Baptism Photos
Stained Baptism Photos
Baptism photos showing brown or grey blotches with hard edges, sometimes a ring, sometimes a smear across the sky have almost always met coffee, ink, adhesive, fingerprints and whatever else was on the kitchen table that day. The staining sits on top of the image of an infant in a long white gown held by the godparents at the font, which is still there underneath.
Nothing in the baptism photo is redrawn for effect; the staining is treated as a layer to remove and the image of an infant in a long white gown held by the godparents at the font as the thing to keep. If the stained area covered the gown, the font and the faces of the godparents, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.
Start with Stain & Spot Remover on the stained baptism photo, then chain Face Restoration or the upscaler in the Studio if the baptism photos need it. The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard run on stained baptism 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
- Small faces of an infant in a long white gown held by the godparents at the font that the staining has taken the detail from
- Stained baptism photos that a copy shop refused to touch
- A stained baptism photo needed for a memorial, an anniversary or a reprint
- Brown or grey blotches with hard edges, sometimes a ring, sometimes a smear across the sky, spread over a baptism photo
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 gown, the font and the faces of the godparents in the baptism photo untouched.
Stain & Spot Remover - 02
Repair the rest of the baptism photo
Exposure Fixer addresses the usual wear on baptism photos, the white gown blown out by flash, church shadows blocked up and a fold straight across the baby, once the staining is gone.
Exposure Fixer - 03
Sharpen the faces of an infant in a long white gown held by the godparents at the font
Recovers the eye and skin detail the staining softened; keep it at natural strength on baptism photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the baptism photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the staining repair, with the shape of the stained baptism photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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