AI photo restoration
Old Photo Restoration
Bring scanned prints and old family photos back to life. The AI restores faces, recovers detail lost to age and low-resolution scans, and upscales the result for reprinting.
What AI photo restoration does
Restores faces
Face restoration (GFPGAN) rebuilds eyes, skin and hair in faces that are soft, small or grainy, which is where old photos lose the most.
Recovers detail and clarity
Grain, softness and scanning noise are reduced while texture and edges are rebuilt.
Upscales for reprinting
Turn small scans into images large enough to reprint or frame, up to 4096 pixels on the longest side.
What it doesn't do
It doesn't remove large scratches, tears or stains, and it doesn't colorize black-and-white photos. Those need separate retouching.
Photos people restore
Family portraits
Grandparents' portraits and childhood photos where faces have gone soft.
Wedding and event photos
Group shots with many small faces from older cameras.
Scanned prints and albums
Prints scanned at low resolution or photographed with a phone.
Photos for memorials and gifts
Prepare an old photo for reprinting, framing or a slideshow.
Tips for restoring old photos
- 1
Scan at the highest quality you can
A flatbed scan beats a phone photo of the print. If you use a phone, avoid glare and shoot straight on.
- 2
Crop out borders and frames
Cropping to the photo itself keeps more pixels on the faces.
- 3
Keep the original
Restoration predicts detail, so faces can look slightly different. Keep the original scan next to the restored version.