I just tried this, with a John Constable painting you may find photographed at Wikipedia
![[Image: John_Constable_-_Wivenhoe_Park%2C_Essex_...roject.jpg]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/John_Constable_-_Wivenhoe_Park%2C_Essex_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg)
And took it to GIMP, where I edited it and attempted a full restore to bring it back to life, and voilá, here's the end result:
![[Image: 47309887432_530f357efb_k.jpg]](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7825/47309887432_530f357efb_k.jpg)
DIGITALLY RESTORED: John_Constable_-_Wivenhoe_Park,_Essex_-_Google_Art_Project - Digital Restore - copia by AF OH, en Flickr
Hope you like it, any comments or criticism welcome
Btw, I just added saturation, a bit of contrast with the curves, and used the exposure and blacks tool, that's all.
And took it to GIMP, where I edited it and attempted a full restore to bring it back to life, and voilá, here's the end result:
DIGITALLY RESTORED: John_Constable_-_Wivenhoe_Park,_Essex_-_Google_Art_Project - Digital Restore - copia by AF OH, en FlickrHope you like it, any comments or criticism welcome
Btw, I just added saturation, a bit of contrast with the curves, and used the exposure and blacks tool, that's all.