First Communion Photos
Water-Damaged First Communion Photos
A water-damaged communion photo is a common case: a flooded basement, a burst pipe, a leaking roof or a damp garage leaves brown tide lines, blotches where the emulsion swelled and prints stuck face to face or to the album sleeve, and first communion photos from the 1920s to 1990s were rarely stored well enough to escape it.
Stain & Spot Remover is the tool for water-damaged first communion photos: it targets brown tide lines, blotches where the emulsion swelled and prints stuck face to face or to the album sleeve and leaves the rest of the communion photo alone. Output follows the shape of the upload, so the veil, the candle and the folded hands end up where they always were in the water-damaged original.
Scan the water-damaged communion photo flat, or photograph it and run Photo-of-a-Photo Fixer first, so the water damage is the only thing left to repair. The first communion photos come back in seconds, and the 4 free credits on sign-up cover the first Standard pass at the water damage.
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
- Small faces of a child in white holding a candle, a rosary or a prayer book that the water damage has taken the detail from
- Water-damaged first communion photos that a copy shop refused to touch
- A water-damaged communion photo needed for a memorial, an anniversary or a reprint
- Brown tide lines, blotches where the emulsion swelled and prints stuck face to face or to the album sleeve, spread over a communion photo
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 veil, the candle and the folded hands in the communion photo untouched.
Stain & Spot Remover - 02
Repair the rest of the communion photo
Exposure Fixer addresses the usual wear on first communion photos, hand-tinted cheeks gone hot pink, the white dress or suit blown out and a studio stamp fading away, once the water damage is gone.
Exposure Fixer - 03
Upscale the communion photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the water damage repair, with the shape of the water-damaged first communion photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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