Grandparents Photos
Water-Damaged Grandparents Photos
Water-damaged grandparents photos usually come out of a flooded basement, a burst pipe, a leaking roof or a damp garage. On a grandparent 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 grandmother or grandfather, sometimes together, in the only portrait ever taken of them.
Upload a scan or a phone photo of the water-damaged grandparent photo and the AI-powered repair comes back in seconds with the expression, the glasses and the hands left as they were. Where the water damage covered a face in grandparents photos, check the result against family memory before you print it.
If the water damage on the grandparent photo is worse than it looks, run Stain & Spot Remover twice rather than reaching for a heavier setting. Then upscale the water-damaged grandparents 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
- Brown tide lines, blotches where the emulsion swelled and prints stuck face to face or to the album sleeve, spread over a grandparent photo
- A water-damaged grandparent photo that is the only copy anyone has
- The expression, the glasses and the hands, hidden under the water damage
- Water damage from a flooded basement, a burst pipe, a leaking roof or a damp garage, on grandparents photos from the 1910s to 1970s
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 expression, the glasses and the hands in the grandparent photo untouched.
Stain & Spot Remover - 02
Repair the rest of the grandparent photo
Face Restoration addresses the usual wear on grandparents photos, the one surviving print handled by every relative, fingerprinted, softly creased and worn at the edges, once the water damage is gone.
Face Restoration - 03
Sharpen the faces of a grandmother or grandfather, sometimes together, in the only portrait ever taken of them
Recovers the eye and skin detail the water damage softened; keep it at natural strength on grandparents photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the grandparent photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the water damage repair, with the shape of the water-damaged grandparents photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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