AI Photo Restoration

Sticky-Album Graduation Photos

A sticky-album graduation 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 graduation photos from the 1920s to 1990s were rarely stored well enough to escape it.

Scratch & Tear Repair is the tool for sticky-album graduation 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 graduation photo alone. Output follows the shape of the upload, so the tassel, the diploma and the school crest end up where they always were in the sticky-album original.

Scan the sticky-album graduation 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 graduation 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 Graduation Photos, the original print
Sticky-Album Graduation 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

  • Sticky-album graduation photos that a copy shop refused to touch
  • A sticky-album graduation photo needed for a memorial, an anniversary or a reprint
  • Yellow stripes of adhesive on the front and back, torn emulsion where the print was peeled off, and a tacky film, spread over a graduation photo
  • A sticky-album graduation photo that is the only copy anyone has

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 tassel, the diploma and the school crest in the graduation photo untouched.

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

    Faded Photo Fixer
  3. 03

    Upscale the graduation photo for reprinting

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

    Image Upscaler

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