Military Photos
Fire-Damaged Military Photos
A fire-damaged service photo is a common case: a house fire, a smoke-filled room or a print that sat too close to a heater leaves charred and curled edges, a brown scorch gradient, soot in the grain and areas lost entirely, and military photos from the 1860s to 1970s were rarely stored well enough to escape it.
Photo Restoration is the tool for fire-damaged military photos: it targets charred and curled edges, a brown scorch gradient, soot in the grain and areas lost entirely and leaves the rest of the service photo alone. Output follows the shape of the upload, so the insignia, ribbons, unit patches and cap badge end up where they always were in the fire-damaged original.
Scan the fire-damaged service photo flat, or photograph it and run Photo-of-a-Photo Fixer first, so the fire damage is the only thing left to repair. The military photos come back in seconds, and the 4 free credits on sign-up cover the first Standard pass at the fire damage.


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 service 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 service photo
- A fire-damaged service photo that is the only copy anyone has
- The insignia, ribbons, unit patches and cap badge, hidden under the fire damage
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 insignia, ribbons, unit patches and cap badge in the service photo untouched.
Photo Restoration - 02
Repair the rest of the service photo
Face Restoration addresses the usual wear on military photos, foxing from a footlocker, folds from a shirt pocket and rank insignia faded into the cloth, once the fire damage is gone.
Face Restoration - 03
Upscale the service photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the fire damage repair, with the shape of the fire-damaged military photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
This subject, by damage type
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