AI Photo Restoration

Torn Graduation Photos

A torn graduation 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 graduation photos from the 1920s to 1990s were rarely stored well enough to escape it.

Scratch & Tear Repair is the tool for torn graduation 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 graduation photo alone. Output follows the shape of the upload, so the tassel, the diploma and the school crest end up where they always were in the torn original.

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

Torn Graduation Photos, the original print
Torn Graduation 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 graduation photo that is the only copy anyone has
  • The tassel, the diploma and the school crest, 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 graduation photos from the 1920s to 1990s
  • Small faces of the graduate in cap and gown, often with a parent standing just behind 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 tassel, the diploma and the school crest in the graduation photo untouched.

    Scratch & Tear Repair
  2. 02

    Repair the rest of the graduation photo

    Faded Photo Fixer addresses the usual wear on graduation photos, flash glare on the gown, a curled cardboard mount and the green shift of 1980s color paper, once the tearing is gone.

    Faded Photo Fixer
  3. 03

    Upscale the graduation photo for reprinting

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

    Image Upscaler

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