Vacation Photos
Faded Vacation Photos
A faded vacation photo is a common case: dye layers breaking down over decades, faster in warmth and daylight leaves milky shadows, grey whites and a cast that drifts toward orange, magenta or cyan depending on the paper, and vacation photos from the 1950s to 1990s were rarely stored well enough to escape it.
Faded Photo Fixer is the tool for faded vacation photos: it targets milky shadows, grey whites and a cast that drifts toward orange, magenta or cyan depending on the paper and leaves the rest of the vacation photo alone. Output follows the shape of the upload, so the landmark, the car and the swimsuits end up where they always were in the faded original.
Scan the faded vacation photo flat, or photograph it and run Photo-of-a-Photo Fixer first, so the fading is the only thing left to repair. The vacation photos come back in seconds, and the 4 free credits on sign-up cover the first Standard pass at the fading.


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
- The landmark, the car and the swimsuits, hidden under the fading
- Fading from dye layers breaking down over decades, faster in warmth and daylight, on vacation photos from the 1950s to 1990s
- Small faces of parents and children squinting in front of a landmark, a beach or the car that the fading has taken the detail from
- Faded vacation photos that a copy shop refused to touch
Suggested order of passes
- 01
Remove the fading
Faded Photo Fixer targets milky shadows, grey whites and a cast that drifts toward orange, magenta or cyan depending on the paper while keeping the landmark, the car and the swimsuits in the vacation photo untouched.
Faded Photo Fixer - 02
Run a full pass on the vacation photo
Picks up the remaining scratches, fading and softness on faded vacation photos after the fading is removed.
Photo Restoration - 03
Upscale the vacation photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the fading repair, with the shape of the faded vacation photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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