Vacation Photos
Sun-Bleached Vacation Photos
Vacation 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 parents and children squinting in front of a landmark, a beach or the car, which is still there underneath.
Nothing in the vacation photo is redrawn for effect; the sun bleaching is treated as a layer to remove and the image of parents and children squinting in front of a landmark, a beach or the car as the thing to keep. If the sun-bleached area covered the landmark, the car and the swimsuits, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.
Start with Faded Photo Fixer on the sun-bleached vacation photo, then chain Face Restoration or the upscaler in the Studio if the vacation photos need it. The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard run on sun-bleached vacation 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 sun-bleached vacation 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 vacation photo
- A sun-bleached vacation photo that is the only copy anyone has
- The landmark, the car and the swimsuits, hidden under the sun bleaching
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 landmark, the car and the swimsuits in the vacation photo untouched.
Faded Photo Fixer - 02
Run a full pass on the vacation photo
Picks up the remaining scratches, fading and softness on sun-bleached vacation photos after the sun bleaching is removed.
Photo Restoration - 03
Sharpen the faces of parents and children squinting in front of a landmark, a beach or the car
Recovers the eye and skin detail the sun bleaching softened; keep it at natural strength on vacation photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the vacation photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the sun bleaching repair, with the shape of the sun-bleached vacation photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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