Graduation Photos
Stained Graduation Photos
Stained graduation photos usually come out of coffee, ink, adhesive, fingerprints and whatever else was on the kitchen table that day. On a graduation photo the staining shows as brown or grey blotches with hard edges, sometimes a ring, sometimes a smear across the sky, right across the graduate in cap and gown, often with a parent standing just behind.
Upload a scan or a phone photo of the stained graduation photo and the AI-powered repair comes back in seconds with the tassel, the diploma and the school crest left as they were. Where the staining covered a face in graduation photos, check the result against family memory before you print it.
If the staining on the graduation photo is worse than it looks, run Stain & Spot Remover twice rather than reaching for a heavier setting. Then upscale the stained graduation 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
- A stained graduation 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 graduation photo
- A stained graduation photo that is the only copy anyone has
- The tassel, the diploma and the school crest, hidden under the staining
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 tassel, the diploma and the school crest in the graduation photo untouched.
Stain & Spot Remover - 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 staining is gone.
Faded Photo Fixer - 03
Sharpen the faces of the graduate in cap and gown, often with a parent standing just behind
Recovers the eye and skin detail the staining softened; keep it at natural strength on graduation photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the graduation photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the staining repair, with the shape of the stained graduation photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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