First Communion Photos
Fire-Damaged First Communion Photos
Fire-damaged first communion photos usually come out of a house fire, a smoke-filled room or a print that sat too close to a heater. On a communion photo the fire damage shows as charred and curled edges, a brown scorch gradient, soot in the grain and areas lost entirely, right across a child in white holding a candle, a rosary or a prayer book.
Upload a scan or a phone photo of the fire-damaged communion photo and the AI-powered repair comes back in seconds with the veil, the candle and the folded hands left as they were. Where the fire damage covered a face in first communion photos, check the result against family memory before you print it.
If the fire damage on the communion photo is worse than it looks, run Photo Restoration twice rather than reaching for a heavier setting. Then upscale the fire-damaged first communion photos for a reprint, since the output keeps the shape of the upload.
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 damage from a house fire, a smoke-filled room or a print that sat too close to a heater, on first communion photos from the 1920s to 1990s
- Small faces of a child in white holding a candle, a rosary or a prayer book that the fire damage has taken the detail from
- Fire-damaged first communion photos that a copy shop refused to touch
- A fire-damaged communion photo needed for a memorial, an anniversary or a reprint
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 veil, the candle and the folded hands in the communion photo untouched.
Photo Restoration - 02
Repair the rest of the communion photo
Exposure Fixer addresses the usual wear on first communion photos, hand-tinted cheeks gone hot pink, the white dress or suit blown out and a studio stamp fading away, once the fire damage is gone.
Exposure Fixer - 03
Sharpen the faces of a child in white holding a candle, a rosary or a prayer book
Recovers the eye and skin detail the fire damage softened; keep it at natural strength on first communion photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the communion photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the fire damage repair, with the shape of the fire-damaged first communion photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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