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The field of digital imaging is diverse, exciting
and challenging. Diverse, because it is huge.
Diverse because it follows the maxim: “If you can
dream it, you can click it.” And what’s more? In the
good old days, once the picture was clicked that was
the end of manipulation with the subject, apart from
the handful of tricks used by some developers and
printers. The professional photographer had to be
content with things like lighting, hues, sharpness
and other parameters within the old world of
photography.
Photograph restoration is one of the prime functions
of digital imaging. It is a form of image
manipulation that rectifies the various damages done
to an image or photograph over a period of time.
This form of digital imaging can extend the
manipulation of the subject from the old print to
the computer.
So, a digital darkroom – the computer – is really
quite a miraculous aspect of digital image
rectification. Take for instance, if the lighting in
the original photograph is too low, then one can
simply increase it on the scanned image with the use
of the image editing software. One can actually play
with aspects such as lighting, saturation, colors
and much more.
One can remove subjects from the old photograph that
needs to be restored, as well as add other subjects,
or merge two old photographs into one. Also, over a
period of time the print tends to fade and by the
method of restoring the photo, it can be made to
look as good new. All stains and marks can also be
removed from the old pictures.
Once the pictures are restored, the images are
stored in digital format on a computer or media like
floppies or compact discs, ensuring life long
non-deteriorating digital quality of images. In
fact, the restoration of old and new images ensures
that one can bring back old and cherished memories
to enjoy them not only during one’s lifetimes, but
also for generations to come.
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