Vacation Photos
Torn Vacation Photos
Vacation 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 parents and children squinting in front of a landmark, a beach or the car, which is still there underneath.
Nothing in the vacation photo is redrawn for effect; the tearing is treated as a layer to remove and the image of parents and children squinting in front of a landmark, a beach or the car as the thing to keep. If the torn area covered the landmark, the car and the swimsuits, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.
Start with Scratch & Tear Repair on the torn vacation photo, then chain Face Restoration or the upscaler in the Studio if the vacation photos need it. The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard run on torn vacation 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
- A torn vacation photo that is the only copy anyone has
- The landmark, the car and the swimsuits, 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 vacation photos from the 1950s to 1990s
- Small faces of parents and children squinting in front of a landmark, a beach or the car that the tearing has taken the detail from
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 landmark, the car and the swimsuits in the vacation photo untouched.
Scratch & Tear Repair - 02
Repair the rest of the vacation photo
Faded Photo Fixer addresses the usual wear on vacation photos, sun-bleached skies, a cyan cast from a hot glovebox and scratches from loose storage in an envelope, once the tearing is gone.
Faded Photo Fixer - 03
Sharpen the faces of parents and children squinting in front of a landmark, a beach or the car
Recovers the eye and skin detail the tearing softened; keep it at natural strength on vacation photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the vacation photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the tearing repair, with the shape of the torn vacation photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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