Baptism Photos
Fire-Damaged Baptism Photos
Baptism photos showing charred and curled edges, a brown scorch gradient, soot in the grain and areas lost entirely have almost always met a house fire, a smoke-filled room or a print that sat too close to a heater. The fire damage sits on top of the image of an infant in a long white gown held by the godparents at the font, which is still there underneath.
Nothing in the baptism photo is redrawn for effect; the fire damage is treated as a layer to remove and the image of an infant in a long white gown held by the godparents at the font as the thing to keep. If the fire-damaged area covered the gown, the font and the faces of the godparents, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.
Start with Photo Restoration on the fire-damaged baptism photo, then chain Face Restoration or the upscaler in the Studio if the baptism photos need it. The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard run on fire-damaged baptism photos.
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 fire-damaged baptism photo that is the only copy anyone has
- The gown, the font and the faces of the godparents, hidden under the fire damage
- Fire damage from a house fire, a smoke-filled room or a print that sat too close to a heater, on baptism photos from the 1900s to 1990s
- Small faces of an infant in a long white gown held by the godparents at the font that the fire damage has taken the detail from
Suggested order of passes
- 01
Remove the fire damage
Photo Restoration targets charred and curled edges, a brown scorch gradient, soot in the grain and areas lost entirely while keeping the gown, the font and the faces of the godparents in the baptism photo untouched.
Photo Restoration - 02
Repair the rest of the baptism photo
Exposure Fixer addresses the usual wear on baptism photos, the white gown blown out by flash, church shadows blocked up and a fold straight across the baby, once the fire damage is gone.
Exposure Fixer - 03
Sharpen the faces of an infant in a long white gown held by the godparents at the font
Recovers the eye and skin detail the fire damage softened; keep it at natural strength on baptism photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the baptism photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the fire damage repair, with the shape of the fire-damaged baptism photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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