Trying to restore old photo...lost cause?

[percy]

I have a scan of a print of an old family photo. The quality is awful - probably a mix of a low-res scan and poor quality source image. Is there anyway that I can pull back some detail in order to print it out again? My mother no longer has the original photo, or a digital copy. I have Adobe LR and Photoshop CC, although I hardly use PS at all, so don't know its true capabilities. Where should I start?
Thanks

[PBLP]

percy said:

Where should I start?

Post it up, I'm sure the lovely PH crew will help out

[budfox]

Yeah, whack it up. It's always an interesting challenge.

[percy]

Having seen what has happened to many other photos that were posted asking for PS help, I'm reluctant to humiliate my mother...

Link is here: https://flic.kr/p/qo21Ye

[petrolsniffer]

https://www.reddit.com/r/estoration join reddit and post it in this subreddit

[TheRainMaker]

Wow just had a quick look, it's beyond my skill level but I'm sure someone will help you out

[Morbid]

Is this any use to you? First time I've tried this...

PH_restore by Ian J Bradshaw, on Flickr

Ian

Edited by Morbid on Saturday 3rd January 22:06

[budfox]

^ That's very good. Better than I achieved for sure.

I'd be amazed if anyone could do much more with it.

[Morbid]

budfox said:

^ That's very good. Better than I achieved for sure.

I'd be amazed if anyone could do much more with it.

Thank you

[percy]

Cheers Morbid
Could you tell me what process(es) you used?
Is it OK to download from your Flickr page?

[Morbid]

No problem. I separated out the three subjects onto different layers, adjusted levels as needed, flattened the image and then applied a bit of Gausian blur (noise reduction was not really doing anything!).

ETA yes, fine to download from Flickr

Edited by Morbid on Saturday 3rd January 23:04

[percy]

Thanks - much appreciated