AI Photo Restoration

Fire-Damaged Prom Photos

Prom 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 a couple posed under an arch or against a painted backdrop, which is still there underneath.

Nothing in the prom photo is redrawn for effect; the fire damage is treated as a layer to remove and the image of a couple posed under an arch or against a painted backdrop as the thing to keep. If the fire-damaged area covered the corsage, the dress color and the backdrop, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.

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

Fire-Damaged Prom Photos, the original print
Fire-Damaged Prom Photos
OriginalRestored

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 prom 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 prom photo
  • A fire-damaged prom photo that is the only copy anyone has
  • The corsage, the dress color and the backdrop, hidden under the fire damage

Suggested order of passes

  1. 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 corsage, the dress color and the backdrop in the prom photo untouched.

    Photo Restoration
  2. 02

    Repair the rest of the prom photo

    Red-Eye Removal addresses the usual wear on prom photos, a cardboard folder stuck to the print, red-eye from the flash and a heavy magenta shift, once the fire damage is gone.

    Red-Eye Removal
  3. 03

    Sharpen the faces of a couple posed under an arch or against a painted backdrop

    Recovers the eye and skin detail the fire damage softened; keep it at natural strength on prom photos unless the faces are tiny.

    Face Restoration
  4. 04

    Upscale the prom photo for reprinting

    Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the fire damage repair, with the shape of the fire-damaged prom photos unchanged.

    Image Upscaler

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