Graduation Photos
Yellowed Graduation Photos
A yellowed graduation 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 graduation photos from the 1920s to 1990s were rarely stored well enough to escape it.
Faded Photo Fixer is the tool for yellowed graduation photos: it targets whites turned cream or brown and a warm cast lying over the whole image and leaves the rest of the graduation photo alone. Output follows the shape of the upload, so the tassel, the diploma and the school crest end up where they always were in the yellowed original.
Scan the yellowed graduation photo flat, or photograph it and run Photo-of-a-Photo Fixer first, so the yellowing is the only thing left to repair. The graduation photos come back in seconds, and the 4 free credits on sign-up cover the first Standard pass at the yellowing.


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 yellowed graduation photo that is the only copy anyone has
- The tassel, the diploma and the school crest, hidden under the yellowing
- Yellowing from acidic paper and album pages, cigarette smoke and the slow chemistry of fixer left in the print, on graduation photos from the 1920s to 1990s
- Small faces of the graduate in cap and gown, often with a parent standing just behind that the yellowing has taken the detail from
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 tassel, the diploma and the school crest in the graduation photo untouched.
Faded Photo Fixer - 02
Run a full pass on the graduation photo
Picks up the remaining scratches, fading and softness on yellowed graduation photos after the yellowing is removed.
Photo Restoration - 03
Upscale the graduation photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the yellowing repair, with the shape of the yellowed graduation photos unchanged.
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