Will a couple cutting a cake decades after their wedding, surrounded by their children still look like themselves after the mold is removed?

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

Do I need to scan moldy anniversary photos?

A flat scan is best, but a phone photo of the moldy anniversary photo works too; run Photo-of-a-Photo Fixer first to crop and remove glare, then repair the mold.

How many credits does a moldy anniversary photo take?

The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard restoration of moldy anniversary photos. Pro and Max return more detail on the cake, the banner and the couple's faces where the mold was heavy; see pricing for the current amounts.

Can I colorize the anniversary photo after fixing the mold?

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

Anniversary Photos

Moldy Anniversary Photos

When mold reaches a anniversary photo, the result is fuzzy grey or white patches, brown foxing spots and a musty smell that comes with the print. The cause is nearly always years in a humid attic, a cardboard box on a concrete floor or a plastic sleeve that trapped moisture, and anniversary photos kept in albums, frames and boxes were all exposed to it.

The restoration reads the moldy anniversary photo as a repair job: it removes the mold and rebuilds what was underneath from the surrounding grain, keeping the cake, the banner and the couple's faces as photographed. Faces of a couple cutting a cake decades after their wedding, surrounded by their children that were lost to the mold are plausible reconstructions, so compare them with other pictures.

For moldy anniversary photos the order is mold first, faces second, upscale last, each step taking the previous result. Standard suits a anniversary photo for a screen; Pro or Max gives a moldy print more detail for reprinting.

Open with these settings Stain & Spot Remover

Moldy Anniversary 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

Small faces of a couple cutting a cake decades after their wedding, surrounded by their children that the mold has taken the detail from
Moldy anniversary photos that a copy shop refused to touch
A moldy anniversary photo needed for a memorial, an anniversary or a reprint
Fuzzy grey or white patches, brown foxing spots and a musty smell that comes with the print, spread over a anniversary photo

Suggested order of passes

01
Remove the mold
Stain & Spot Remover targets fuzzy grey or white patches, brown foxing spots and a musty smell that comes with the print while keeping the cake, the banner and the couple's faces in the anniversary photo untouched.
Stain & Spot Remover
02
Repair the rest of the anniversary photo
Faded Photo Fixer addresses the usual wear on anniversary photos, an orange indoor cast, a crease through the cake and grain from a fast film pushed in dim light, once the mold is gone.
Faded Photo Fixer
03
Upscale the anniversary photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the mold repair, with the shape of the moldy anniversary photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler