Will an infant in a long white gown held by the godparents at the font still look like themselves after the yellowing is removed?

The prompts keep every face, age and expression in the yellowed baptism photo as photographed. Where the yellowed area covered a face, compare the result with other baptism photos and with family memory before you print.

Do I need to scan yellowed baptism photos?

A flat scan is best, but a phone photo of the yellowed baptism photo works too; run Photo-of-a-Photo Fixer first to crop and remove glare, then repair the yellowing.

How many credits does a yellowed baptism photo take?

The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard restoration of yellowed baptism photos. Pro and Max return more detail on the gown, the font and the faces of the godparents where the yellowing was heavy; see pricing for the current amounts.

Can I colorize the baptism photo after fixing the yellowing?

Yes. Repair the yellowed baptism photo first, then run the Photo Colorizer on the result. Colors are inferred from the era and the materials in the repaired yellowed baptism photos, so type any remembered colors into the hints field.

Baptism Photos

Yellowed Baptism Photos

A yellowed baptism photo is a common case: acidic paper and album pages, cigarette smoke and the slow chemistry of fixer left in the print leaves whites turned cream or brown and a warm cast lying over the whole image, and baptism photos from the 1900s to 1990s were rarely stored well enough to escape it.

Faded Photo Fixer is the tool for yellowed baptism photos: it targets whites turned cream or brown and a warm cast lying over the whole image and leaves the rest of the baptism photo alone. Output follows the shape of the upload, so the gown, the font and the faces of the godparents end up where they always were in the yellowed original.

Scan the yellowed baptism photo flat, or photograph it and run Photo-of-a-Photo Fixer first, so the yellowing is the only thing left to repair. The baptism photos come back in seconds, and the 4 free credits on sign-up cover the first Standard pass at the yellowing.

Open with these settings Faded Photo Fixer

Yellowed Baptism Photos, the original print

OriginalRestored

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 gown, the font and the faces of the godparents, hidden under the yellowing
Yellowing from acidic paper and album pages, cigarette smoke and the slow chemistry of fixer left in the print, on baptism photos from the 1900s to 1990s
Small faces of an infant in a long white gown held by the godparents at the font that the yellowing has taken the detail from
Yellowed baptism photos that a copy shop refused to touch

Suggested order of passes

01
Remove the yellowing
Faded Photo Fixer targets whites turned cream or brown and a warm cast lying over the whole image while keeping the gown, the font and the faces of the godparents in the baptism photo untouched.
Faded Photo Fixer
02
Repair the rest of the baptism photo
Exposure Fixer addresses the usual wear on baptism photos, the white gown blown out by flash, church shadows blocked up and a fold straight across the baby, once the yellowing is gone.
Exposure Fixer
03
Upscale the baptism photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the yellowing repair, with the shape of the yellowed baptism photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler