Wedding Photos
Fire-Damaged Wedding Photos
Wedding 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 couple, the wedding party and both sets of parents, which is still there underneath.
Nothing in the wedding photo is redrawn for effect; the fire damage is treated as a layer to remove and the image of the couple, the wedding party and both sets of parents as the thing to keep. If the fire-damaged area covered the lace of the dress, the ring hands and the bouquet, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.
Start with Photo Restoration on the fire-damaged wedding photo, then chain Face Restoration or the upscaler in the Studio if the wedding photos need it. The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard run on fire-damaged wedding 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 wedding photos that a copy shop refused to touch
- A fire-damaged wedding 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 wedding photo
- A fire-damaged wedding 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 the lace of the dress, the ring hands and the bouquet in the wedding photo untouched.
Photo Restoration - 02
Run a full pass on the wedding photo
Picks up the remaining scratches, fading and softness on fire-damaged wedding photos after the fire damage is removed.
Photo Restoration - 03
Sharpen the faces of the couple, the wedding party and both sets of parents
Recovers the eye and skin detail the fire damage softened; keep it at natural strength on wedding photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the wedding photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the fire damage repair, with the shape of the fire-damaged wedding photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
This subject, by damage type
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