Pet Photos
Sticky-Album Pet Photos
Pet 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 dog, cat or horse, sometimes with a child holding the lead, which is still there underneath.
Nothing in the pet photo is redrawn for effect; the album-page residue is treated as a layer to remove and the image of a dog, cat or horse, sometimes with a child holding the lead as the thing to keep. If the sticky-album area covered the markings, the collar and the coat texture, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.
Start with Scratch & Tear Repair on the sticky-album pet photo, then chain Face Restoration or the upscaler in the Studio if the pet photos need it. The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard run on sticky-album pet 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
- The markings, the collar and the coat texture, 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 pet photos from the 1940s to 1990s
- Small faces of a dog, cat or horse, sometimes with a child holding the lead that the album-page residue has taken the detail from
- Sticky-album pet photos that a copy shop refused to touch
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 markings, the collar and the coat texture in the pet photo untouched.
Scratch & Tear Repair - 02
Repair the rest of the pet photo
Unblur Old Photos addresses the usual wear on pet photos, fur turned to mush by low resolution, motion blur from a wagging tail and green flash-eye, once the album-page residue is gone.
Unblur Old Photos - 03
Sharpen the faces of a dog, cat or horse, sometimes with a child holding the lead
Recovers the eye and skin detail the album-page residue softened; keep it at natural strength on pet photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the pet photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the album-page residue repair, with the shape of the sticky-album pet photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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