Group Photos
Torn Group Photos
Group 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 whole family, club or congregation arranged in rows, which is still there underneath.
Nothing in the group photo is redrawn for effect; the tearing is treated as a layer to remove and the image of a whole family, club or congregation arranged in rows as the thing to keep. If the torn area covered every face, the row order and the banner, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.
Start with Scratch & Tear Repair on the torn group photo, then chain Face Restoration or the upscaler in the Studio if the group photos need it. The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard run on torn group 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
- 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 group photos from the 1900s to 1990s
- Small faces of a whole family, club or congregation arranged in rows that the tearing has taken the detail from
- Torn group photos that a copy shop refused to touch
- A torn group photo needed for a memorial, an anniversary or a reprint
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 row order and the banner in the group photo untouched.
Scratch & Tear Repair - 02
Repair the rest of the group photo
Face Restoration addresses the usual wear on group photos, small faces, a fold through the middle row and one person half lost to a tear, once the tearing is gone.
Face Restoration - 03
Sharpen the faces of a whole family, club or congregation arranged in rows
Recovers the eye and skin detail the tearing softened; keep it at natural strength on group photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the group photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the tearing repair, with the shape of the torn group photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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