Pet Photos
Scratched Pet Photos
Pet photos showing fine white or dark lines across the emulsion, often clustered in one direction have almost always met loose storage in a shoebox, a drawer shared with keys and coins, or a print dragged across scanner glass. The scratching sits on top of the image of a dog, cat or horse, sometimes with a child holding the lead, which is still there underneath.
Nothing in the pet photo is redrawn for effect; the scratching is treated as a layer to remove and the image of a dog, cat or horse, sometimes with a child holding the lead as the thing to keep. If the scratched area covered the markings, the collar and the coat texture, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.
Start with Scratch & Tear Repair on the scratched pet photo, then chain Face Restoration or the upscaler in the Studio if the pet photos need it. The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard run on scratched pet photos.
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 scratching
- Scratching from loose storage in a shoebox, a drawer shared with keys and coins, or a print dragged across scanner glass, 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 scratching has taken the detail from
- Scratched pet photos that a copy shop refused to touch
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 markings, the collar and the coat texture in the pet photo untouched.
Scratch & Tear Repair - 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 scratching is gone.
Unblur Old Photos - 03
Sharpen the faces of a dog, cat or horse, sometimes with a child holding the lead
Recovers the eye and skin detail the scratching softened; keep it at natural strength on pet photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the pet photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the scratching repair, with the shape of the scratched pet photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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