Retouching an old photo

doodah

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My girlfriend's mother would like an old photo restored, as you can see the colours are washed out. I offered to do it, very limited PS experience, but I do not know the scope of the work. There is no point of me doing it if it's very difficult and I do bodged job. So can someone please give me an idea or if it is a 5 second job for the more experience, have a go at it. Many thanks :)

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I have the original photo and digital copy (scanned at 800 dpi, 186MB BMP).
 
Poo bum, I hoped the colour restoration wouldn't be too much hassle. It's the colours she is more interested in.
 
Thanks for the two attempts. Would it be possible to email you a more high quality version for recolouring rather than a compressed <100Kb print screen?
 
Cosimo - the file is 186MB but I didn't really fiddle with the settings as I was pressed for time. The 3 in 1 scanner in my office goes up to 1200dpi, should I try that? What is the best format in this situation? BMP, TIFF, PNG or JPEG?

I will scan again but may try glosrfc's method as it will encourage me to use PS and learn myself. If it all goes pear shaped, expect an email from me :p.

Thanks for you all your help guys. Boyfriend brownie points for me :p:D:o
 
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