Grandparents Photos
Sticky-Album Grandparents Photos
Grandparents 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 grandmother or grandfather, sometimes together, in the only portrait ever taken of them, which is still there underneath.
Nothing in the grandparent photo is redrawn for effect; the album-page residue is treated as a layer to remove and the image of a grandmother or grandfather, sometimes together, in the only portrait ever taken of them as the thing to keep. If the sticky-album area covered the expression, the glasses and the hands, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.
Start with Scratch & Tear Repair on the sticky-album grandparent photo, then chain Face Restoration or the upscaler in the Studio if the grandparents photos need it. The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard run on sticky-album grandparents 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
- A sticky-album grandparent 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 grandparent photo
- A sticky-album grandparent photo that is the only copy anyone has
- The expression, the glasses and the hands, hidden under the album-page residue
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 expression, the glasses and the hands in the grandparent photo untouched.
Scratch & Tear Repair - 02
Repair the rest of the grandparent photo
Face Restoration addresses the usual wear on grandparents photos, the one surviving print handled by every relative, fingerprinted, softly creased and worn at the edges, once the album-page residue is gone.
Face Restoration - 03
Sharpen the faces of a grandmother or grandfather, sometimes together, in the only portrait ever taken of them
Recovers the eye and skin detail the album-page residue softened; keep it at natural strength on grandparents photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the grandparent photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the album-page residue repair, with the shape of the sticky-album grandparents photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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