Will the family around the tree, the table or the menorah still look like themselves after the fire damage is removed?

The prompts keep every face, age and expression in the fire-damaged holiday photo as photographed. Where the fire-damaged area covered a face, compare the result with other holiday photos and with family memory before you print.

Do I need to scan fire-damaged holiday photos?

A flat scan is best, but a phone photo of the fire-damaged holiday photo works too; run Photo-of-a-Photo Fixer first to crop and remove glare, then repair the fire damage.

How many credits does a fire-damaged holiday photo take?

The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard restoration of fire-damaged holiday photos. Pro and Max return more detail on the decorations, the wrapping paper and the tree lights where the fire damage was heavy; see pricing for the current amounts.

Can I colorize the holiday photo after fixing the fire damage?

Yes. Repair the fire-damaged holiday photo first, then run the Photo Colorizer on the result. Colors are inferred from the era and the materials in the repaired fire-damaged holiday photos, so type any remembered colors into the hints field.

Holiday Photos

Fire-Damaged Holiday Photos

Holiday 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 the family around the tree, the table or the menorah, which is still there underneath.

Nothing in the holiday photo is redrawn for effect; the fire damage is treated as a layer to remove and the image of the family around the tree, the table or the menorah as the thing to keep. If the fire-damaged area covered the decorations, the wrapping paper and the tree lights, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.

Start with Photo Restoration on the fire-damaged holiday photo, then chain Face Restoration or the upscaler in the Studio if the holiday photos need it. The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard run on fire-damaged holiday photos.

Open with these settings Photo Restoration

Fire-Damaged Holiday Photos, the original print

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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

Charred and curled edges, a brown scorch gradient, soot in the grain and areas lost entirely, spread over a holiday photo
A fire-damaged holiday photo that is the only copy anyone has
The decorations, the wrapping paper and the tree lights, 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 holiday photos from the 1950s to 1990s

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 decorations, the wrapping paper and the tree lights in the holiday photo untouched.
Photo Restoration
02
Repair the rest of the holiday photo
Exposure Fixer addresses the usual wear on holiday photos, an orange cast from indoor bulbs, red-eye from the flash and a date stamp in the corner, once the fire damage is gone.
Exposure Fixer
03
Sharpen the faces of the family around the tree, the table or the menorah
Recovers the eye and skin detail the fire damage softened; keep it at natural strength on holiday photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration
04
Upscale the holiday photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the fire damage repair, with the shape of the fire-damaged holiday photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler