What does restoring a farm photo cost?

One Standard run of any tool on farm photos is covered by the 4 free credits a new account starts with. Pro and Max use more credits and return more detail on a farm photo; the pricing page has the current numbers.

Do I need a scanner for farm photos?

No. A phone photo of the farm photo works; run Photo-of-a-Photo Fixer first to crop, straighten and remove glare, then restore the result.

Can I reprint the restored farm photo large?

After restoring, send farm photos through the Image Upscaler. The output keeps the shape of the farm photo upload and gains the pixels a wall print or an enlargement needs.

Subjects

Restore old farm photos

Q: Which tool should I start with for farm photos?

Stain & Spot Remover is the usual first step for a farm photo; it addresses prints pinned up in a barn office, dusty, fly-specked, sun-faded and cracked along one edge. Chain a second tool in the Studio if the print needs more.

Most farm photos exist as one print, sometimes two, showing the family in front of the barn, with horses, a tractor or a loaded wagon. Made from the 1890s to 1960s, farm photos arrive here with prints pinned up in a barn office, dusty, fly-specked, sun-faded and cracked along one edge.

Every tool here treats farm photos as a repair job rather than a re-creation: the barn, the equipment and the animals stay as photographed and the output follows the shape of the upload. Where a farm photo is missing a corner, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.

Start with Stain & Spot Remover for a typical farm photo, then chain Scratch & Tear Repair, Face Restoration or the upscaler in the Studio as the print needs. A new account has 4 free credits, which covers one Standard restoration of farm photos.

Open with these settings Stain & Spot Remover

Restore old farm 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

Small faces of the family in front of the barn, with horses, a tractor or a loaded wagon, which fall apart when enlarged
Color casts on farm photos from the 1890s to 1960s that hide the real skin tones
The barn, the equipment and the animals, which must stay as photographed while the damage is repaired
One surviving farm photo that every relative wants a clean copy of

Suggested order of passes

01
Run Stain & Spot Remover on the farm photo
The first pass for farm photos: it takes on prints pinned up in a barn office, dusty, fly-specked, sun-faded and cracked along one edge while keeping the barn, the equipment and the animals as photographed.
Stain & Spot Remover
02
Repair what the first pass left on the farm photo
Photo Restoration picks up the remaining marks on farm photos without touching the tone or grain elsewhere.
Photo Restoration
03
Upscale the farm photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a framed print or enlargement of farm photos needs, with the shape of the upload unchanged.
Image Upscaler