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Restoring and cleaning up an old B&W photo


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I am trying to restore an old B&W photo of my sister taken in the 50's. I enhanced it with AI and did some basic in AF2. But I am not able to restore the lower part of the radio and her  hands with the watch etc. Can someone guide me please.

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Is this the original image or the one processed with AI and your Affinity edits?

If the latter, can you also upload the original image

Also, do you remember the manufacture/make of that radio?

To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time.

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  • 4 weeks later...
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It’s possible to clean the original photo using a combination of Inpaint and Cloning to remove the tears and marks as well as the Dust + Scratches filter to remove the smaller imperfections. However, the process adding some sharpness such as Unsharp mask doesn’t provide great results for the image and only serve to add clarity to areas that lack any initial detail, and unfortunately I’ve not been able to source that specific radio model. 

Perhaps the other users may have a potential workflow for this.

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