Band Photos
Water-Damaged Band Photos
Water-damaged band photos usually come out of a flooded basement, a burst pipe, a leaking roof or a damp garage. On a band photo the water damage shows as brown tide lines, blotches where the emulsion swelled and prints stuck face to face or to the album sleeve, right across a marching band, a garage band or the school orchestra holding their instruments.
Upload a scan or a phone photo of the water-damaged band photo and the AI-powered repair comes back in seconds with the instruments, the uniforms and the lettering on the drum head left as they were. Where the water damage covered a face in band photos, check the result against family memory before you print it.
If the water damage on the band photo is worse than it looks, run Stain & Spot Remover twice rather than reaching for a heavier setting. Then upscale the water-damaged band photos for a reprint, since the output keeps the shape of the upload.
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 instruments, the uniforms and the lettering on the drum head, hidden under the water damage
- Water damage from a flooded basement, a burst pipe, a leaking roof or a damp garage, on band photos from the 1930s to 1990s
- Small faces of a marching band, a garage band or the school orchestra holding their instruments that the water damage has taken the detail from
- Water-damaged band photos that a copy shop refused to touch
Suggested order of passes
- 01
Remove the water damage
Stain & Spot Remover targets brown tide lines, blotches where the emulsion swelled and prints stuck face to face or to the album sleeve while keeping the instruments, the uniforms and the lettering on the drum head in the band photo untouched.
Stain & Spot Remover - 02
Repair the rest of the band photo
Exposure Fixer addresses the usual wear on band photos, flash bounce off the brass, a stage that went black and a photocopy standing in for the lost print, once the water damage is gone.
Exposure Fixer - 03
Sharpen the faces of a marching band, a garage band or the school orchestra holding their instruments
Recovers the eye and skin detail the water damage softened; keep it at natural strength on band photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the band photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the water damage repair, with the shape of the water-damaged band photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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