Ways to Edit or Repair Old Damaged Black and White Photos?

[codelearner]

What are the ways to edit or repair old and damaged Black and White Photos?  Where to start?

[Alfred]

Depending on the image you may get reasonable results with the Inpainting Brush Tool, but in most cases you’ll probably need to resort to using the Clone Stamp Tool with a small, soft brush tip (at least for touching up, if not for the bulk of the work).

[John Rostron]

If the damage includes colour staining, then it is worth looking at the various channels to see if one shows less stain, and then using that one.

[Polygonius]

Have the same challenge and sometimes quiet diffus items. Any tricks or magic to get a blurred foto sharper?

 

[Alfred]

23 minutes ago, Polygonius said:

Any tricks or magic to get a blurred foto sharper?

 

Try the Clarity filter, or (for more control) the Unsharp Mask filter.

[anni58]

Häng mich mal an, weil es mich auch interessiert .

[Polygonius]

Thank you Alfred. Unsharp mask seems to be a walkable path. The key is, to use it very subtle, otherwise it does the opposite on "small (pixellike) pictures" with just few information.