Will a congregation on the steps, a robed choir or the church building itself still look like themselves after the tearing is removed?

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

Do I need to scan torn church photos?

A flat scan is best, but a phone photo of the torn church 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 church photo take?

The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard restoration of torn church photos. Pro and Max return more detail on the architecture, the vestments and the steps where the tearing was heavy; see pricing for the current amounts.

Can I colorize the church photo after fixing the tearing?

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

Church Photos

Torn Church Photos

Torn church photos usually come out of a print pulled out of a frame or an album, an argument over who keeps it, or a small child's hands. On a church photo the tearing shows as a ragged white line where the paper fibers show, sometimes with a missing corner or a whole strip gone, right across a congregation on the steps, a robed choir or the church building itself.

Upload a scan or a phone photo of the torn church photo and the AI-powered repair comes back in seconds with the architecture, the vestments and the steps left as they were. Where the tearing covered a face in church photos, check the result against family memory before you print it.

If the tearing on the church photo is worse than it looks, run Scratch & Tear Repair twice rather than reaching for a heavier setting. Then upscale the torn church photos for a reprint, since the output keeps the shape of the upload.

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

A torn church photo that is the only copy anyone has
The architecture, the vestments and the steps, 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 church photos from the 1890s to 1980s
Small faces of a congregation on the steps, a robed choir or the church building itself that the tearing has taken the detail from

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 architecture, the vestments and the steps in the church photo untouched.
Scratch & Tear Repair
02
Repair the rest of the church photo
Exposure Fixer addresses the usual wear on church photos, dark interiors, stained glass blown to white and a print that hung for years in a damp vestry, once the tearing is gone.
Exposure Fixer
03
Sharpen the faces of a congregation on the steps, a robed choir or the church building itself
Recovers the eye and skin detail the tearing softened; keep it at natural strength on church photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration
04
Upscale the church photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the tearing repair, with the shape of the torn church photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler