Birthday Photos
Torn Birthday Photos
Birthday photos showing a ragged white line where the paper fibers show, sometimes with a missing corner or a whole strip gone have almost always met a print pulled out of a frame or an album, an argument over who keeps it, or a small child's hands. The tearing sits on top of the image of a child leaning over a cake with the candles lit, which is still there underneath.
Nothing in the birthday photo is redrawn for effect; the tearing is treated as a layer to remove and the image of a child leaning over a cake with the candles lit as the thing to keep. If the torn area covered the cake, the candles and the party hats, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.
Start with Scratch & Tear Repair on the torn birthday photo, then chain Face Restoration or the upscaler in the Studio if the birthday photos need it. The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard run on torn birthday 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
- Torn birthday photos that a copy shop refused to touch
- A torn birthday 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 birthday photo
- A torn birthday photo that is the only copy anyone has
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 cake, the candles and the party hats in the birthday photo untouched.
Scratch & Tear Repair - 02
Repair the rest of the birthday photo
Exposure Fixer addresses the usual wear on birthday photos, candlelight underexposed to near black, a yellow date stamp and an edge curled by a sticky album, once the tearing is gone.
Exposure Fixer - 03
Sharpen the faces of a child leaning over a cake with the candles lit
Recovers the eye and skin detail the tearing softened; keep it at natural strength on birthday photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the birthday photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the tearing repair, with the shape of the torn birthday photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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