1. A method for digitally restoring content from a torn document, the method comprising: obtaining an image of a document that has a tear; identifying portions of the image separated by a gap region representing the tear in the document; identifying content in each of the portions of the image adjacent to the gap region; and incrementally adjusting a position of at least one of the portions of the image relative to another of the portions of the image, to reduce separation in the gap region without overlapping the portions, wherein the position of the at least one portion is adjusted to align the content along a boundary between the portions of the image.