AI Photo Restoration

Moldy Immigration Photos

A moldy immigration photo is a common case: years in a humid attic, a cardboard box on a concrete floor or a plastic sleeve that trapped moisture leaves fuzzy grey or white patches, brown foxing spots and a musty smell that comes with the print, and immigration photos from the 1890s to 1950s were rarely stored well enough to escape it.

Stain & Spot Remover is the tool for moldy immigration photos: it targets fuzzy grey or white patches, brown foxing spots and a musty smell that comes with the print and leaves the rest of the immigration photo alone. Output follows the shape of the upload, so the luggage tags, the clothing and any writing on the back end up where they always were in the moldy original.

Scan the moldy immigration photo flat, or photograph it and run Photo-of-a-Photo Fixer first, so the mold is the only thing left to repair. The immigration photos come back in seconds, and the 4 free credits on sign-up cover the first Standard pass at the mold.

Moldy Immigration Photos, the original print
Moldy Immigration Photos
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

  • Moldy immigration photos that a copy shop refused to touch
  • A moldy immigration 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 immigration photo
  • A moldy immigration photo that is the only copy anyone has

Suggested order of passes

  1. 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 luggage tags, the clothing and any writing on the back in the immigration photo untouched.

    Stain & Spot Remover
  2. 02

    Repair the rest of the immigration photo

    Scratch & Tear Repair addresses the usual wear on immigration photos, prints that crossed an ocean in a trunk, creased, water-marked and rubbed through at every fold, once the mold is gone.

    Scratch & Tear Repair
  3. 03

    Upscale the immigration photo for reprinting

    Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the mold repair, with the shape of the moldy immigration photos unchanged.

    Image Upscaler

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