Do I need to scan moldy vacation photos?

A flat scan is best, but a phone photo of the moldy vacation 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 vacation photo take?

The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard restoration of moldy vacation photos. Pro and Max return more detail on the landmark, the car and the swimsuits where the mold was heavy; see pricing for the current amounts.

Can I colorize the vacation photo after fixing the mold?

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

What if the mold took part of the vacation photo away entirely?

Run Missing Parts Filler after Stain & Spot Remover and describe the gap the mold left in the vacation photo. It continues the scene, clothing and background of the vacation photo from what survives; a face fully gone from moldy vacation photos cannot be recovered, only inferred.

Vacation Photos

Moldy Vacation Photos

Moldy vacation 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 vacation photo the mold shows as fuzzy grey or white patches, brown foxing spots and a musty smell that comes with the print, right across parents and children squinting in front of a landmark, a beach or the car.

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

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

Open with these settings Stain & Spot Remover

Moldy Vacation 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

A moldy vacation 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 vacation photo
A moldy vacation photo that is the only copy anyone has
The landmark, the car and the swimsuits, hidden under the mold

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 landmark, the car and the swimsuits in the vacation photo untouched.
Stain & Spot Remover
02
Repair the rest of the vacation photo
Faded Photo Fixer addresses the usual wear on vacation photos, sun-bleached skies, a cyan cast from a hot glovebox and scratches from loose storage in an envelope, once the mold is gone.
Faded Photo Fixer
03
Sharpen the faces of parents and children squinting in front of a landmark, a beach or the car
Recovers the eye and skin detail the mold softened; keep it at natural strength on vacation photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration
04
Upscale the vacation photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the mold repair, with the shape of the moldy vacation photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler