AI Photo Restoration

Torn Baptism Photos

A torn baptism 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 baptism photos from the 1900s to 1990s were rarely stored well enough to escape it.

Scratch & Tear Repair is the tool for torn baptism 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 baptism photo alone. Output follows the shape of the upload, so the gown, the font and the faces of the godparents end up where they always were in the torn original.

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

Torn Baptism Photos, the original print
Torn Baptism 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

  • A torn baptism photo that is the only copy anyone has
  • The gown, the font and the faces of the godparents, 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 baptism photos from the 1900s to 1990s
  • Small faces of an infant in a long white gown held by the godparents at the font that the tearing has taken the detail from

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 gown, the font and the faces of the godparents in the baptism photo untouched.

    Scratch & Tear Repair
  2. 02

    Repair the rest of the baptism photo

    Exposure Fixer addresses the usual wear on baptism photos, the white gown blown out by flash, church shadows blocked up and a fold straight across the baby, once the tearing is gone.

    Exposure Fixer
  3. 03

    Upscale the baptism photo for reprinting

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

    Image Upscaler

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