76-year-old Chinese Photoshop expert repairs old pictures for free

16 years ago, when he was 60, Baojun Yuan learned how to use Photoshop to make old pictures look like new again.

He says, “My teacher taught me how to repair photos, but he forgot to tell me how to charge.” So now he offers his photo-editing as a free service to folks who can’t afford to have their old pictures retouched professionally.

(via Ubergizmo)

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22 Responses

  1. 1
    Rich Shipe says:

    That’s really cool! But the first thing that came to my mind was did he pay for Photoshop? Probably judgmental of me, sorry. :)

  2. 2
    Bunnnnee says:

    *Chuckles* Stereotypes usually begin with a perception that many people have, butin this case, it’s a well-established fact that China pirates software. They will have to change that behavior radically before they accuse people of being judgmental.

  3. 3
    Cora Judd says:

    Impressive work — especially the last one.

  4. 4
    the Ninja says:

    Pirated or not he does a pretty good job!

  5. 5
    Rich Shipe says:

    Great work indeed! And thanks to everyone for your graciousness.

  6. 6
    Scuba Steve says:

    what an amazing job he did on that last one, truly impressive

  7. 7
    monika says:

    He does his work for free for people that can’t afford it and clearly has a great skill and your going to bring up the fact that he ‘probably’ has pirated photoshop? who are you to say that, especially when you have NO clue. Appreciate the mans work instead of trying to find something negative. And pirated or not do you not see the positivity in this? Those photos might not of lasted much longer, especially the last one. So take a minute and think before you speak.

    • monika says:

      you know what, my bad. I completely misread your comment. I should have thought more before I spoke. But i still have an opinion that you have no idea so why even ask yourself that question? It’s pointless. Just focus on the positivity.

  8. 8
    Debra says:

    I’ve seen this story posted several places over the last few days, but each time I see the images, I’m floored. However he came to have his copy of Photoshop, the man is incredibly talented.

  9. 9
    Michael says:

    Giving back is universal.

  10. 10
    Alan says:

    Very impresive work. What makes it even more so is the fact of the guys age and the service he is providing to loads of people. Shame there aren’t more people like him.
    And for all the people saying he probably uses a pirate copy of photoshop, maybe he got a deal from the college/school he went to to learn photoshop. Adobe and a lot of the major software companies offer huge discounts to students to get them to use their software when they enter the working world.

  11. 11
    Baron says:

    It’s funny how people accuse a race for actions such as pirating, thinking their own is high and mighty, and I’m assuming most Americans are making these accusations. People pirate all over the world, ESPECIALLY Americans. Napster ring a bell folks? All in all, there shouldn’t have to be any speculation on how he obtained it.

    In any case, on to the real subject at hand. I think this amazing, hell, even a lot of the “Photo Restoration” aren’t even done very well. I think it’s because it lacks a “personal” touch, where an individual can sit there and actually spend some time on it. Where as a machine just runs it through, guesses what goes where etc etc. Not to mention the fact of a free service to give back to the community to save cherished memories is always a great thing.

  12. 12
    boomzy says:

    Lol there’s more comments about stereotypes than anything else.

  13. 13
    Tamber says:

    You have all got it wrong. The originals are on the right. I think he does a terrible job, especially the last one. Actually, I think someone has messed about with the pictures, possibly with GIMP.

  14. 14
    Phil says:

    Everyone just assumes he lives in china….

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