My mother has hundreds of old family photos that are simply priceless. There are so many memories captured on film from when she and my dad got married in the 1950s and bought their first little home in Michigan to photos of my grandmother and her siblings during the Great Depression. Of course these are all from the pre-digital age and the photos are beginning to fade. Some have been bent or torn through the years. Some are from the Polaroid craze of the early 1970s and have really begun to lose color quality.

Image Doctor 2 from Alien Skin Software is a great restoration software that helps you restore old photos by fixing rips or scratches; retouch new photos by removing a mole, tattoo, scar or other blemish from a portrait; remove unwanted objects from your photos, and repair low-quality JPEG images. Do you need to give yourself a little PhotoShop facelift? Image Doctor 2 features a skin softening filter.

It’s great for Photoshop users (and a host of other programs) and will shave off hours of retouch time. Image Doctor 2 is a plug-in that is compatible on both Windows and Macintosh.

Read more user reviews of Image Doctor 2 here.

Image Doctor 2 retails for $199. Click here to purchase from the official website.