AI Photo Restoration

Torn Anniversary Photos

A torn anniversary photo is a common case: a print pulled out of a frame or an album, an argument over who keeps it, or a small child's hands leaves a ragged white line where the paper fibers show, sometimes with a missing corner or a whole strip gone, and anniversary photos from the 1950s to 1990s were rarely stored well enough to escape it.

Scratch & Tear Repair is the tool for torn anniversary photos: it targets a ragged white line where the paper fibers show, sometimes with a missing corner or a whole strip gone and leaves the rest of the anniversary photo alone. Output follows the shape of the upload, so the cake, the banner and the couple's faces end up where they always were in the torn original.

Scan the torn anniversary photo flat, or photograph it and run Photo-of-a-Photo Fixer first, so the tearing is the only thing left to repair. The anniversary photos come back in seconds, and the 4 free credits on sign-up cover the first Standard pass at the tearing.

Torn Anniversary Photos, the original print
Torn Anniversary Photos
OriginalRestored

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

  • Torn anniversary photos that a copy shop refused to touch
  • A torn anniversary photo needed for a memorial, an anniversary or a reprint
  • A ragged white line where the paper fibers show, sometimes with a missing corner or a whole strip gone, spread over a anniversary photo
  • A torn anniversary photo that is the only copy anyone has

Suggested order of passes

  1. 01

    Remove the tearing

    Scratch & Tear Repair targets a ragged white line where the paper fibers show, sometimes with a missing corner or a whole strip gone while keeping the cake, the banner and the couple's faces in the anniversary photo untouched.

    Scratch & Tear Repair
  2. 02

    Repair the rest of the anniversary photo

    Faded Photo Fixer addresses the usual wear on anniversary photos, an orange indoor cast, a crease through the cake and grain from a fast film pushed in dim light, once the tearing is gone.

    Faded Photo Fixer
  3. 03

    Upscale the anniversary photo for reprinting

    Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the tearing repair, with the shape of the torn anniversary photos unchanged.

    Image Upscaler

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