Baby Photos
Cracked Baby Photos
A cracked baby photo is a common case: a print that dried out and stiffened before it was bent, or a plate whose coating crazed with age leaves a web of fine dark or light lines across the surface, with flakes lifting where the cracks meet, and baby photos from the 1930s to 1980s were rarely stored well enough to escape it.
Scratch & Tear Repair is the tool for cracked baby photos: it targets a web of fine dark or light lines across the surface, with flakes lifting where the cracks meet and leaves the rest of the baby photo alone. Output follows the shape of the upload, so the christening gown, the fine hair and the blanket pattern end up where they always were in the cracked original.
Scan the cracked baby photo flat, or photograph it and run Photo-of-a-Photo Fixer first, so the cracked emulsion is the only thing left to repair. The baby photos come back in seconds, and the 4 free credits on sign-up cover the first Standard pass at the cracked emulsion.


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 web of fine dark or light lines across the surface, with flakes lifting where the cracks meet, spread over a baby photo
- A cracked baby photo that is the only copy anyone has
- The christening gown, the fine hair and the blanket pattern, hidden under the cracked emulsion
- Cracked emulsion from a print that dried out and stiffened before it was bent, or a plate whose coating crazed with age, on baby photos from the 1930s to 1980s
Suggested order of passes
- 01
Remove the cracked emulsion
Scratch & Tear Repair targets a web of fine dark or light lines across the surface, with flakes lifting where the cracks meet while keeping the christening gown, the fine hair and the blanket pattern in the baby photo untouched.
Scratch & Tear Repair - 02
Repair the rest of the baby photo
Face Restoration addresses the usual wear on baby photos, soft focus from a slow lens, thumbprints on the emulsion and whites gone warm and yellow, once the cracked emulsion is gone.
Face Restoration - 03
Upscale the baby photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the cracked emulsion repair, with the shape of the cracked baby photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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