Vacation Photos
Yellowed Vacation Photos
Vacation 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 parents and children squinting in front of a landmark, a beach or the car, which is still there underneath.
Nothing in the vacation photo is redrawn for effect; the yellowing is treated as a layer to remove and the image of parents and children squinting in front of a landmark, a beach or the car as the thing to keep. If the yellowed area covered the landmark, the car and the swimsuits, the fill is inferred from what survives around it.
Start with Faded Photo Fixer on the yellowed vacation photo, then chain Face Restoration or the upscaler in the Studio if the vacation photos need it. The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard run on yellowed vacation 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 vacation photos that a copy shop refused to touch
- A yellowed vacation 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 vacation photo
- A yellowed vacation 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 landmark, the car and the swimsuits in the vacation photo untouched.
Faded Photo Fixer - 02
Run a full pass on the vacation photo
Picks up the remaining scratches, fading and softness on yellowed vacation photos after the yellowing is removed.
Photo Restoration - 03
Sharpen the faces of parents and children squinting in front of a landmark, a beach or the car
Recovers the eye and skin detail the yellowing softened; keep it at natural strength on vacation photos unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration - 04
Upscale the vacation photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a wall print needs after the yellowing repair, with the shape of the yellowed vacation photos unchanged.
Image Upscaler
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