AI Photo Restoration

Sun-Bleached Anniversary Photos

A sun-bleached anniversary photo is a common case: a frame on a sunny wall or a windowsill, where ultraviolet light broke the dyes down year after year leaves a washed-out image with almost no contrast, sometimes with a darker stripe where the mat protected it, and anniversary photos from the 1950s to 1990s were rarely stored well enough to escape it.

Faded Photo Fixer is the tool for sun-bleached anniversary photos: it targets a washed-out image with almost no contrast, sometimes with a darker stripe where the mat protected it and leaves the rest of the anniversary photo alone. Output follows the shape of the upload, so the cake, the banner and the couple's faces end up where they always were in the sun-bleached original.

Scan the sun-bleached anniversary photo flat, or photograph it and run Photo-of-a-Photo Fixer first, so the sun bleaching is the only thing left to repair. The anniversary photos come back in seconds, and the 4 free credits on sign-up cover the first Standard pass at the sun bleaching.

Sun-Bleached Anniversary Photos, the original print
Sun-Bleached Anniversary 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

  • A washed-out image with almost no contrast, sometimes with a darker stripe where the mat protected it, spread over a anniversary photo
  • A sun-bleached anniversary photo that is the only copy anyone has
  • The cake, the banner and the couple's faces, hidden under the sun bleaching
  • Sun bleaching from a frame on a sunny wall or a windowsill, where ultraviolet light broke the dyes down year after year, on anniversary photos from the 1950s to 1990s

Suggested order of passes

  1. 01

    Remove the sun bleaching

    Faded Photo Fixer targets a washed-out image with almost no contrast, sometimes with a darker stripe where the mat protected it while keeping the cake, the banner and the couple's faces in the anniversary photo untouched.

    Faded Photo Fixer
  2. 02

    Run a full pass on the anniversary photo

    Picks up the remaining scratches, fading and softness on sun-bleached anniversary photos after the sun bleaching is removed.

    Photo Restoration
  3. 03

    Upscale the anniversary photo for reprinting

    Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the sun bleaching repair, with the shape of the sun-bleached anniversary photos unchanged.

    Image Upscaler

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