What input does Restore Old Photos need?

Restore Old Photos works best when you start with one scanned or photographed old image. Clear source material and a specific direction produce the most predictable result.

Can I customize the result from Restore Old Photos?

Choose 2× or 4× enlargement. The enhancer keeps the source composition instead of inventing a new crop or scene.

What result comes from Restore Old Photos?

Restore Old Photos creates A cleaned and balanced restoration that preserves the people and period character of the source.

Which input image formats are supported?

Image slots accept PNG, JPEG, and WebP files up to 6 MB each. The required image count is shown beside each slot.

Does Restore Old Photos use credits?

Restore Old Photos shows the required credits before you submit. A failed task is not kept as a completed result.

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Restore Old Photos

Repair scratches, fading, blur, and damage in an old photograph.

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Restore Old Photos cleans visible damage and tonal fading while retaining the source composition. Missing details and colors remain generated estimates.

Restore Old Photos example and review points

Compare the illustrative Restore Old Photos example and available directions, then inspect your generated result in the workbench above.

Before-and-after restoration of a cracked black-and-white family portrait — Illustrative restoration comparison—not your generated result. Check repaired cracks, facial integrity, tonal balance, and preserved period detail.
Repair and Preserve
Repair and Preserve is tuned for a cleaned and balanced restoration that preserves the people and period character of the source.
Gentle Colorization
Gentle Colorization is tuned for a cleaned and balanced restoration that preserves the people and period character of the source.
Portrait Recovery
Portrait Recovery is tuned for a cleaned and balanced restoration that preserves the people and period character of the source.

How to use Restore Old Photos

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Upload the clearest available scan
Restore Old Photos works best with the highest-quality scan or evenly lit photograph you have.
02
Choose the restoration direction
In Restore Old Photos, choose preservation, gentle colorization, or portrait recovery and note any details that must not change.
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Compare the restoration with the source
Review the Restore Old Photos result beside the original for faces, clothing, text, and period details before downloading.

Restore Old Photos controls and limits

Damage and fade repair

Restore Old Photos can reduce scratches, dust, stains, fading, and mild blur while preserving the overall scene.

Preservation before reinvention

Restore Old Photos follows the source composition and lets you specify people, clothing, objects, or text that should remain unchanged.

Generated detail is not historical fact

Missing details and colors are generated estimates, not recovered historical facts. Keep the original scan and do not use the restoration as archival or identity evidence.

Uploads accept PNG, JPG, and WebP files. Completed results stay in your private task history for full-size review, reuse, and download. The action button shows the credit cost before each run.

Ways to use Restore Old Photos

Family archive copies

Use Restore Old Photos on a working copy for family albums while keeping the untouched scan as the record.

Portrait cleanup

Restore Old Photos can clean dust and fading from a portrait, but you should compare identity-defining features with the source.

Gentle color and contrast recovery

Restore Old Photos can prepare a balanced viewing copy without claiming that estimated colors are historically exact.

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