What does restoring a band photo cost?

One Standard run of any tool on band photos is covered by the 4 free credits a new account starts with. Pro and Max use more credits and return more detail on a band photo; the pricing page has the current numbers.

Do I need a scanner for band photos?

No. A phone photo of the band photo works; run Photo-of-a-Photo Fixer first to crop, straighten and remove glare, then restore the result.

Can I reprint the restored band photo large?

After restoring, send band photos through the Image Upscaler. The output keeps the shape of the band photo upload and gains the pixels a wall print or an enlargement needs.

Subjects

Restore old band photos

Q: Which tool should I start with for band photos?

Exposure Fixer is the usual first step for a band photo; it addresses flash bounce off the brass, a stage that went black and a photocopy standing in for the lost print. Chain a second tool in the Studio if the print needs more.

A band photo carries a marching band, a garage band or the school orchestra holding their instruments, and the copy in the shoebox is often the only one there is. Prints of band photos from the 1930s to 1990s typically show flash bounce off the brass, a stage that went black and a photocopy standing in for the lost print.

The AI-powered restoration works on a scan or a phone photo of the band photo and returns the repaired image in seconds, keeping the instruments, the uniforms and the lettering on the drum head as they were photographed. Nothing in band photos is redrawn for effect; the tools repair the damage and leave the rest alone.

For most band photos the order is damage first, faces second, upscale last, and each step in the Studio takes the previous result as its input. The first Standard band photo restoration is covered by the 4 free credits every new account starts with.

Open with these settings Exposure Fixer

Restore old band photos, the original print

OriginalRestored

Original on the left, restored on the right; hover to see more of the repair. Made in the Studio from a scan of the print.

What matters for these photos

Color casts on band photos from the 1930s to 1990s that hide the real skin tones
The instruments, the uniforms and the lettering on the drum head, which must stay as photographed while the damage is repaired
One surviving band photo that every relative wants a clean copy of
Band photos scanned years ago at low resolution and never reprinted

Suggested order of passes

01
Run Exposure Fixer on the band photo
The first pass for band photos: it takes on flash bounce off the brass, a stage that went black and a photocopy standing in for the lost print while keeping the instruments, the uniforms and the lettering on the drum head as photographed.
Exposure Fixer
02
Repair what the first pass left on the band photo
Photo Restoration picks up the remaining marks on band photos without touching the tone or grain elsewhere.
Photo Restoration
03
Sharpen the faces of a marching band, a garage band or the school orchestra holding their instruments
Recovers eye and skin detail in band photos; keep it at natural strength unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration
04
Upscale the band photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a framed print or enlargement of band photos needs, with the shape of the upload unchanged.
Image Upscaler