AI Photo Restoration

Sticky-Album Baptism Photos

A sticky-album baptism photo is a common case: the self-adhesive magnetic albums sold from the 1970s onward, whose glue yellows and bonds to the print leaves yellow stripes of adhesive on the front and back, torn emulsion where the print was peeled off, and a tacky film, and baptism photos from the 1900s to 1990s were rarely stored well enough to escape it.

Scratch & Tear Repair is the tool for sticky-album baptism photos: it targets yellow stripes of adhesive on the front and back, torn emulsion where the print was peeled off, and a tacky film and leaves the rest of the baptism photo alone. Output follows the shape of the upload, so the gown, the font and the faces of the godparents end up where they always were in the sticky-album original.

Scan the sticky-album baptism photo flat, or photograph it and run Photo-of-a-Photo Fixer first, so the album-page residue is the only thing left to repair. The baptism photos come back in seconds, and the 4 free credits on sign-up cover the first Standard pass at the album-page residue.

Sticky-Album Baptism Photos, the original print
Sticky-Album Baptism 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

  • Yellow stripes of adhesive on the front and back, torn emulsion where the print was peeled off, and a tacky film, spread over a baptism photo
  • A sticky-album baptism photo that is the only copy anyone has
  • The gown, the font and the faces of the godparents, hidden under the album-page residue
  • Album-page residue from the self-adhesive magnetic albums sold from the 1970s onward, whose glue yellows and bonds to the print, on baptism photos from the 1900s to 1990s

Suggested order of passes

  1. 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 gown, the font and the faces of the godparents in the baptism photo untouched.

    Scratch & Tear Repair
  2. 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 album-page residue is gone.

    Exposure Fixer
  3. 03

    Upscale the baptism photo for reprinting

    Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the album-page residue repair, with the shape of the sticky-album baptism photos unchanged.

    Image Upscaler

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