Will thirty children in rows with the teacher standing at the side still look like themselves after the blur is removed?

The prompts keep every face, age and expression in the blurry class photo as photographed. Where the blurry area covered a face, compare the result with other class photos and with family memory before you print.

Do I need to scan blurry class photos?

A flat scan is best, but a phone photo of the blurry class photo works too; run Photo-of-a-Photo Fixer first to crop and remove glare, then repair the blur.

How many credits does a blurry class photo take?

The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard restoration of blurry class photos. Pro and Max return more detail on each child's face, the name board and the teacher where the blur was heavy; see pricing for the current amounts.

Can I colorize the class photo after fixing the blur?

Yes. Repair the blurry class photo first, then run the Photo Colorizer on the result. Colors are inferred from the era and the materials in the repaired blurry class photos, so type any remembered colors into the hints field.

Class Photos

Blurry Class Photos

Class 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 thirty children in rows with the teacher standing at the side, which is still there underneath.

Nothing in the class photo is redrawn for effect; the blur is treated as a layer to remove and the image of thirty children in rows with the teacher standing at the side as the thing to keep. If the blurry area covered each child's face, the name board and the teacher, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.

Start with Unblur Old Photos on the blurry class photo, then chain Face Restoration or the upscaler in the Studio if the class photos need it. The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard run on blurry class photos.

Open with these settings Unblur Old Photos

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

Soft edges, doubled outlines on faces and hands, and detail that never resolves however close you look, spread over a class photo
A blurry class photo that is the only copy anyone has
Each child's face, the name board and the teacher, hidden under the blur
Blur from a slow shutter, a subject who moved, a lens that was never sharp or a camera held by a child, on class photos from the 1920s to 1990s

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 each child's face, the name board and the teacher in the class photo untouched.
Unblur Old Photos
02
Repair the rest of the class photo
Face Restoration addresses the usual wear on class photos, a long panoramic print rolled for decades, cracked along the curl and faded at both ends, once the blur is gone.
Face Restoration
03
Sharpen the faces of thirty children in rows with the teacher standing at the side
Recovers the eye and skin detail the blur softened; keep it at natural strength on class photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration
04
Upscale the class photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the blur repair, with the shape of the blurry class photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler