AI Photo Restoration

Moldy Sports Team Photos

Moldy sports team 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 team photo the mold shows as fuzzy grey or white patches, brown foxing spots and a musty smell that comes with the print, 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 moldy 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 mold covered a face in sports team photos, check the result against family memory before you print it.

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

Moldy Sports Team Photos, the original print
Moldy Sports Team 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

  • Fuzzy grey or white patches, brown foxing spots and a musty smell that comes with the print, spread over a team photo
  • A moldy team photo that is the only copy anyone has
  • The jersey numbers, the trophy and the team banner, 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 sports team photos from the 1900s to 1990s

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 jersey numbers, the trophy and the team banner in the team photo untouched.

    Stain & Spot Remover
  2. 02

    Repair the rest of the team photo

    Face Restoration addresses the usual wear on sports team photos, tiny faces in a wide frame, a crease through the back row and jersey colors faded to pastel, once the mold is gone.

    Face Restoration
  3. 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 mold softened; keep it at natural strength on sports team photos unless the faces are tiny.

    Face Restoration
  4. 04

    Upscale the team photo for reprinting

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

    Image Upscaler

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