AI Photo Restoration

Moldy Pet Photos

Moldy pet photos usually come out of years in a humid attic, a cardboard box on a concrete floor or a plastic sleeve that trapped moisture. On a pet photo the mold shows as fuzzy grey or white patches, brown foxing spots and a musty smell that comes with the print, right across a dog, cat or horse, sometimes with a child holding the lead.

Upload a scan or a phone photo of the moldy pet photo and the AI-powered repair comes back in seconds with the markings, the collar and the coat texture left as they were. Where the mold covered a face in pet photos, check the result against family memory before you print it.

If the mold on the pet photo is worse than it looks, run Stain & Spot Remover twice rather than reaching for a heavier setting. Then upscale the moldy pet photos for a reprint, since the output keeps the shape of the upload.

Moldy Pet Photos, the original print
Moldy Pet 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

  • The markings, the collar and the coat texture, hidden under the mold
  • Mold from years in a humid attic, a cardboard box on a concrete floor or a plastic sleeve that trapped moisture, on pet photos from the 1940s to 1990s
  • Small faces of a dog, cat or horse, sometimes with a child holding the lead that the mold has taken the detail from
  • Moldy pet photos that a copy shop refused to touch

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 markings, the collar and the coat texture in the pet photo untouched.

    Stain & Spot Remover
  2. 02

    Repair the rest of the pet photo

    Unblur Old Photos addresses the usual wear on pet photos, fur turned to mush by low resolution, motion blur from a wagging tail and green flash-eye, once the mold is gone.

    Unblur Old Photos
  3. 03

    Sharpen the faces of a dog, cat or horse, sometimes with a child holding the lead

    Recovers the eye and skin detail the mold softened; keep it at natural strength on pet photos unless the faces are tiny.

    Face Restoration
  4. 04

    Upscale the pet photo for reprinting

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

    Image Upscaler

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