Any ideas on recoloring a faded photo?

[TexasBushwhacker]

So I have this wonderful 25 year old photo of my niece when she was 4 with my mother when she was in remission from her breast cancer that killed her 5 years later. The photo is washed out, but otherwise undamaged. Any helpful hints on photo editing software that will allow me to recolor it easily? I wouldn't mind paying someone to do it, to but the examples I've seen online aren't all that great.

[Major Nikon]

1. It's pretty easy to do in photoshop

You'll need the best scan of the image you can get. If you don't have access to photoshop, chances are you know someone who does so ask around with friends and relatives. Photoshop is now available on a subscription basis, so you can buy it for one month at $36 and cancel as soon as you're done. There's plenty of youtubes out there on how to do this.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. GIMP is free and Free. For these purposes, it is just as powerful (colour balance, contrast,brightne

[bahboo]

2. not sure, but if you have. aMac, perhaps the Photos app...

I've used the editing tools to saturate the color before. I'm no expert however...

[LuvLoogie]

4. GIMP is an open source image editor

With much of the functionality of Photoshop

https://www.gimp.org/

[usonian]

5. Here are some ideas.

https://www.dpmag.com/how-to/tip-of-the-week/restoring-faded-color-photos/
Restoring Faded Color Photos

Mostly centered on Photoshop. Other image editing software may be similar.

I use GIMP a lot (free download, all computers)
This article mentions GIMP, but says a lot more about Photoshop.
https://www.stellarinfo.com/blog/how-to-fix-faded-photos/
How to Fix Faded Photos — An Easy Guide

Ignore commercial pitches.

And most of the time, I use the Preview app on the mac to make very quick adjustments.

Many DU'ers adjust color on their photos daily. I do so myself, though I understand if you are reluctant to turn anyone here onto the project.

Trying to keep life simple:

I looked around on my mac and found "Image Enhance Pro" (I forgot what it cost. I get stuff when it goes on sale.) which took one of the sample images in the above articles and did a decent job all by itself at the get-go, and still has the usual controls to adjust levels, color saturation and so on.

Starting from scratch with image editing, especially restoring color balance, can be daunting. I still scratch my head a lot trying to get overly-warm, ghostly blue or underexposed/overexposed images to look more "real".

I loaded ACDsee Pro on the ipad and it works with regular (including scanned) images and even raw ones (which is why I got it.) Free as I write this.

*These are not product endorsements, just stuff I have and sometimes use*
Hope this helps.

[Earl_from_PA]

6. GIMP is free, open source software

and some features are better then photoshop.


https://www.gimp.org/