Band Photos
Sticky-Album Band Photos
Band photos showing yellow stripes of adhesive on the front and back, torn emulsion where the print was peeled off, and a tacky film have almost always met the self-adhesive magnetic albums sold from the 1970s onward, whose glue yellows and bonds to the print. The album-page residue sits on top of the image of a marching band, a garage band or the school orchestra holding their instruments, which is still there underneath.
Nothing in the band photo is redrawn for effect; the album-page residue is treated as a layer to remove and the image of a marching band, a garage band or the school orchestra holding their instruments as the thing to keep. If the sticky-album area covered the instruments, the uniforms and the lettering on the drum head, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.
Start with Scratch & Tear Repair on the sticky-album band photo, then chain Face Restoration or the upscaler in the Studio if the band photos need it. The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard run on sticky-album band 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
- Album-page residue from the self-adhesive magnetic albums sold from the 1970s onward, whose glue yellows and bonds to the print, on band photos from the 1930s to 1990s
- Small faces of a marching band, a garage band or the school orchestra holding their instruments that the album-page residue has taken the detail from
- Sticky-album band photos that a copy shop refused to touch
- A sticky-album band photo needed for a memorial, an anniversary or a reprint
Suggested order of passes
- 01
Remove the album-page residue
Scratch & Tear Repair targets yellow stripes of adhesive on the front and back, torn emulsion where the print was peeled off, and a tacky film while keeping the instruments, the uniforms and the lettering on the drum head in the band photo untouched.
Scratch & Tear Repair - 02
Repair the rest of the band photo
Exposure Fixer addresses the usual wear on band photos, flash bounce off the brass, a stage that went black and a photocopy standing in for the lost print, once the album-page residue is gone.
Exposure Fixer - 03
Sharpen the faces of a marching band, a garage band or the school orchestra holding their instruments
Recovers the eye and skin detail the album-page residue softened; keep it at natural strength on band photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the band photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the album-page residue repair, with the shape of the sticky-album band photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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