Grandparents Photos
Torn Grandparents Photos
Grandparents 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 grandmother or grandfather, sometimes together, in the only portrait ever taken of them, which is still there underneath.
Nothing in the grandparent photo is redrawn for effect; the tearing is treated as a layer to remove and the image of a grandmother or grandfather, sometimes together, in the only portrait ever taken of them as the thing to keep. If the torn area covered the expression, the glasses and the hands, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.
Start with Scratch & Tear Repair on the torn grandparent photo, then chain Face Restoration or the upscaler in the Studio if the grandparents photos need it. The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard run on torn grandparents 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 grandparents photos that a copy shop refused to touch
- A torn grandparent 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 grandparent photo
- A torn grandparent 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 expression, the glasses and the hands in the grandparent photo untouched.
Scratch & Tear Repair - 02
Repair the rest of the grandparent photo
Face Restoration addresses the usual wear on grandparents photos, the one surviving print handled by every relative, fingerprinted, softly creased and worn at the edges, once the tearing is gone.
Face Restoration - 03
Sharpen the faces of a grandmother or grandfather, sometimes together, in the only portrait ever taken of them
Recovers the eye and skin detail the tearing softened; keep it at natural strength on grandparents photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the grandparent photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the tearing repair, with the shape of the torn grandparents photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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