How many credits does a torn pet photo take?

The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard restoration of torn pet photos. Pro and Max return more detail on the markings, the collar and the coat texture where the tearing was heavy; see pricing for the current amounts.

Can I colorize the pet photo after fixing the tearing?

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

What if the tearing took part of the pet photo away entirely?

Run Missing Parts Filler after Scratch & Tear Repair and describe the gap the tearing left in the pet photo. It continues the scene, clothing and background of the pet photo from what survives; a face fully gone from torn pet photos cannot be recovered, only inferred.

Does restoring a torn pet photo change its shape or crop?

No. The output follows the shape of the upload, so pet photos come back at the same proportions with the tearing removed and the markings, the collar and the coat texture in place. Upscale afterwards for a larger reprint.

Pet Photos

Torn Pet Photos

Pet 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 dog, cat or horse, sometimes with a child holding the lead, which is still there underneath.

Nothing in the pet photo is redrawn for effect; the tearing is treated as a layer to remove and the image of a dog, cat or horse, sometimes with a child holding the lead as the thing to keep. If the torn area covered the markings, the collar and the coat texture, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.

Start with Scratch & Tear Repair on the torn pet photo, then chain Face Restoration or the upscaler in the Studio if the pet photos need it. The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard run on torn pet photos.

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

The markings, the collar and the coat texture, 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 pet photos from the 1940s to 1990s
Small faces of a dog, cat or horse, sometimes with a child holding the lead that the tearing has taken the detail from
Torn pet photos that a copy shop refused to touch

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 markings, the collar and the coat texture in the pet photo untouched.
Scratch & Tear Repair
02
Repair the rest of the pet photo
Unblur Old Photos addresses the usual wear on pet photos, fur turned to mush by low resolution, motion blur from a wagging tail and green flash-eye, once the tearing is gone.
Unblur Old Photos
03
Sharpen the faces of a dog, cat or horse, sometimes with a child holding the lead
Recovers the eye and skin detail the tearing softened; keep it at natural strength on pet photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration
04
Upscale the pet photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the tearing repair, with the shape of the torn pet photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler