First Communion Photos
Low-Resolution First Communion Photos
A low-resolution communion photo is a common case: a tiny contact print, a wallet photo, a heavy crop or a scan made at 72 dpi years ago leaves blocky pixels, mushy skin and faces the size of a fingernail that fall apart when enlarged, and first communion photos from the 1920s to 1990s were rarely stored well enough to escape it.
Face Restoration is the tool for low-resolution first communion photos: it targets blocky pixels, mushy skin and faces the size of a fingernail that fall apart when enlarged and leaves the rest of the communion photo alone. Output follows the shape of the upload, so the veil, the candle and the folded hands end up where they always were in the low-resolution original.
Scan the low-resolution communion photo flat, or photograph it and run Photo-of-a-Photo Fixer first, so the low resolution is the only thing left to repair. The first communion photos come back in seconds, and the 4 free credits on sign-up cover the first Standard pass at the low resolution.
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
- Low resolution from a tiny contact print, a wallet photo, a heavy crop or a scan made at 72 dpi years ago, on first communion photos from the 1920s to 1990s
- Small faces of a child in white holding a candle, a rosary or a prayer book that the low resolution has taken the detail from
- Low-resolution first communion photos that a copy shop refused to touch
- A low-resolution communion photo needed for a memorial, an anniversary or a reprint
Suggested order of passes
- 01
Remove the low resolution
Face Restoration targets blocky pixels, mushy skin and faces the size of a fingernail that fall apart when enlarged while keeping the veil, the candle and the folded hands in the communion photo untouched.
Face Restoration - 02
Repair the rest of the communion photo
Exposure Fixer addresses the usual wear on first communion photos, hand-tinted cheeks gone hot pink, the white dress or suit blown out and a studio stamp fading away, once the low resolution is gone.
Exposure Fixer - 03
Upscale the communion photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the low resolution repair, with the shape of the low-resolution first communion photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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