I am not aware of any automated software solution that does this particularly well, especially with colour images. The second part of the process is to reverse the effects of aging, improper storage and chemical changes to the image itself. What would be important to me is to get an image that is as close as possible to the image you are looking at, one I would use as the base to start the restoration work. The first step is the image capture process, where you want to get the best quality capture of the old image and ideally at a high resolution / bit rate to give the photo restorer the best possible image to work with. Photo restoration is a separate niche area of photography that I've dabbled in from time to time (usually at the request of some friend or family member who found an old photograph that they wanted restored).

To a very large extent, most people at this site shoot digital cameras and use post-processing software to fine tune their images. You are asking some very specific questions regarding hardware and software solutions most of the members likely have little to no experience with. over 10000 pics, I'm ready to scan these.

Also because it was able to save raw-format files.Īnd now that I have got a hold of all family photos, both paper and some negatives. I bought Vuescan back in 2010, after reading so much positive about this software, that I went for the professional edition. I will scan and upload an image so you might see for yourself. I'm clearly doing something wrong, or not right/god enough settings in vuescan. I really like Vuescan, but I do want the best result (which Epson software is providing at the moment.). The image is more rich in color and also abit more details. I could see the difference in the images that where scanned with Epson software vs Vuescan. I compared both images with the 'compare button' using FastStone Image Viewer 5.5, zoomed in. 1.) 'Problem': the images seems to be better looking when scanning from Epson software.

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