Photo restoration is the process of fixing aberrations (defects) found in the original film. These aberrations include, for example, color fading, scratches, graininess, over/under exposure, dust, water marks, tears and even missing pieces of the original picture.
The corrections are made to the scanned picture as in the following examples.

Digamation provides as part of our videographic and scanning services both Digital Ice 4 technology and Manual retouching.

• Digital Ice 4 Technology is the newest most complete automatic image correction technology available in film scanners. The Digital Ice 4 Technology removes surface defects (dust and scratches), restores and corrects colors, reduces film grain noise and optimizes contrast and exposure.  Digital ICE 4 Technology is included with all Digamation scans.
• Manual retouching requires a Digamation technician inspect the scanned image for defects missed by the Digital Ice 4 Technology and make manual alterations to correct them. Digamation uses Adobe Photoshop CS2 to amend any defects. Manual restoration is only provided if Digital Ice 4 Technology is requested.  Call today for a quote on manual image retouching.

Whether you request restoration or not the entire process is always guided by a Digamation technician. Digamation does not use batch processing. The reason is that batching makes general assumptions about a group of films that may not be valid. For example, only 1 of a set may require color restoration.