Repair a damaged photo
Rebuild cracks, creases, tape marks and torn corners without touching the physical print.
What this tool does
Repair reads the detail around a damaged area and continues it across the gap. Fine scratches disappear almost entirely, since the surrounding texture tells the model exactly what belonged there. Creases across a background, tape residue and small missing corners are all reconstructed from context.
Good for
- Prints creased from years in a wallet or album
- Water-stained and mould-marked photographs
- Photos torn in half, where both halves still exist
Where it stops working
Damage running across a face is the hard case, since the model rebuilds a plausible face and not necessarily the right one. Prints stuck to glass need a conservator, not software.
Common situations
Questions about photo repair
Does repairing change the physical print?
No. Everything happens on a digital copy, which is exactly why this approach beats tape and chemicals.
What about a photo torn in half?
Lay both halves together as closely as you can, photograph them as one image, and the seam gets rebuilt.
Read the full guide
How to restore old damaged photos covers the method in detail, including the cases where this tool is the wrong choice.