Before and after: AI photo restoration examples

Real restoration pairs and clearly labelled illustrative demos. Drag each slider to compare the original scan with the result.

Repair and full-frame restoration

Scratches, tears, fading and missing corners rebuilt from the surrounding texture. These pairs are real uploads.

Cracked, stained, and torn 1940s couple portrait — Torn portrait — damage removed and detail rebuilt

The same portrait restored in black and white — Torn portrait — damage removed and detail rebuilt

Faded 1970s snapshot of a girl with a color cast and scratches — Faded snapshot — colour cast corrected and scratches cleaned

The same snapshot with natural colors restored — Faded snapshot — colour cast corrected and scratches cleaned

Black-and-white colorization

Region-aware skin, clothing and background tones. These pairs are illustrative and generated from the same image.

Illustrative original — Illustrative — 1900s studio portrait: sepia original, colorized skin and drapery — Illustrative — 1900s studio portrait: sepia original, colorized skin and drapery

Illustrative result — Illustrative — 1900s studio portrait: sepia original, colorized skin and drapery — Illustrative — 1900s studio portrait: sepia original, colorized skin and drapery

Illustrative original — Illustrative — 1920s wedding party: bridal ivory and period fabric tones — Illustrative — 1920s wedding party: bridal ivory and period fabric tones

Illustrative result — Illustrative — 1920s wedding party: bridal ivory and period fabric tones — Illustrative — 1920s wedding party: bridal ivory and period fabric tones

Illustrative original — Illustrative — 1940s military portrait: olive-drab uniform and outdoor light — Illustrative — 1940s military portrait: olive-drab uniform and outdoor light

Illustrative result — Illustrative — 1940s military portrait: olive-drab uniform and outdoor light — Illustrative — 1940s military portrait: olive-drab uniform and outdoor light

Unblur and sharpening

Soft faces, motion blur and out-of-focus prints. These pairs are illustrative and generated from the same image.

Illustrative blurred original — Illustrative — soft-focus portrait: skin texture and hair detail recovered — Illustrative — soft-focus portrait: skin texture and hair detail recovered

Illustrative unblurred result — Illustrative — soft-focus portrait: skin texture and hair detail recovered — Illustrative — soft-focus portrait: skin texture and hair detail recovered

Illustrative blurred original — Illustrative — soft wedding portrait: faces and fabric sharpened — Illustrative — soft wedding portrait: faces and fabric sharpened

Illustrative unblurred result — Illustrative — soft wedding portrait: faces and fabric sharpened — Illustrative — soft wedding portrait: faces and fabric sharpened

Some colorizer and unblur pairs are illustrative: the “before” was degraded from the same generated image to show the tool’s effect. Restoration pairs come from real uploads. Every result is an interpretation, not a guaranteed reconstruction.

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