How to Remove Extreme Photo Red Cast and Salvage Old Images

We all have grandparents, obviously, and they almost all took photos that have turned red. You don't need to throw them out or suffer them being red, though. This video shows how to salvage old family images that have gone red with age. The photo shown is a VERY extreme example, but the same process applies to remove even slight red casts. A few more examples using this process are presented at the end.

[WeePinkGin]

Technique still holds true to even the latest version of photoshop, needed a quick fix for some photos dating 50 years ago and this video done the trick, many thanks! :)

[boneschapel]

Awesome!!! I love your method on this. Saturated with Red Photographs are always the hardest for me to do. Now, I can't wait to do it. You really helped. Thanks again and please keep churning out more videos!!!

[chefalybee]

This was great! Very helpful. I used it on an old photograph of my mom as a kid and it worked fairly well. Do you have any tips on how to save the color when there are people in the photo? It's sort of sepia toned now but the red is pretty much gone!

[JennyZinaTavares]

This was amazing! What software was used? It looked like a Microsoft suite, paint maybe? But I'm not sure.

[suddenslipinterspersed-the]

Thank you. This helped with an interview I did with someone sitting under a red umbrella. 😊 I had to use color wheels in premiere pro. Your explanation helped a lot 😊

[SylvsTheCat]

Thanks a lot!
What software do you use to record sound and your screen?

[SandyHansenPhotography]

Thanks! Can you share the link for your video, how to use a DSLR camera to photograph a slide? Thanks

[mdingel]

Still works on the latest version! Thank you very much!

[hmaustips]

Thank you! I have a couple hundred old red photos to correct in PSE and tried with the eye droppers in Levels but it gave me extremes. Cmd-shift-L was like a miracle! I'm also THINKING about getting a slide scanner - do you have any recommendations? Thank you!

[NailsByAdanja]

This is a bit of a long shot. but I have a couple of old photo's I would love to restore with Photoshop. That's how I found your video, except the problem I'm having is a little bit more complicated. Half of the photo is turned into an red to yellow ombre. I would like to restore the photo but I wouldn't know how! Any ideas?

[Anaxxo]

Thank you mate managed to improve a photo of my dad taken in 1978

[careyholman]

Awesome. The way I was doing it before I was losing the blue in the sky. This way gives a lot more control. Thanks!

[greenharvestproductions]

Thank you for the video question I have 16 mm Motion Picture film from 1968 and I want to try to get back to original color this got some reddish on the film can you please give me any suggestions how to do it can the same process be used for Motion Picture film what do you have to do one frame at a time thank you very much Sergeant Velez USMC

[davidbird]

Very interesting, I have several thousand of these, all Ektachrome. What software tool were you using? a current software tool?

[greenharvestproductions]

Thank you for the information Dave I would like to do this to my 16 mm films I have the motion picture The Way We Were on 16 mm and some other films they also have the same problem can you send me the link to the program and can this be done on 16 mm Motion Picture film thank you very much

[cathymartin]

1.1.24. This video is 10 years old. Is there something more current? I have old photos that are going red. I can't tell what app or system being used. Thanks

[flyurway]

Pretty cool...far beyond my level of understanding, I'm still trying to figure out how to get pics into/out of the program and saved on my stupid, un-user friendly Mac. I was wondering, since you knew what the place was couldn't you Google search the building to see if there aren't any pics on the 'net that would give you an idea of what the color cast should be? Just curious.

[barbcramer]

Hi David, I just found this tutorial and I am in the process of digitizing some old slides...from the 70s. I am using GIMP. Can you translate what you did here for use in GIMP? Thanks so much.

[bethrogge]

I'm going to try this. I'm wonder about printing. I'm actually using scanned photos, not slides. They look OK on screen but turn red when I print.

[anatolbaskak]

thanks. will check. i got a pic of myself ca. 1977 with similar redshift