Restore
Old Photo Restoration
Repair scratches, tears and fading in old photos. Repairs scratches, creases, torn corners, stains and fading in scanned family photos while keeping the faces and the period look. Pair it with Colorize to bring back color.
Before
After, straight from our test, no retouching
What Old Photo Restoration does
Old Photo Restoration repairs scratches, creases, torn corners, stains and fading in scanned family photos, keeping the faces and the black and white or sepia tone of the original.
How to use Old Photo Restoration
- Upload old photo (scan or phone shot), or pick it from your library.
- Press Generate. The instructions for the job are already set up, so there is no prompt to write.
- Your image is usually ready in under three minutes. Save it to your library or download it.
Tips for the best result
- Scan the photo flat at 600 dpi or higher, or photograph it in even daylight without glare.
- Crop away the scanner bed and album page before uploading.
- For color, run Colorize Black and White Photo on the restored result.
Ideas for using it
- Restoring a grandparent's portrait before reprinting it.
- Cleaning up old photos for a memorial slideshow.
- Preparing a family archive for sharing with relatives.
More tools
Colorize Black and White Photo
Natural color for black and white photos.
Unblur Image
Sharpen a blurry or shaky photo.
Watermark Remover
Lift text and logo watermarks off your own photos.
Object Remover
Type what to erase and it is gone.
Remove Text From Image
Strip captions and overlaid text, keep the photo.
AI People Remover
Empty out the crowd behind you.
Want motion instead? Video Effects turn one photo into a 5 second clip.
Old Photo Restoration FAQ
Will it change the faces?
It is set up to keep faces, expressions and clothing exactly. In my test both people looked the same as in the damaged print.
Does it colorize too?
No. It keeps the original tone. Use Colorize Black and White Photo after restoring.
Is Old Photo Restoration free?
Old Photo Restoration is included with every PixelDojo plan and costs a few credits per image, shown on the Generate button before you run it.
Who owns the result, and can I use it commercially?
We assign you whatever rights we hold in the result, so you can use it in your own projects, commercial ones included, as long as what you uploaded was yours to use. Unsaved results are deleted after 24 hours, so save the ones you want to keep.
Can I use a photo of someone else?
Only photos of adults, of yourself or of people who agreed to it, and only images you have the right to edit. Every upload goes through the same safety checks as the rest of PixelDojo.