03-22-2023, 09:12 AM
I am new to this forum.
Please look at the attached photo. It is a 40-year old photo of a river in Holland. I use Gimp regularly to restore old photos, but this one stumps me because:
1. The colors have faded
2. In addition to fading, there is discoloration (purple hue) in parts of the image that were probably exposed to sunlight.
This combination makes it particularly hard to restore.
The trick - I would guess - is to apply the color spectrum of the non-discolored areas to the discolored ones to generate a more uniformly colored photo. After that, one can do fine adjustments on the whole image.
Has anyone had experience fixing this kind of problem? What is the best approach?
Please look at the attached photo. It is a 40-year old photo of a river in Holland. I use Gimp regularly to restore old photos, but this one stumps me because:
1. The colors have faded
2. In addition to fading, there is discoloration (purple hue) in parts of the image that were probably exposed to sunlight.
This combination makes it particularly hard to restore.
The trick - I would guess - is to apply the color spectrum of the non-discolored areas to the discolored ones to generate a more uniformly colored photo. After that, one can do fine adjustments on the whole image.
Has anyone had experience fixing this kind of problem? What is the best approach?