Pet Photos
Sun-Bleached Pet Photos
Pet photos showing a washed-out image with almost no contrast, sometimes with a darker stripe where the mat protected it have almost always met a frame on a sunny wall or a windowsill, where ultraviolet light broke the dyes down year after year. The sun bleaching sits on top of the image of a dog, cat or horse, sometimes with a child holding the lead, which is still there underneath.
Nothing in the pet photo is redrawn for effect; the sun bleaching is treated as a layer to remove and the image of a dog, cat or horse, sometimes with a child holding the lead as the thing to keep. If the sun-bleached area covered the markings, the collar and the coat texture, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.
Start with Faded Photo Fixer on the sun-bleached pet photo, then chain Face Restoration or the upscaler in the Studio if the pet photos need it. The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard run on sun-bleached pet 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 washed-out image with almost no contrast, sometimes with a darker stripe where the mat protected it, spread over a pet photo
- A sun-bleached pet photo that is the only copy anyone has
- The markings, the collar and the coat texture, 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 pet photos from the 1940s 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 the markings, the collar and the coat texture in the pet photo untouched.
Faded Photo Fixer - 02
Repair the rest of the pet photo
Unblur Old Photos addresses the usual wear on pet photos, fur turned to mush by low resolution, motion blur from a wagging tail and green flash-eye, once the sun bleaching is gone.
Unblur Old Photos - 03
Sharpen the faces of a dog, cat or horse, sometimes with a child holding the lead
Recovers the eye and skin detail the sun bleaching softened; keep it at natural strength on pet photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the pet photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the sun bleaching repair, with the shape of the sun-bleached pet photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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