Pet Photos
Yellowed Pet Photos
Pet 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 dog, cat or horse, sometimes with a child holding the lead, which is still there underneath.
Nothing in the pet photo is redrawn for effect; the yellowing is treated as a layer to remove and the image of a dog, cat or horse, sometimes with a child holding the lead as the thing to keep. If the yellowed area covered the markings, the collar and the coat texture, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.
Start with Faded Photo Fixer on the yellowed pet photo, then chain Face Restoration or the upscaler in the Studio if the pet photos need it. The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard run on yellowed pet 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 pet photos that a copy shop refused to touch
- A yellowed pet 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 pet photo
- A yellowed pet 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 markings, the collar and the coat texture in the pet photo untouched.
Faded Photo Fixer - 02
Repair the rest of the pet photo
Unblur Old Photos addresses the usual wear on pet photos, fur turned to mush by low resolution, motion blur from a wagging tail and green flash-eye, once the yellowing is gone.
Unblur Old Photos - 03
Sharpen the faces of a dog, cat or horse, sometimes with a child holding the lead
Recovers the eye and skin detail the yellowing softened; keep it at natural strength on pet photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the pet photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the yellowing repair, with the shape of the yellowed pet photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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