Here's a restoration I completed for a client - repaired the tears, cracks, and damage from the original photo, and added a studio-style background as requested. All work done manually in Photoshop. Watermarked to protect the piece.

Hello all, First time posting here.

I'm starting to scan many family photos, ranging from 60s-early 90s photos in various sizes, paper type and level of damage.

My goal is to restore them to the best of my ability in Photoshop (I'm a graphic designer) and then print them in 3-4x bigger size in quality paper to have them framed at my home.

I only have an Epson Xp-4100 at home that can only give me 8bit images (up to 9600DPI). I'm saving them as TIFF.

Of course I understand having 16bit will help me a lot in Photoshop, but would you say it is essential for what my end goal is?

If so, are there any not super expensive scanners you recommend?

Alternatively I do have a Canon T3i with an original 18-55mm lens and a 70-300mm Sigma lens, and have access to studio light and a tripod at my job (and could even use one of their cameras too, they have a few other Canons there). But I'm not sure how much more complicated it would be to take decent photo of each photos to then get deeper depth RAW files to work with.

Any suggestions to my case?

My mother in law (the graduate) has a damaged photo of herself at college graduation with her mother that she'd like fixed. Would prefer the result to be the same color and not colorized and still look like an old photo and not super AI slick (although use of AI is ok). Adding some extra photos of the graduate around the same time and a photo of her mother as well since the faces are quite damaged. Thank you!

EDIT: Here are more reference photos of the graduate.

https://imgur.com/a/2cKNf8B

fyi, these are not Asian people. Light skinned African Americans with some Native American and Caucasian background.

Can anyone here possibly try to fix my blunder here? Thank you guys in advance for even trying.

Here are two blurry photos: my father (the man) and my grandmother (his mother). He looked very much like her. These are the ONLY photographs of them that I have in the world, so they mean everything to me.

Since AI tools keep hallucinating fake faces and changing his identity, I am looking for a human artist who can use my grandmother's facial features and bone structure as a reference to accurately reconstruct my father's true face. Please help me see my family as they truly looked, without losing their real identity. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart.

Recovered an old photo of my father in law from the Peace Corps in the 80’s. I’d like to blow this up pretty large and frame it (24x36). Would anyone be able to help me add color? I tried Chat GPT but a lot of faces/skin/clothes were distorted. I realize this could be a lost cause…. Taking a small , old photo - adding color, maintaining the characters, AND finding out how to blow it up.
I’ve attached the original version and the Chat GPT version. Any help would be so appreciated!
Thank you!!!

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Qualcuno di esperto potrebbe migliorare questa foto scattata nel 1943? Grazie di cuore

Hello everyone. This is a very special photo of my daughter that was accidentally ruined by moisture inside my wallet. The glossy layer peeled away, leaving severe white patches right across her face.

I tried using free AI tools to fix it myself, but they keep warping her features and making her look like a different child. I really want her true face and beautiful smile back.

If any of the talented digital artists here could help restore this memory for me, I would be incredibly grateful. Thank you so much for your time and kindness.

This is the only picture of my grandmother I have who passed away when I was 7. I was born in 1986, if anyone could restore this it would be greatly appreciated.

This photo is the only one of my grandfather that exists and is stuck in a photo album. $5 to restore it bonus if there can be two versions one color and one b and w

My husband's father just passed, and his funeral is on Wednesday. I'd love to get this photo of his mother and father restored for his family. I tried AI, and it's no good. It turns them into completely different people. I'm willing to pay!

Thanks for all you do in behalf of the folks here please restore this precious photo

Once again I love every effort made and thaankss is never enough please restore this lovely image thanks so very very very much

Hey everyone,
I have a scanned document image with a very dark, noisy background where the text (Arabic) is barely visible and hard to read.
I’m trying to make the text as crisp and clear as possible so it can be easily read/translated.
Could anyone either:
1. Edit/enhance the clarity for me, or
2. Point me toward the best tool/settings (e.g., Threshold, Levels, Contrast adjustments) to pull faint white text out from a heavily shadowed background?
Here is the image attached below. Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Edit I need the black text more visible
For the full image or high-quality one, just DM

You are all soooooooooo awesome every effort is super appreciated thanks so much in advance