Will restoration change the people in my photo?

The restoration is instructed to preserve identity, age, expression, hair, body proportions, pose, clothing, setting, and period details. Compare important faces and details with the source.

Does the restorer automatically colorize black-and-white photos?

No. Keep original preserves the current color state, and Keep black & white explicitly retains monochrome tones. Restore faded color is for photographs that already contain color.

Which repair level should I choose?

Use Gentle for light dust and fading, Balanced for common scratches, creases, stains, color casts, and softness, and Strong for obvious tears, emulsion loss, or heavier damage.

What should I upload or write for AI Photo Restorer?

Upload the highest-quality complete PNG, JPG, or WebP scan or straight-on photograph you have. Include damaged edges that need repair and add an optional note for handwritten details, grain, or a torn area that matters.

AI Photo Restorer

Upload an old photograph, choose the repair level and color treatment, and review the restored result against the original faces, clothing, setting, grain, and period details.

Black-and-white family photograph after scratches and damage are carefully restored — Drag the divider to compare the damaged family photograph with a careful restoration that preserves the same people and period details.

Damaged black-and-white family photograph before AI restoration — Drag the divider to compare the damaged family photograph with a careful restoration that preserves the same people and period details.

Inspect real photo-restoration cases

Compare a damaged school portrait and lakeside picnic photograph with their restored results, then inspect identity, clothing, objects, grain, and tonal character.

Damaged black-and-white school portrait before AI restoration

Black-and-white school portrait after careful damage repair and contrast restoration

Recover contrast while keeping the portrait historical

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Compare the face, expression, hair, clothing, paper texture, and crop with the damaged source, and keep monochrome photographs black and white when that is the chosen treatment.

School portraitBlack and whitePeriod detail

Faded and damaged lakeside picnic photograph before AI restoration

Lakeside picnic photograph after careful damage repair and color restoration

Repair a faded lakeside picnic photograph without erasing its character

GPT Image 2

Check faces, clothing, hands, picnic objects, color, grain, and the original crop after scratches, fading, and surface damage are repaired.

Lakeside photoColor restorationIdentity review

How to restore an old photo with AI

Upload the best complete scan

Choose a flat, evenly lit PNG, JPG, or WebP scan or photograph with the full print visible and minimal glare or obstruction.

Choose repair level and color treatment

Use Gentle, Balanced, or Strong for the visible damage, then explicitly keep the original color, restore faded existing color, or keep black and white.

Compare people and period details in Create

Review the settings and exact quote, then inspect faces, expressions, hands, clothes, objects, crop, grain, and historical character before using the result.