Will a crew lined up in front of the factory, shop, mine or office still look like themselves after the fire damage is removed?

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

Do I need to scan fire-damaged workplace photos?

A flat scan is best, but a phone photo of the fire-damaged workplace 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 workplace photo take?

The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard restoration of fire-damaged workplace photos. Pro and Max return more detail on the signage, the tools and the company name where the fire damage was heavy; see pricing for the current amounts.

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

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

Workplace Photos

Fire-Damaged Workplace Photos

Fire-damaged workplace photos usually come out of a house fire, a smoke-filled room or a print that sat too close to a heater. On a workplace 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 crew lined up in front of the factory, shop, mine or office.

Upload a scan or a phone photo of the fire-damaged workplace photo and the AI-powered repair comes back in seconds with the signage, the tools and the company name left as they were. Where the fire damage covered a face in workplace photos, check the result against family memory before you print it.

If the fire damage on the workplace photo is worse than it looks, run Photo Restoration twice rather than reaching for a heavier setting. Then upscale the fire-damaged workplace photos for a reprint, since the output keeps the shape of the upload.

Open with these settings Photo Restoration

Fire-Damaged Workplace Photos, the original print

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 workplace photo that is the only copy anyone has
The signage, the tools and the company name, 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 workplace photos from the 1890s to 1970s
Small faces of a crew lined up in front of the factory, shop, mine or office that the fire damage has taken the detail from

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 signage, the tools and the company name in the workplace photo untouched.
Photo Restoration
02
Repair the rest of the workplace photo
Stain & Spot Remover addresses the usual wear on workplace photos, soot and dust in the grain, a print that spent years on a break-room wall and a yellow stripe of sun, once the fire damage is gone.
Stain & Spot Remover
03
Sharpen the faces of a crew lined up in front of the factory, shop, mine or office
Recovers the eye and skin detail the fire damage softened; keep it at natural strength on workplace photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration
04
Upscale the workplace photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the fire damage repair, with the shape of the fire-damaged workplace photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler