First Communion Photos
Creased First Communion Photos
A creased communion photo is a common case: a print folded into a wallet, a letter or a pocket, then flattened again decades later leaves a white line where the emulsion broke along the fold, very often straight through a face, and first communion photos from the 1920s to 1990s were rarely stored well enough to escape it.
Scratch & Tear Repair is the tool for creased first communion photos: it targets a white line where the emulsion broke along the fold, very often straight through a face and leaves the rest of the communion photo alone. Output follows the shape of the upload, so the veil, the candle and the folded hands end up where they always were in the creased original.
Scan the creased communion photo flat, or photograph it and run Photo-of-a-Photo Fixer first, so the creasing is the only thing left to repair. The first communion photos come back in seconds, and the 4 free credits on sign-up cover the first Standard pass at the creasing.


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 first communion photos that a copy shop refused to touch
- A creased communion 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 communion photo
- A creased communion 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 veil, the candle and the folded hands in the communion photo untouched.
Scratch & Tear Repair - 02
Repair the rest of the communion photo
Exposure Fixer addresses the usual wear on first communion photos, hand-tinted cheeks gone hot pink, the white dress or suit blown out and a studio stamp fading away, once the creasing is gone.
Exposure Fixer - 03
Upscale the communion photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the creasing repair, with the shape of the creased first communion photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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