Sports Team Photos
Sun-Bleached Sports Team Photos
Sports team 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 two rows of players with the coach at one end and a ball on the ground in front, which is still there underneath.
Nothing in the team photo is redrawn for effect; the sun bleaching is treated as a layer to remove and the image of two rows of players with the coach at one end and a ball on the ground in front as the thing to keep. If the sun-bleached area covered the jersey numbers, the trophy and the team banner, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.
Start with Faded Photo Fixer on the sun-bleached team photo, then chain Face Restoration or the upscaler in the Studio if the sports team photos need it. The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard run on sun-bleached sports team 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
- Sun bleaching from a frame on a sunny wall or a windowsill, where ultraviolet light broke the dyes down year after year, on sports team photos from the 1900s to 1990s
- Small faces of two rows of players with the coach at one end and a ball on the ground in front that the sun bleaching has taken the detail from
- Sun-bleached sports team photos that a copy shop refused to touch
- A sun-bleached team photo needed for a memorial, an anniversary or a reprint
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 jersey numbers, the trophy and the team banner in the team photo untouched.
Faded Photo Fixer - 02
Repair the rest of the team photo
Face Restoration addresses the usual wear on sports team photos, tiny faces in a wide frame, a crease through the back row and jersey colors faded to pastel, once the sun bleaching is gone.
Face Restoration - 03
Sharpen the faces of two rows of players with the coach at one end and a ball on the ground in front
Recovers the eye and skin detail the sun bleaching softened; keep it at natural strength on sports team photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the team photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the sun bleaching repair, with the shape of the sun-bleached sports team photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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