Every family has photographs that are worse for wear: Grandma and Grandpa's wedding portrait is faded and scratched. Dad's baby picture has a fold in one corner and rip across the bottom. And Aunt Lucy has turned a sickly shade of orange in those snapshots from Thanksgiving 1974.
This year, why not restore those pics to share with family over the holidays? Technology makes it easy to touch up damaged photos and make them vibrant again — and you don't have to be a computer whiz. In this one-hour tutorial, we'll show you how you can use free software to doctor up your pics in time for the holiday gift-giving, including insider tips from Family Tree Magazine's graphic designer.
What you'll learn:
- tips for digitizing old photographs
- recommended software for photo editing
- techniques for fixing scratches, fading and color shifting
- where to get help when you can't do it yourself
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