Graduation Photos
Scratched Graduation Photos
A scratched graduation photo is a common case: loose storage in a shoebox, a drawer shared with keys and coins, or a print dragged across scanner glass leaves fine white or dark lines across the emulsion, often clustered in one direction, and graduation photos from the 1920s to 1990s were rarely stored well enough to escape it.
Scratch & Tear Repair is the tool for scratched graduation photos: it targets fine white or dark lines across the emulsion, often clustered in one direction and leaves the rest of the graduation photo alone. Output follows the shape of the upload, so the tassel, the diploma and the school crest end up where they always were in the scratched original.
Scan the scratched graduation photo flat, or photograph it and run Photo-of-a-Photo Fixer first, so the scratching is the only thing left to repair. The graduation photos come back in seconds, and the 4 free credits on sign-up cover the first Standard pass at the scratching.


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
- Scratched graduation photos that a copy shop refused to touch
- A scratched graduation photo needed for a memorial, an anniversary or a reprint
- Fine white or dark lines across the emulsion, often clustered in one direction, spread over a graduation photo
- A scratched graduation photo that is the only copy anyone has
Suggested order of passes
- 01
Remove the scratching
Scratch & Tear Repair targets fine white or dark lines across the emulsion, often clustered in one direction while keeping the tassel, the diploma and the school crest in the graduation photo untouched.
Scratch & Tear Repair - 02
Repair the rest of the graduation photo
Faded Photo Fixer addresses the usual wear on graduation photos, flash glare on the gown, a curled cardboard mount and the green shift of 1980s color paper, once the scratching is gone.
Faded Photo Fixer - 03
Upscale the graduation photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the scratching repair, with the shape of the scratched graduation photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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