Military Photos
Low-Resolution Military Photos
Low-resolution military photos usually come out of a tiny contact print, a wallet photo, a heavy crop or a scan made at 72 dpi years ago. On a service photo the low resolution shows as blocky pixels, mushy skin and faces the size of a fingernail that fall apart when enlarged, right across a serviceman or servicewoman in uniform, often taken just before deployment.
Upload a scan or a phone photo of the low-resolution service photo and the AI-powered repair comes back in seconds with the insignia, ribbons, unit patches and cap badge left as they were. Where the low resolution covered a face in military photos, check the result against family memory before you print it.
If the low resolution on the service photo is worse than it looks, run Face Restoration twice rather than reaching for a heavier setting. Then upscale the low-resolution military photos for a reprint, since the output keeps the shape of the upload.
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 military photos from the 1860s to 1970s
- Small faces of a serviceman or servicewoman in uniform, often taken just before deployment that the low resolution has taken the detail from
- Low-resolution military photos that a copy shop refused to touch
- A low-resolution service 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 insignia, ribbons, unit patches and cap badge in the service photo untouched.
Face Restoration - 02
Run a full pass on the service photo
Picks up the remaining scratches, fading and softness on low-resolution military photos after the low resolution is removed.
Photo Restoration - 03
Sharpen the faces of a serviceman or servicewoman in uniform, often taken just before deployment
Recovers the eye and skin detail the low resolution softened; keep it at natural strength on military photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the service photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the low resolution repair, with the shape of the low-resolution military photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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