Group Photos
Sticky-Album Group Photos
Group 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 whole family, club or congregation arranged in rows, which is still there underneath.
Nothing in the group photo is redrawn for effect; the album-page residue is treated as a layer to remove and the image of a whole family, club or congregation arranged in rows as the thing to keep. If the sticky-album area covered every face, the row order and the banner, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.
Start with Scratch & Tear Repair on the sticky-album group photo, then chain Face Restoration or the upscaler in the Studio if the group photos need it. The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard run on sticky-album group 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 group 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 group photo
- A sticky-album group photo that is the only copy anyone has
- Every face, the row order and the banner, 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 every face, the row order and the banner in the group photo untouched.
Scratch & Tear Repair - 02
Repair the rest of the group photo
Face Restoration addresses the usual wear on group photos, small faces, a fold through the middle row and one person half lost to a tear, once the album-page residue is gone.
Face Restoration - 03
Sharpen the faces of a whole family, club or congregation arranged in rows
Recovers the eye and skin detail the album-page residue softened; keep it at natural strength on group photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the group photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the album-page residue repair, with the shape of the sticky-album group photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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