How many credits does a yellowed team photo take?

The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard restoration of yellowed sports team photos. Pro and Max return more detail on the jersey numbers, the trophy and the team banner where the yellowing was heavy; see pricing for the current amounts.

Can I colorize the team photo after fixing the yellowing?

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

What if the yellowing took part of the team photo away entirely?

Run Missing Parts Filler after Faded Photo Fixer and describe the gap the yellowing left in the team photo. It continues the scene, clothing and background of the team photo from what survives; a face fully gone from yellowed sports team photos cannot be recovered, only inferred.

Does restoring a yellowed team photo change its shape or crop?

No. The output follows the shape of the upload, so sports team photos come back at the same proportions with the yellowing removed and the jersey numbers, the trophy and the team banner in place. Upscale afterwards for a larger reprint.

Sports Team Photos

Yellowed Sports Team Photos

Sports team 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 two rows of players with the coach at one end and a ball on the ground in front, which is still there underneath.

Nothing in the team photo is redrawn for effect; the yellowing is treated as a layer to remove and the image of two rows of players with the coach at one end and a ball on the ground in front as the thing to keep. If the yellowed area covered the jersey numbers, the trophy and the team banner, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.

Start with Faded Photo Fixer on the yellowed team photo, then chain Face Restoration or the upscaler in the Studio if the sports team photos need it. The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard run on yellowed sports team photos.

Open with these settings Faded Photo Fixer

Yellowed Sports Team 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

The jersey numbers, the trophy and the team banner, hidden under the yellowing
Yellowing from acidic paper and album pages, cigarette smoke and the slow chemistry of fixer left in the print, on sports team photos from the 1900s to 1990s
Small faces of two rows of players with the coach at one end and a ball on the ground in front that the yellowing has taken the detail from
Yellowed sports team 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 jersey numbers, the trophy and the team banner in the team photo untouched.
Faded Photo Fixer
02
Repair the rest of the team photo
Face Restoration addresses the usual wear on sports team photos, tiny faces in a wide frame, a crease through the back row and jersey colors faded to pastel, once the yellowing is gone.
Face Restoration
03
Sharpen the faces of two rows of players with the coach at one end and a ball on the ground in front
Recovers the eye and skin detail the yellowing softened; keep it at natural strength on sports team photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration
04
Upscale the team photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the yellowing repair, with the shape of the yellowed sports team photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler