Workplace Photos
Water-Damaged Workplace Photos
A water-damaged workplace 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 workplace photos from the 1890s to 1970s were rarely stored well enough to escape it.
Stain & Spot Remover is the tool for water-damaged workplace 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 workplace photo alone. Output follows the shape of the upload, so the signage, the tools and the company name end up where they always were in the water-damaged original.
Scan the water-damaged workplace 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 workplace 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
- A water-damaged workplace photo that is the only copy anyone has
- The signage, the tools and the company name, hidden under the water damage
- Water damage from a flooded basement, a burst pipe, a leaking roof or a damp garage, on workplace photos from the 1890s to 1970s
- Small faces of a crew lined up in front of the factory, shop, mine or office that the water damage has taken the detail from
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 signage, the tools and the company name in the workplace photo untouched.
Stain & Spot Remover - 02
Run a full pass on the workplace photo
Picks up the remaining scratches, fading and softness on water-damaged workplace photos after the water damage is removed.
Photo Restoration - 03
Upscale the workplace photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the water damage repair, with the shape of the water-damaged workplace photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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