Sports Team Photos
Sticky-Album Sports Team Photos
Sports team 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 two rows of players with the coach at one end and a ball on the ground in front, which is still there underneath.
Nothing in the team photo is redrawn for effect; the album-page residue is treated as a layer to remove and the image of two rows of players with the coach at one end and a ball on the ground in front as the thing to keep. If the sticky-album area covered the jersey numbers, the trophy and the team banner, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.
Start with Scratch & Tear Repair on the sticky-album team photo, then chain Face Restoration or the upscaler in the Studio if the sports team photos need it. The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard run on sticky-album sports team 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 team 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 team photo
- A sticky-album team photo that is the only copy anyone has
- The jersey numbers, the trophy and the team 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 the jersey numbers, the trophy and the team banner in the team photo untouched.
Scratch & Tear Repair - 02
Repair the rest of the team photo
Face Restoration addresses the usual wear on sports team photos, tiny faces in a wide frame, a crease through the back row and jersey colors faded to pastel, once the album-page residue is gone.
Face Restoration - 03
Sharpen the faces of two rows of players with the coach at one end and a ball on the ground in front
Recovers the eye and skin detail the album-page residue softened; keep it at natural strength on sports team photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the team photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the album-page residue repair, with the shape of the sticky-album sports team photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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