Photo Restoration

Types of Restoration

Photographic paper was not meant to last forever.  As time goes by, environmental and chemical deterioration is a given.  If you have photos that have already begun to deteriorate or have been damaged let our team at Digital Heirlooms repair them back to their original beauty!  We have four levels of restoration and provide free consultations to determine which level of restoration your image needs.

Basic

A basic restoration includes:

• Minor color and exposure adjustment
• Minor dust and scratches
• Ink removal
• Red eye removal

Medium

A Medium restoration includes:

• Everything from previous level plus
• Advanced color and exposure adjustment
• Heavy dust and scratches
• Tears through non detailed areas
• Simple removal of a person or object

Advanced

An Advanced restoration includes:

• Everything from previous level plus
• Severely ripped or torn photos
• Colorization
• Tears through detailed areas
• Advanced removal of person or object

Extreme

An Extreme restoration includes:

• Everything from previous level plus
• Water, mold, or smoke damage
• Recreation of missing person or object

File Types

With your restoration we will provide you with two file types, JPG and TIFF.  What’s the difference?  A JPG file is the most common file type in use for images. The advantage to a JPG file is that it gives you a smaller file size allowing you to save more images to a DVD. The disadvantage is that each time the file is changed and saved the file looses information and quality. You can just view the JPG files without loosing quality. In most cases a JPG will be adequate for what you will need as it is perfect for preserving, viewing, sharing, and printing.

A TIFF file is not as common as a JPG file. The advantage of a TIFF file is that it gives you an extremely high quality image for Archival or editing purposes. The disadvantage is that a TIFF file is four times the size of a JPG which only allows you to save a quarter of the amount of files per DVD. The advantage of a TIFF file is that when you make changes to the file and save it, it does not loose any information or quality. A TIFF file is great for high quality archiving and editing.

Sharing with Family and Friends

Have you been looking for a way to store all of your memories digitally in one place to organize, preserve, or share with family and friends? Digital Heirlooms provides you with a safe and efficient way to preserve those memories to digital media for you and your family to enjoy for generations to come. Having all of your images scanned and stored digitally allows you to:

The single most important thing about getting all of your images scanned digitally is having them preserved before they can’t be. The biggest advantage for saving your memories this way is that everyone can have a copy of everything! No more dividing the pictures up or having to pick and choose who gets what. By having them preserved digitally you are saving your memories for the next generation of each family and sharing them online has become so easy. An added benefit is that you now have multiple copies in more than one place should any unforeseen disaster occur that damages the originals. Just let us know how many copies you would like and add that to your order. The DVD’s alone make excellent gifts just by themselves but the amount of beautiful and unique one of a kind gifts you can make with your images is endless.

Genealogy and scrapbooking is another great way to utilize your digitally scanned images. You can add pictures or newspaper clippings without having to use the originals and you can make as many copies as you want! A new trend in scrapbooking is digital scrapbooking. All the design and layout is done on the computer and then the pages are printed out. You can then embellish the pages with your favorite buttons and ribbons. Whether you are a traditional scrapbooker or someone who chooses the digital route, having all of your images digitally scanned and preserved makes scrapbooking a breeze!