Baby Photos
Stained Baby Photos
Stained baby photos usually come out of coffee, ink, adhesive, fingerprints and whatever else was on the kitchen table that day. On a baby photo the staining shows as brown or grey blotches with hard edges, sometimes a ring, sometimes a smear across the sky, right across a newborn or toddler, sometimes with a parent's hands holding them up.
Upload a scan or a phone photo of the stained baby photo and the AI-powered repair comes back in seconds with the christening gown, the fine hair and the blanket pattern left as they were. Where the staining covered a face in baby photos, check the result against family memory before you print it.
If the staining on the baby photo is worse than it looks, run Stain & Spot Remover twice rather than reaching for a heavier setting. Then upscale the stained baby photos for a reprint, since the output keeps the shape of the upload.


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
- Staining from coffee, ink, adhesive, fingerprints and whatever else was on the kitchen table that day, on baby photos from the 1930s to 1980s
- Small faces of a newborn or toddler, sometimes with a parent's hands holding them up that the staining has taken the detail from
- Stained baby photos that a copy shop refused to touch
- A stained baby photo needed for a memorial, an anniversary or a reprint
Suggested order of passes
- 01
Remove the staining
Stain & Spot Remover targets brown or grey blotches with hard edges, sometimes a ring, sometimes a smear across the sky while keeping the christening gown, the fine hair and the blanket pattern in the baby photo untouched.
Stain & Spot Remover - 02
Repair the rest of the baby photo
Face Restoration addresses the usual wear on baby photos, soft focus from a slow lens, thumbprints on the emulsion and whites gone warm and yellow, once the staining is gone.
Face Restoration - 03
Sharpen the faces of a newborn or toddler, sometimes with a parent's hands holding them up
Recovers the eye and skin detail the staining softened; keep it at natural strength on baby photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the baby photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the staining repair, with the shape of the stained baby photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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