Will a grandmother or grandfather, sometimes together, in the only portrait ever taken of them still look like themselves after the blur is removed?

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

Do I need to scan blurry grandparents photos?

A flat scan is best, but a phone photo of the blurry grandparent 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 grandparent photo take?

The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard restoration of blurry grandparents photos. Pro and Max return more detail on the expression, the glasses and the hands where the blur was heavy; see pricing for the current amounts.

Can I colorize the grandparent photo after fixing the blur?

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

Grandparents Photos

Blurry Grandparents Photos

A blurry grandparent photo is a common case: a slow shutter, a subject who moved, a lens that was never sharp or a camera held by a child leaves soft edges, doubled outlines on faces and hands, and detail that never resolves however close you look, and grandparents photos from the 1910s to 1970s were rarely stored well enough to escape it.

Unblur Old Photos is the tool for blurry grandparents photos: it targets soft edges, doubled outlines on faces and hands, and detail that never resolves however close you look and leaves the rest of the grandparent photo alone. Output follows the shape of the upload, so the expression, the glasses and the hands end up where they always were in the blurry original.

Scan the blurry grandparent photo flat, or photograph it and run Photo-of-a-Photo Fixer first, so the blur is the only thing left to repair. The grandparents photos come back in seconds, and the 4 free credits on sign-up cover the first Standard pass at the blur.

Open with these settings Unblur Old Photos

Blurry Grandparents 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

The expression, the glasses and the hands, 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 grandparents photos from the 1910s to 1970s
Small faces of a grandmother or grandfather, sometimes together, in the only portrait ever taken of them that the blur has taken the detail from
Blurry grandparents photos that a copy shop refused to touch

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 expression, the glasses and the hands in the grandparent photo untouched.
Unblur Old Photos
02
Repair the rest of the grandparent photo
Face Restoration addresses the usual wear on grandparents photos, the one surviving print handled by every relative, fingerprinted, softly creased and worn at the edges, once the blur is gone.
Face Restoration
03
Upscale the grandparent photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the blur repair, with the shape of the blurry grandparents photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler