Holiday Photos
Sun-Bleached Holiday Photos
A sun-bleached holiday 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 holiday photos from the 1950s to 1990s were rarely stored well enough to escape it.
Faded Photo Fixer is the tool for sun-bleached holiday 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 holiday photo alone. Output follows the shape of the upload, so the decorations, the wrapping paper and the tree lights end up where they always were in the sun-bleached original.
Scan the sun-bleached holiday 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 holiday 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
- Sun-bleached holiday photos that a copy shop refused to touch
- A sun-bleached holiday photo needed for a memorial, an anniversary or a reprint
- A washed-out image with almost no contrast, sometimes with a darker stripe where the mat protected it, spread over a holiday photo
- A sun-bleached holiday photo that is the only copy anyone has
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 decorations, the wrapping paper and the tree lights in the holiday photo untouched.
Faded Photo Fixer - 02
Repair the rest of the holiday photo
Exposure Fixer addresses the usual wear on holiday photos, an orange cast from indoor bulbs, red-eye from the flash and a date stamp in the corner, once the sun bleaching is gone.
Exposure Fixer - 03
Upscale the holiday photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the sun bleaching repair, with the shape of the sun-bleached holiday photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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