AI Photo Restoration

Stained Workplace Photos

Stained workplace photos usually come out of coffee, ink, adhesive, fingerprints and whatever else was on the kitchen table that day. On a workplace photo the staining shows as brown or grey blotches with hard edges, sometimes a ring, sometimes a smear across the sky, right across a crew lined up in front of the factory, shop, mine or office.

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

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

Stained Workplace Photos, the original print
Stained Workplace 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 workplace photo
  • A stained workplace photo that is the only copy anyone has
  • The signage, the tools and the company name, hidden under the staining
  • Staining from coffee, ink, adhesive, fingerprints and whatever else was on the kitchen table that day, on workplace photos from the 1890s to 1970s

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 signage, the tools and the company name in the workplace photo untouched.

    Stain & Spot Remover
  2. 02

    Run a full pass on the workplace photo

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

    Photo Restoration
  3. 03

    Sharpen the faces of a crew lined up in front of the factory, shop, mine or office

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

    Face Restoration
  4. 04

    Upscale the workplace photo for reprinting

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

    Image Upscaler

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