Will a newborn or toddler, sometimes with a parent's hands holding them up still look like themselves after the tearing is removed?

The prompts keep every face, age and expression in the torn baby photo as photographed. Where the torn area covered a face, compare the result with other baby photos and with family memory before you print.

Do I need to scan torn baby photos?

A flat scan is best, but a phone photo of the torn baby photo works too; run Photo-of-a-Photo Fixer first to crop and remove glare, then repair the tearing.

How many credits does a torn baby photo take?

The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard restoration of torn baby photos. Pro and Max return more detail on the christening gown, the fine hair and the blanket pattern where the tearing was heavy; see pricing for the current amounts.

Can I colorize the baby photo after fixing the tearing?

Yes. Repair the torn baby photo first, then run the Photo Colorizer on the result. Colors are inferred from the era and the materials in the repaired torn baby photos, so type any remembered colors into the hints field.

Baby Photos

Torn Baby Photos

A torn baby 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 baby photos from the 1930s to 1980s were rarely stored well enough to escape it.

Scratch & Tear Repair is the tool for torn baby 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 baby photo alone. Output follows the shape of the upload, so the christening gown, the fine hair and the blanket pattern end up where they always were in the torn original.

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

Open with these settings Scratch & Tear Repair

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

The christening gown, the fine hair and the blanket pattern, hidden under the tearing
Tearing from a print pulled out of a frame or an album, an argument over who keeps it, or a small child's hands, on baby photos from the 1930s to 1980s
Small faces of a newborn or toddler, sometimes with a parent's hands holding them up that the tearing has taken the detail from
Torn baby photos that a copy shop refused to touch

Suggested order of passes

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 christening gown, the fine hair and the blanket pattern in the baby photo untouched.
Scratch & Tear Repair
02
Repair the rest of the baby photo
Face Restoration addresses the usual wear on baby photos, soft focus from a slow lens, thumbprints on the emulsion and whites gone warm and yellow, once the tearing is gone.
Face Restoration
03
Upscale the baby photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the tearing repair, with the shape of the torn baby photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler