Using modern techniques and filters in restoration

[Handypandy]

Hi Rami...... I still lurk 

[Treetotal]

Hi Andy,
It's time to put away your bucket and spade and swap it for a paintbrush. 
I have missed you on here 
Carol

[Handypandy]

Hi Andy,
It's time to put away your bucket and spade and swap it for a paintbrush. 
I have missed you on here 
Carol

Aahh thank you

[Ray T]

I, too, think that the poll asks the wrong question. Taken in isolation, the answer must surely be “yes”; modern techniques are invaluable in photo restoration, but it is the extent to which they are used which gives me a problem.

I have used modern techniques myself e.g. to stitch together a photograph which was ripped in half many years ago and to make viewable badly faded, poorly exposed, damaged or mis-coloured images, but things such as colourisation and trying to make grandma look like she was photographed yesterday is, in my mind a step too far.

Old photographs have their character and, when restoring, it is essential to know when to stop.

[Biggles50]

Question could be worded in a different way.

Personally, I use multiple versions.

1) Mildly restored, tears, spots, exposure etc in other words minimal restoration.

2) Restored as they would have been originally printed with maybe a little sharpening.

3) Fully restored as if printed today with some colourised.

Not an AI image in sight.

All versions will be in the electronic and paper files that the next generation will inherit (hopefully not for many years yet) and it will be for them to decide what they like the most.