Will a grandmother or grandfather, sometimes together, in the only portrait ever taken of them still look like themselves after the creasing is removed?

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

Do I need to scan creased grandparents photos?

A flat scan is best, but a phone photo of the creased grandparent 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 grandparent photo take?

The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard restoration of creased grandparents photos. Pro and Max return more detail on the expression, the glasses and the hands where the creasing was heavy; see pricing for the current amounts.

Can I colorize the grandparent photo after fixing the creasing?

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

Grandparents Photos

Creased Grandparents Photos

Creased grandparents photos usually come out of a print folded into a wallet, a letter or a pocket, then flattened again decades later. On a grandparent photo the creasing shows as a white line where the emulsion broke along the fold, very often straight through a face, right across a grandmother or grandfather, sometimes together, in the only portrait ever taken of them.

Upload a scan or a phone photo of the creased grandparent photo and the AI-powered repair comes back in seconds with the expression, the glasses and the hands left as they were. Where the creasing covered a face in grandparents photos, check the result against family memory before you print it.

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

Open with these settings Scratch & Tear Repair

Creased Grandparents Photos, the original print

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 grandparents photos that a copy shop refused to touch
A creased grandparent 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 grandparent photo
A creased grandparent 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 expression, the glasses and the hands in the grandparent photo untouched.
Scratch & Tear Repair
02
Repair the rest of the grandparent photo
Face Restoration addresses the usual wear on grandparents photos, the one surviving print handled by every relative, fingerprinted, softly creased and worn at the edges, once the creasing is gone.
Face Restoration
03
Sharpen the faces of a grandmother or grandfather, sometimes together, in the only portrait ever taken of them
Recovers the eye and skin detail the creasing softened; keep it at natural strength on grandparents photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration
04
Upscale the grandparent photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the creasing repair, with the shape of the creased grandparents photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler