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Restore old family portraits
Family portraits are usually the photographs a family would run back into the house for: three or four generations posed in a studio or on the front steps, printed anywhere from the 1880s to 1990s. The family portraits that survive tend to show a crack through the middle from a broken frame, silver mirroring in the shadows and a lost corner.
Upload the family portrait as a scan or a phone photo, and the restoration comes back in seconds with every face, the seating order and the clothing kept as they were in the original. Faces in family portraits that were badly blurred are plausible reconstructions, so compare them against other pictures of the same people.
Standard is enough for a family portrait headed for a screen; Pro and Max recover more detail for a print that will hang on a wall. Whichever tier you choose, run family portraits through the upscaler last so the reprint stays sharp.
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 crack through the middle from a broken frame, silver mirroring in the shadows and a lost corner
- Small faces of three or four generations posed in a studio or on the front steps, which fall apart when enlarged
- Color casts on family portraits from the 1880s to 1990s that hide the real skin tones
- Every face, the seating order and the clothing, which must stay as photographed while the damage is repaired
Suggested order of passes
- 01
Run Photo Restoration on the family portrait
The first pass for family portraits: it takes on a crack through the middle from a broken frame, silver mirroring in the shadows and a lost corner while keeping every face, the seating order and the clothing as photographed.
Photo Restoration - 02
Repair what the first pass left on the family portrait
Scratch & Tear Repair picks up the remaining marks on family portraits without touching the tone or grain elsewhere.
Scratch & Tear Repair - 03
Sharpen the faces of three or four generations posed in a studio or on the front steps
Recovers eye and skin detail in family portraits; keep it at natural strength unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the family portrait for reprinting
Adds the pixels a framed print or enlargement of family portraits needs, with the shape of the upload unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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