AI Photo Restoration

Stained Farm Photos

Stained farm photos usually come out of coffee, ink, adhesive, fingerprints and whatever else was on the kitchen table that day. On a farm photo the staining shows as brown or grey blotches with hard edges, sometimes a ring, sometimes a smear across the sky, right across the family in front of the barn, with horses, a tractor or a loaded wagon.

Upload a scan or a phone photo of the stained farm photo and the AI-powered repair comes back in seconds with the barn, the equipment and the animals left as they were. Where the staining covered a face in farm photos, check the result against family memory before you print it.

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

Stained Farm Photos, the original print
Stained Farm Photos
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

  • Brown or grey blotches with hard edges, sometimes a ring, sometimes a smear across the sky, spread over a farm photo
  • A stained farm photo that is the only copy anyone has
  • The barn, the equipment and the animals, hidden under the staining
  • Staining from coffee, ink, adhesive, fingerprints and whatever else was on the kitchen table that day, on farm photos from the 1890s to 1960s

Suggested order of passes

  1. 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 barn, the equipment and the animals in the farm photo untouched.

    Stain & Spot Remover
  2. 02

    Run a full pass on the farm photo

    Picks up the remaining scratches, fading and softness on stained farm photos after the staining is removed.

    Photo Restoration
  3. 03

    Sharpen the faces of the family in front of the barn, with horses, a tractor or a loaded wagon

    Recovers the eye and skin detail the staining softened; keep it at natural strength on farm photos unless the faces are tiny.

    Face Restoration
  4. 04

    Upscale the farm photo for reprinting

    Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the staining repair, with the shape of the stained farm photos unchanged.

    Image Upscaler

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