Military Photos
Blurry Military Photos
A blurry service 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 military photos from the 1860s to 1970s were rarely stored well enough to escape it.
Unblur Old Photos is the tool for blurry military 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 service photo alone. Output follows the shape of the upload, so the insignia, ribbons, unit patches and cap badge end up where they always were in the blurry original.
Scan the blurry service photo flat, or photograph it and run Photo-of-a-Photo Fixer first, so the blur is the only thing left to repair. The military photos come back in seconds, and the 4 free credits on sign-up cover the first Standard pass at the blur.


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 service photo
- A blurry service photo that is the only copy anyone has
- The insignia, ribbons, unit patches and cap badge, 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 military photos from the 1860s to 1970s
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 insignia, ribbons, unit patches and cap badge in the service photo untouched.
Unblur Old Photos - 02
Repair the rest of the service photo
Face Restoration addresses the usual wear on military photos, foxing from a footlocker, folds from a shirt pocket and rank insignia faded into the cloth, once the blur is gone.
Face Restoration - 03
Upscale the service photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the blur repair, with the shape of the blurry military photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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