Sports Team Photos
Low-Resolution Sports Team Photos
Low-resolution sports team 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 team photo the low resolution shows as blocky pixels, mushy skin and faces the size of a fingernail that fall apart when enlarged, right across two rows of players with the coach at one end and a ball on the ground in front.
Upload a scan or a phone photo of the low-resolution team photo and the AI-powered repair comes back in seconds with the jersey numbers, the trophy and the team banner left as they were. Where the low resolution covered a face in sports team photos, check the result against family memory before you print it.
If the low resolution on the team photo is worse than it looks, run Face Restoration twice rather than reaching for a heavier setting. Then upscale the low-resolution sports team 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
- Small faces of two rows of players with the coach at one end and a ball on the ground in front that the low resolution has taken the detail from
- Low-resolution sports team photos that a copy shop refused to touch
- A low-resolution team photo needed for a memorial, an anniversary or a reprint
- Blocky pixels, mushy skin and faces the size of a fingernail that fall apart when enlarged, spread over a team photo
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 jersey numbers, the trophy and the team banner in the team photo untouched.
Face Restoration - 02
Run a full pass on the team photo
Picks up the remaining scratches, fading and softness on low-resolution sports team photos after the low resolution is removed.
Photo Restoration - 03
Sharpen the faces of two rows of players with the coach at one end and a ball on the ground in front
Recovers the eye and skin detail the low resolution softened; keep it at natural strength on sports team photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the team photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the low resolution repair, with the shape of the low-resolution sports team photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
This subject, by damage type
Questions
Related guides












