Class Photos
Fire-Damaged Class Photos
Class 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 thirty children in rows with the teacher standing at the side, which is still there underneath.
Nothing in the class photo is redrawn for effect; the fire damage is treated as a layer to remove and the image of thirty children in rows with the teacher standing at the side as the thing to keep. If the fire-damaged area covered each child's face, the name board and the teacher, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.
Start with Photo Restoration on the fire-damaged class photo, then chain Face Restoration or the upscaler in the Studio if the class photos need it. The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard run on fire-damaged class 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
- Fire-damaged class photos that a copy shop refused to touch
- A fire-damaged class photo needed for a memorial, an anniversary or a reprint
- Charred and curled edges, a brown scorch gradient, soot in the grain and areas lost entirely, spread over a class photo
- A fire-damaged class photo that is the only copy anyone has
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 each child's face, the name board and the teacher in the class photo untouched.
Photo Restoration - 02
Repair the rest of the class photo
Face Restoration addresses the usual wear on class photos, a long panoramic print rolled for decades, cracked along the curl and faded at both ends, once the fire damage is gone.
Face Restoration - 03
Sharpen the faces of thirty children in rows with the teacher standing at the side
Recovers the eye and skin detail the fire damage softened; keep it at natural strength on class photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the class photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the fire damage repair, with the shape of the fire-damaged class photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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