Class Photos
Sun-Bleached Class Photos
A sun-bleached class 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 class photos from the 1920s to 1990s were rarely stored well enough to escape it.
Faded Photo Fixer is the tool for sun-bleached class 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 class photo alone. Output follows the shape of the upload, so each child's face, the name board and the teacher end up where they always were in the sun-bleached original.
Scan the sun-bleached class 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 class photos come back in seconds, and the 4 free credits on sign-up cover the first Standard pass at the sun bleaching.
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 class photo
- A sun-bleached class photo that is the only copy anyone has
- Each child's face, the name board and the teacher, 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 class photos from the 1920s to 1990s
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 each child's face, the name board and the teacher in the class photo untouched.
Faded Photo Fixer - 02
Repair the rest of the class photo
Face Restoration addresses the usual wear on class photos, a long panoramic print rolled for decades, cracked along the curl and faded at both ends, once the sun bleaching is gone.
Face Restoration - 03
Upscale the class photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the sun bleaching repair, with the shape of the sun-bleached class photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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