Will a marching band, a garage band or the school orchestra holding their instruments still look like themselves after the creasing is removed?

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

Do I need to scan creased band photos?

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

How many credits does a creased band photo take?

The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard restoration of creased band photos. Pro and Max return more detail on the instruments, the uniforms and the lettering on the drum head where the creasing was heavy; see pricing for the current amounts.

Can I colorize the band photo after fixing the creasing?

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

Band Photos

Creased Band Photos

Creased band photos usually come out of a print folded into a wallet, a letter or a pocket, then flattened again decades later. On a band photo the creasing shows as a white line where the emulsion broke along the fold, very often straight through a face, right across a marching band, a garage band or the school orchestra holding their instruments.

Upload a scan or a phone photo of the creased band photo and the AI-powered repair comes back in seconds with the instruments, the uniforms and the lettering on the drum head left as they were. Where the creasing covered a face in band photos, check the result against family memory before you print it.

If the creasing on the band photo is worse than it looks, run Scratch & Tear Repair twice rather than reaching for a heavier setting. Then upscale the creased band photos for a reprint, since the output keeps the shape of the upload.

Open with these settings Scratch & Tear Repair

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

Creased band photos that a copy shop refused to touch
A creased band photo needed for a memorial, an anniversary or a reprint
A white line where the emulsion broke along the fold, very often straight through a face, spread over a band photo
A creased band photo that is the only copy anyone has

Suggested order of passes

01
Remove the creasing
Scratch & Tear Repair targets a white line where the emulsion broke along the fold, very often straight through a face while keeping the instruments, the uniforms and the lettering on the drum head in the band photo untouched.
Scratch & Tear Repair
02
Repair the rest of the band photo
Exposure Fixer addresses the usual wear on band photos, flash bounce off the brass, a stage that went black and a photocopy standing in for the lost print, once the creasing is gone.
Exposure Fixer
03
Sharpen the faces of a marching band, a garage band or the school orchestra holding their instruments
Recovers the eye and skin detail the creasing softened; keep it at natural strength on band photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration
04
Upscale the band photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the creasing repair, with the shape of the creased band photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler