When we refer to old photos we are mainly referring to black and white. Most of our requests for to fix old photos are to turn to colour (colourising):Imagine that you have a children’s colouring book and you have to individually colour each segment ensuring that you do not go over the lines etc. Well colourising black and white photos is very similar except you use a mouse instead of crayons. Of course there are other more detailed and complicated requirements when we fix old photos but basically that is what we have to do.
Having said that you can now understand why this process can never be done in a short period of time, it would be great if we could just fix old photos with a click a button and for example everything turned to colour but no computer in the world can determine what colour a dress, hair, sky or anything for that matter should be from a shade of grey. For that reason it is quite important that when you send a black and white photo to be coloured then you should give as much detail as possible to enable the editor to do the best job for you.
When we fix old photos if you don’t know the colours yourself then we will pick colours to suit based on our experience in this field.If for example you have an old black and white picture that you need fixing where you only want the people coloured and placed on another background then please ensure that you let us know as it will save a lot of time colouring in a background that is not required and as time reflects the cost then this could save you quite a bit.Once we have changed your picture to colour we can apply the persons or main feature within the photo to any background of your choice.
As we mentioned earlier the above process is always quite timely but if the photo is simple for example one or two people with a simple background then it should be possible to carry out the work involved in less than one hour. Another element to take into consideration is the quality of the picture as most old photos are usually faded creased or crumbled, so even before the colouring process starts it may be necessary to carry out some photo restoration and repair work, which will obviously result in more time.In most cases we will send a sample prior to any financial commitment it is within this category me may choose to send you a price first before commencing owing to the time factor involved.So if your needing to fix old photos why not get in touch.
