Our site allows you to upload your photo for restoration providing it’s no more than 60Mb in size.
Generally speaking, 600 dpi is more than enough. Photos at this resolution are printable at up to twice their normal size with no loss of quality.
1200 dpi is also possible. These take longer to restore being a much bigger image and would therefore cost more.
You can upload your file in a number of formats.
Files allowed are: jpg, jpeg, jpe, png, bmp, tif or tiff file types.
No other file type is accepted.
What we need to know
Aside from the small amount of personal information we need from you, we also need to know about your photo and whether there is anything specific you want us to pay attention to. The form includes space for you to include information for any specific work you feel your photo needs when you upload your photo for restoration.
We ask that if you digitise the photograph using a phone or camera that you let us know its actual size.
When digitising photographs using a camera or phone, it’s almost impossible not to get some distortion in the image’s shape. By knowing what the dimensions (in mm) are, we can return an image of the correct size and shape when we adjust for this during the restoration process.
This may sound strange, but photographs of photos don’t give any indication of their dimensions. While it’s not vitally important, having them will result in a better restoration.
We cannot fix all photos
We think it would be fair to say that some photos weren’t perfect to begin with.
Photos blurred due to camera or subject movement can be next to impossible to repair. The same applies to those that are out of focus. There is a very definite limit to what can be “restored” in the case of blurred or out-of-focus images. Sometimes, only improvement is possible.
While we generally have really good results from creased or torn photographs, this is dependent upon where the damage is and what in the image these tears affect. In cases where key details are missing, we would have to inform our client and possibly decline working on the photograph.
These cases are rare, but we feel it’s only fair to make potential customers aware that it is possible.
