Prom Photos
Blurry Prom Photos
Prom 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 a couple posed under an arch or against a painted backdrop, which is still there underneath.
Nothing in the prom photo is redrawn for effect; the blur is treated as a layer to remove and the image of a couple posed under an arch or against a painted backdrop as the thing to keep. If the blurry area covered the corsage, the dress color and the backdrop, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.
Start with Unblur Old Photos on the blurry prom photo, then chain Face Restoration or the upscaler in the Studio if the prom photos need it. The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard run on blurry prom 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
- A blurry prom photo needed for a memorial, an anniversary or a reprint
- Soft edges, doubled outlines on faces and hands, and detail that never resolves however close you look, spread over a prom photo
- A blurry prom photo that is the only copy anyone has
- The corsage, the dress color and the backdrop, hidden under the blur
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 corsage, the dress color and the backdrop in the prom photo untouched.
Unblur Old Photos - 02
Repair the rest of the prom photo
Red-Eye Removal addresses the usual wear on prom photos, a cardboard folder stuck to the print, red-eye from the flash and a heavy magenta shift, once the blur is gone.
Red-Eye Removal - 03
Sharpen the faces of a couple posed under an arch or against a painted backdrop
Recovers the eye and skin detail the blur softened; keep it at natural strength on prom photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the prom photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the blur repair, with the shape of the blurry prom photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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