> My wife found a newspaper story today about one of her relatives > that dates from 1949. In it is a picture that unfortunately has > been torn. What is the best way to preserve this picture, and or > restore it. She wants to tape it, but I suspect that this is not > the best thing to do. > > John Nichols <[email protected]> If you've got photoshop and are comfortable with it, a tear is fairly easy to work with. I was at Walgreens the other day and see that they have a photo restoration service that does exactly what you're talking about. They scan it in to a computer, fix the tear digitally, and give you a real photo print of the results. No idea on cost, but if they're selling it at the photo counter of Walgreens, it can't be _that_ bad. No idea where you're at, but in this part of the world (Wisconsin, USA) you can't throw a stick without hitting 3 Walgreens drugstores... Dave Hinz <[email protected]>