Family Portraits
Torn Family Portraits
Family portraits 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 three or four generations posed in a studio or on the front steps, which is still there underneath.
Nothing in the family portrait is redrawn for effect; the tearing is treated as a layer to remove and the image of three or four generations posed in a studio or on the front steps as the thing to keep. If the torn area covered every face, the seating order and the clothing, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.
Start with Scratch & Tear Repair on the torn family portrait, then chain Face Restoration or the upscaler in the Studio if the family portraits need it. The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard run on torn family portraits.
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
- Small faces of three or four generations posed in a studio or on the front steps that the tearing has taken the detail from
- Torn family portraits that a copy shop refused to touch
- A torn family portrait 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 family portrait
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 every face, the seating order and the clothing in the family portrait untouched.
Scratch & Tear Repair - 02
Repair the rest of the family portrait
Photo Restoration addresses the usual wear on family portraits, a crack through the middle from a broken frame, silver mirroring in the shadows and a lost corner, once the tearing is gone.
Photo Restoration - 03
Sharpen the faces of three or four generations posed in a studio or on the front steps
Recovers the eye and skin detail the tearing softened; keep it at natural strength on family portraits unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the family portrait for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the tearing repair, with the shape of the torn family portraits unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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