. Click here for 'fancy view'

A lot of older images were displayed in oval frames. As this was the fashion of the day. But this leads to many cut up images. This lady needed some repair and also to be made whole again. Vignetting was used heavily back in the day, and so this image has continued with that theme. Rectangular images can be framed a lot more easily, and can therefore be enjoyed more often. Have a great weekend everyone. PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists. Click here for 'fancy view'

This blog page is powered by blogger and they have just provided some new interactive ways to view the blog posts. To view all this new fanciness you must go to http://blog.pixelfix.co.nz/view I will place a link for this view at the bottom of each post and also on the PixelFIX Facebook page. Below is a small video showing some of the different ways you can view the photo restoration blog at PixelFIX. PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists.

Happy Friday to all, something a little different today. Below is some geeky stuff relating to what software people use to browse the internet with. The first graph shows what people use to view the pages of PixlFIX Photo rBlog.  The second chart shows the world wide usage of different browsers. As you can see viewers of PixelFIX Photo Restoration Blog are quite evenly split. Specific data relating to PixelFIX Blog. Pageviews by Browsers Internet Explorer 44 (34%) Chrome 39 (30%) Firefox 39 (30%) Safari 3 (2%) Mobile 2 (1%) Opera 1 (<1%) General web statistics worldwide. Web Statistics and Trends Statistics are important information. From the statistics below, you can see that Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Chrome are the most popular browsers today. Browser Statistics Month by Month 2011 Internet Explorer Firefox Chrome Safari Opera February 26.5 % 42.4% 24.1% 4.1% 2.5% January 26.6 % 42.8% 23.8% 4.0% 2.5%       ...

This is a favourite image of Michelle's. This photo was taken on an APS camera and has suffered from light damage. APS stands for Advanced Photo System. This image didn't look all that advanced. There is a mysterious shadowing and a red discolouration on the left hand side.  All of the damage has now been removed and the image can now be printed an enjoyed. Thanks again, really pleased with it, much appreciated . -Michelle  PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists.

This is a great photo spoilt because of light damage to the film. Light entering the camera has fogged the film and created this red discolouration when printed. I have removed the colour stain and the photo is now much more enjoyable to look at.  PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists.

Happy Friday to all, this is not a 'how to' guide. Rather just a peek at some of the layers I use when restoring an image. The original image is never altered, this is part of the magic of Photoshop. Layers of different alterations are laid on top of the original to achieve the desired result. Below is an example of some of the different layers used. PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists.

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Most old photo's were taken as 'Black and White'. There was no colour at all, just pure black and white photography. The brownish colour that is noticeable in lots of old photos is due to age and fading and discolouration of the chemicals in the print. Many people mistakenly believe this to be 'Sepia' toning.  Sepia toning did take place in old photos. Indeed the practice of sepia toning has been around for almost as long a photographic printing has. But it was expensive and a specialist process. Applied to a few rather than the masses of photos taken at the time. So as we see below, to accurately restore this photo, I have returned it to pure black and white, using photoshop.  PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists.

Friday yet again and here is something a little different. I don't just do photo restorations, I can also correct mistakes and make images better just through using the magic of Photoshop.  In this photo the branches were too distracting in front of the model. so they were removed. The models skin tone was evened out and blemishes removed and the eyes were brightened up to make the image so much more impressive.  PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists.

Some times people want more than what is already in the original photo. So I can create whole new images from existing photos by merging them together in Photoshop, like the ones below. both have been cleaned up and in the case of the gentleman he has been reversed to face the lady. The final image was given a sepia tint to add character.  + PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists.

Friday again. Another week has flown by. Today's photo has been written on with pen and is also a watermarked with a proof stamp. In its original state it does not look at all presentable but with the writing removed it becomes a lovely portraiture. PixelFIX - Photo restoration and photos repaired, from $15. The restoration and manipulation specialists.