Baptism Photos
Blurry Baptism Photos
Baptism photos showing soft edges, doubled outlines on faces and hands, and detail that never resolves however close you look have almost always met a slow shutter, a subject who moved, a lens that was never sharp or a camera held by a child. The blur sits on top of the image of an infant in a long white gown held by the godparents at the font, which is still there underneath.
Nothing in the baptism photo is redrawn for effect; the blur is treated as a layer to remove and the image of an infant in a long white gown held by the godparents at the font as the thing to keep. If the blurry area covered the gown, the font and the faces of the godparents, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.
Start with Unblur Old Photos on the blurry baptism photo, then chain Face Restoration or the upscaler in the Studio if the baptism photos need it. The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard run on blurry baptism photos.
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
- Blur from a slow shutter, a subject who moved, a lens that was never sharp or a camera held by a child, on baptism photos from the 1900s to 1990s
- Small faces of an infant in a long white gown held by the godparents at the font that the blur has taken the detail from
- Blurry baptism photos that a copy shop refused to touch
- A blurry baptism photo needed for a memorial, an anniversary or a reprint
Suggested order of passes
- 01
Remove the blur
Unblur Old Photos targets soft edges, doubled outlines on faces and hands, and detail that never resolves however close you look while keeping the gown, the font and the faces of the godparents in the baptism photo untouched.
Unblur Old Photos - 02
Repair the rest of the baptism photo
Exposure Fixer addresses the usual wear on baptism photos, the white gown blown out by flash, church shadows blocked up and a fold straight across the baby, once the blur is gone.
Exposure Fixer - 03
Sharpen the faces of an infant in a long white gown held by the godparents at the font
Recovers the eye and skin detail the blur softened; keep it at natural strength on baptism photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the baptism photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the blur repair, with the shape of the blurry baptism photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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