Military Photos
Yellowed Military Photos
Military photos showing whites turned cream or brown and a warm cast lying over the whole image have almost always met acidic paper and album pages, cigarette smoke and the slow chemistry of fixer left in the print. The yellowing sits on top of the image of a serviceman or servicewoman in uniform, often taken just before deployment, which is still there underneath.
Nothing in the service photo is redrawn for effect; the yellowing is treated as a layer to remove and the image of a serviceman or servicewoman in uniform, often taken just before deployment as the thing to keep. If the yellowed area covered the insignia, ribbons, unit patches and cap badge, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.
Start with Faded Photo Fixer on the yellowed service photo, then chain Face Restoration or the upscaler in the Studio if the military photos need it. The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard run on yellowed military photos.
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
- Yellowed military photos that a copy shop refused to touch
- A yellowed service photo needed for a memorial, an anniversary or a reprint
- Whites turned cream or brown and a warm cast lying over the whole image, spread over a service photo
- A yellowed service photo that is the only copy anyone has
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 insignia, ribbons, unit patches and cap badge in the service photo untouched.
Faded Photo Fixer - 02
Repair the rest of the service photo
Face Restoration addresses the usual wear on military photos, foxing from a footlocker, folds from a shirt pocket and rank insignia faded into the cloth, once the yellowing is gone.
Face Restoration - 03
Sharpen the faces of a serviceman or servicewoman in uniform, often taken just before deployment
Recovers the eye and skin detail the yellowing softened; keep it at natural strength on military photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the service photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the yellowing repair, with the shape of the yellowed military photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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