AI Photo Restoration

Sticky-Album House Photos

A sticky-album house 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 house photos from the 1900s to 1980s were rarely stored well enough to escape it.

Scratch & Tear Repair is the tool for sticky-album house 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 house photo alone. Output follows the shape of the upload, so the porch details, the windows and the house number end up where they always were in the sticky-album original.

Scan the sticky-album house 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 house 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 House Photos, the original print
Sticky-Album House 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 house photos that a copy shop refused to touch
  • A sticky-album house 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 house photo
  • A sticky-album house 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 porch details, the windows and the house number in the house photo untouched.

    Scratch & Tear Repair
  2. 02

    Repair the rest of the house photo

    Stain & Spot Remover addresses the usual wear on house photos, mildew spots from a damp basement box, a torn corner and a sky that has faded to paper white, once the album-page residue is gone.

    Stain & Spot Remover
  3. 03

    Upscale the house photo for reprinting

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

    Image Upscaler

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