Do I need a scanner for wedding photos?

No. A phone photo of the wedding photo works; run Photo-of-a-Photo Fixer first to crop, straighten and remove glare, then restore the result.

Can I reprint the restored wedding photo large?

After restoring, send wedding photos through the Image Upscaler. The output keeps the shape of the wedding photo upload and gains the pixels a wall print or an enlargement needs.

Will the people in my wedding photo still look like themselves?

The prompts instruct the restoration to keep every face, age and expression in a wedding photo as photographed. Where a face in wedding photos was tiny or badly blurred the result is a plausible reconstruction, so check it against other photos and family memory before printing.

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Restore old wedding photos

Q: Which tool should I start with for wedding photos?

Photo Restoration is the usual first step for a wedding photo; it addresses creases from years in a wallet, silvering along the edge of the veil and a magenta shift in 1970s color prints. Chain a second tool in the Studio if the print needs more.

A wedding photo carries the couple, the wedding party and both sets of parents, and the copy in the shoebox is often the only one there is. Prints of wedding photos from the 1920s to 1990s typically show creases from years in a wallet, silvering along the edge of the veil and a magenta shift in 1970s color prints.

The AI-powered restoration works on a scan or a phone photo of the wedding photo and returns the repaired image in seconds, keeping the lace of the dress, the ring hands and the bouquet as they were photographed. Nothing in wedding photos is redrawn for effect; the tools repair the damage and leave the rest alone.

For most wedding photos the order is damage first, faces second, upscale last, and each step in the Studio takes the previous result as its input. The first Standard wedding photo restoration is covered by the 4 free credits every new account starts with.

Open with these settings Photo Restoration

Restore old wedding photos, the original print

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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

Wedding photos scanned years ago at low resolution and never reprinted
Creases from years in a wallet, silvering along the edge of the veil and a magenta shift in 1970s color prints
Small faces of the couple, the wedding party and both sets of parents, which fall apart when enlarged
Color casts on wedding photos from the 1920s to 1990s that hide the real skin tones

Suggested order of passes

01
Run Photo Restoration on the wedding photo
The first pass for wedding photos: it takes on creases from years in a wallet, silvering along the edge of the veil and a magenta shift in 1970s color prints while keeping the lace of the dress, the ring hands and the bouquet as photographed.
Photo Restoration
02
Repair what the first pass left on the wedding photo
Scratch & Tear Repair picks up the remaining marks on wedding photos without touching the tone or grain elsewhere.
Scratch & Tear Repair
03
Sharpen the faces of the couple, the wedding party and both sets of parents
Recovers eye and skin detail in wedding photos; keep it at natural strength unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration
04
Upscale the wedding photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a framed print or enlargement of wedding photos needs, with the shape of the upload unchanged.
Image Upscaler