Old photo restoration

Grandma's old photos deserve
to be clear again

Upload a scan or a photo of the print. Scratches, dust, fading and blur are repaired, black-and-white prints can come back in natural colour, and you can upscale for printing.

  • 47 credits per run
  • Try 1 time a day without signing up
  • Failed runs are refunded
  • Results kept for 30 days
A faded studio portrait of a woman (After)A faded studio portrait of a woman (Before)BeforeAfter
Examples

Every photo is a memory worth keeping

Left: the photo as it came in. Right: repaired and colourised. The note under each one says what was left as it was.

Studio portrait of a woman (Before)
Before
Studio portrait of a woman (After)
After
CreasesFading

A 1958 studio portrait, folded twice and tucked away

Left as it was: The piece missing at the top right is not invented.

Portrait of a teenage boy (Before)
Before
Portrait of a teenage boy (After)
After
MouldScratches

A portrait from his sixteenth year, mould creeping along the edges

Left as it was: Where mould ate the paper, the texture stays slightly smooth.

Portrait of a woman wearing a necklace (Before)
Before
Portrait of a woman wearing a necklace (After)
After
BlurYellowing

A church anniversary portrait, blurred when it was re-shot

Left as it was: The fully blurred necklace is only recovered to recognisable.

Portrait of a man in a hat (Before)
Before
Portrait of a man in a hat (After)
After
Water stainsFading

A rancher in the highland sun, his album soaked by rain

Left as it was: Background detail under the water stain is kept as found.

Family stories

We restore photos. What comes back is a memory.

The kind of moments people restore photos for. These stories are illustrations, not customer reviews.

Family photo (Before)Family photo (After)

My mum stared at it for ages, then said: “That is exactly how grandma used to look.”

MargaretVancouverIllustrative story
Family photo (Before)Family photo (After)

For grandpa's ninetieth we put the restored wedding photo on the head table. He put on his reading glasses and studied it for the longest time.

JamesLeedsIllustrative story
Family photo (Before)Family photo (After)

The repair came out clean. I kept it black and white — that's how I remember it. The family loved it.

M. AlvarezBarcelonaIllustrative story
Family photo (Before)Family photo (After)

When the print arrived back home, my aunt cried on the phone. It is the only photograph of our great-grandfather.

Mr. OseiSydneyIllustrative story
How it works

Three steps. Simpler than you'd think.

  1. Step 1

    Scan or snap the photo

    A flat, glare-free photo of the print works best. JPG, PNG, WebP and TIFF are all fine.

  2. Step 2

    Choose and run

    Turn colour on or off and pick a size: keep it, double it or go HD. You see the price before it runs.

  3. Step 3

    Compare and download

    Drag the line to compare before and after, then download. The result is also saved to your history.

Pricing

Every price, up front

The price is shown before a photo is restored. Credits come from your balance — buy a pack or choose a plan.

47 credits per photo

Up to 51 credits with HD upscaling

  • Try 1 time a day without signing up
  • Failed runs are refunded
  • Results kept for 30 days
Our promise

What happens to your photos

Handing over your family's oldest photos takes trust. Here is what we do with them, and what we don't.

  • We don't train on your photos

    Your photo is used for your restoration only. It never goes into a training set.

  • Only you can see them

    Your photos and results are shown only to you. Nothing is published unless you share a link yourself.

  • Deleted after 30 days

    Uploads and results are kept so you can download them again, then deleted automatically.

  • Colour is a best guess

    Colourisation is a realistic estimate from the scene, not a record of the original colours. Switch it off to keep the photo black and white.

FAQ

You might be wondering

How long does it take?

Usually a minute or two. You can leave the page — the result is saved to your history and you'll find it there when it's done.

How much does it cost?

60 credits per photo, or 64 with 4× HD upscaling. You can try it once without an account.

Is colourisation accurate?

It's a realistic guess based on the scene, not a record of the original colours. You can turn it off to keep the photo black and white.

What happens to my photos?

Your uploads and results are kept for 30 days so you can download them again, then they're deleted automatically. We don't use your photos to train models.

Go find that one photo

In a drawer, an album, deep in your camera roll. Pick one and try it.

Restore a photo