Will an infant in a long white gown held by the godparents at the font still look like themselves after the sun bleaching is removed?

The prompts keep every face, age and expression in the sun-bleached baptism photo as photographed. Where the sun-bleached area covered a face, compare the result with other baptism photos and with family memory before you print.

Do I need to scan sun-bleached baptism photos?

A flat scan is best, but a phone photo of the sun-bleached baptism photo works too; run Photo-of-a-Photo Fixer first to crop and remove glare, then repair the sun bleaching.

How many credits does a sun-bleached baptism photo take?

The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard restoration of sun-bleached baptism photos. Pro and Max return more detail on the gown, the font and the faces of the godparents where the sun bleaching was heavy; see pricing for the current amounts.

Can I colorize the baptism photo after fixing the sun bleaching?

Yes. Repair the sun-bleached baptism photo first, then run the Photo Colorizer on the result. Colors are inferred from the era and the materials in the repaired sun-bleached baptism photos, so type any remembered colors into the hints field.

Baptism Photos

Sun-Bleached Baptism Photos

A sun-bleached baptism 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 baptism photos from the 1900s to 1990s were rarely stored well enough to escape it.

Faded Photo Fixer is the tool for sun-bleached baptism 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 baptism photo alone. Output follows the shape of the upload, so the gown, the font and the faces of the godparents end up where they always were in the sun-bleached original.

Scan the sun-bleached baptism 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 baptism photos come back in seconds, and the 4 free credits on sign-up cover the first Standard pass at the sun bleaching.

Open with these settings Faded Photo Fixer

Sun-Bleached Baptism Photos, the original print

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

The gown, the font and the faces of the godparents, 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 baptism photos from the 1900s to 1990s
Small faces of an infant in a long white gown held by the godparents at the font that the sun bleaching has taken the detail from
Sun-bleached baptism photos that a copy shop refused to touch

Suggested order of passes

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 gown, the font and the faces of the godparents in the baptism photo untouched.
Faded Photo Fixer
02
Repair the rest of the baptism photo
Exposure Fixer addresses the usual wear on baptism photos, the white gown blown out by flash, church shadows blocked up and a fold straight across the baby, once the sun bleaching is gone.
Exposure Fixer
03
Upscale the baptism photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the sun bleaching repair, with the shape of the sun-bleached baptism photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler