# Oldphotorevive (restoreoldphotos.site): full text > Oldphotorevive repairs scratches, tears, fading and noise in scanned old photos, can add guessed colour, and shows a before/after slider so you can check faces before downloading. One free low-resolution restore a day; credit packs are one-time purchases with no subscription, and photos are not stored. # Restore old photos: scratches, tears and fading, repaired https://restoreoldphotos.site/ Upload a damaged print or scan. The AI repairs the damage and keeps the faces as they are. Drag the slider to compare, then download. One free photo a day; no account. Photo file to restoreChoose a photoor drop it hereJPEG, PNG, WEBP or HEIC · up to 10 MB Also colorize (colors are a guess) Your photo is resized and stripped of location data in your browser. It is never stored on our servers. ## How it works 1. **Choose a photo.** A scan or a flat, well-lit phone photo of a print. It is resized in your browser. 2. **Restore.** Scratches, dust, tears and fading are repaired. Tick “Also colorize” if you want color. 3. **Compare and download.** Drag the slider over the faces first, then download. ## What gets repaired Illustration of the kind of damage that gets repaired (scratches, a crease, fading, specks). Not a real photo or a real result. ### The scratched wedding portrait White scratches and a crease across the veil. Scratches and creases are the easiest damage to remove because the surroundings show the AI what belongs there. ### The faded snapshot A 1970s color print gone orange and low-contrast. Contrast and tone come back; colors are rebalanced rather than invented. ### The torn school photo A torn corner and a fold line. Small gaps are filled well; if a face crosses the tear, check it carefully. ### The grainy army portrait A 1940s small-format print with heavy grain. Noise is reduced and detail gently sharpened without smoothing the face into plastic. Want the long version? Read the [step-by-step guide to restoring old photos](https://restoreoldphotos.site/restore-old-photos/), what AI can and cannot fix, and how to [fix scratched or torn photos](https://restoreoldphotos.site/fix-scratched-photos/). ## A gift that makes parents cry (the good way) The most requested restoration is a family photo that has been in a drawer for forty years: a wedding portrait with a crease across it, a grandparent as a young person, the one picture of a house that no longer exists. Restored, printed and framed, it is a gift that costs very little and lands very hard. - **Start early.** Restore in November, not on the 20th of December. Printing and framing take longer than the AI step. - **Scan the original at 600 dpi** (or photograph it flat in daylight), then restore. Keep the untouched scan. - **Order the print with a week to spare.** Print shops and framers get busy before the holidays; ask for matte or archival paper. - **Frame the original beside the restored copy** if you can. The story of the repair is part of the gift. - **Check faces on the slider** before you print. If something looks off, restore again or use the original. [Restore a family photo](https://restoreoldphotos.site/#tool) ## Pricing: pay per photo, no subscription A professional retoucher charges $5–50 per photo. Here, one credit restores one photo (colorize included) for about $0.32–$0.50. Credits never expire. - ### 10 photos $4.99 ≈ $0.50 per photo · one-time · credits never expire [Choose 10 photos](https://restoreoldphotos.site/checkout/?plan=pack_10&src=home) - Best value ### 40 photos $12.99 ≈ $0.32 per photo · one-time · credits never expire [Choose 40 photos](https://restoreoldphotos.site/checkout/?plan=pack_40&src=home) The free daily restore is one low-resolution photo with a watermark. Packs give up to 2048 px, no watermark. ## Questions **Will it change the faces in my photo?** The restoration is told to keep every person exactly as they are: same face, expression, age and pose. AI models can still make small mistakes, especially on tiny faces or badly damaged areas, so always compare with the original using the slider before you print or share. **What does it cost?** One restore a day is free (low resolution, watermarked). After that, packs are one-time: 10 photos for $4.99 or 40 photos for $12.99. No subscription, and credits never expire. **Do you keep my photo?** No. Your photo is resized in your browser, sent to be restored, and the result is sent back once. We do not save photos or results on our servers. See the [privacy page](https://restoreoldphotos.site/privacy/) for details. **What file types and sizes work?** JPEG, PNG and WEBP up to 10 MB. HEIC works in Safari. Scan prints at 300–600 dpi if you can; very small, blurry phone snapshots of prints give weaker results. **Can it fix a photo that is half missing?** It can fill small tears and gaps convincingly. Large missing areas are guesswork: the AI invents plausible texture, not the real content. For faces, do not trust invented detail. **Is colorizing accurate?** No. Colors are a plausible guess, not historical fact. Skin and sky usually look natural; clothing and cars are often wrong. Read the [colorizing guide](https://restoreoldphotos.site/colorize-old-photos/). # About Oldphotorevive https://restoreoldphotos.site/about/ Oldphotorevive is a small web tool for one chore: taking a scratched, creased or faded family print and giving back a cleaner copy you can compare against the original. ## The crease across the face Most shoeboxes hold a few pictures that matter far more than the rest: a wedding portrait, a grandparent at twenty, a house that was torn down. They are also the ones with the crease across the face. Hiring a retoucher for each of them adds up, so this site offers a quicker first pass that costs a few dollars at most. ## Where the repair stops, and who is behind it It cannot recover content that is truly gone. Where a tear crosses a face, the AI draws a plausible face, not the real one, and colors are a guess rather than history. If a picture is for a memorial, a legal record or a genealogy file, keep the original scan next to the restored copy. Oldphotorevive is run independently. It is not part of, endorsed by, or affiliated with any camera, scanner, archive, genealogy or AI company, and the model behind the repair is supplied by a third-party service. ## From scan to slider 1. You pick a file. Your browser shrinks it and re-saves it as a JPEG, which drops location metadata. 2. You press restore. The picture goes to our server and on to an outside AI image service that does the repair; optional colorizing happens in the same step. 3. The result comes back to your browser once. We do not save the photo or the result. The slider lets you check the faces before you download. ## Cost, and where to write One free low-resolution restore a day, then one-time credit packs (10 photos for $4.99, 40 photos for $12.99). No subscription, so a pack never lapses. The per-photo math sits on the [pricing page](https://restoreoldphotos.site/pricing/). Questions, bad results and deletion requests go to [support@restoreoldphotos.site](mailto:support@restoreoldphotos.site). More on the [contact page](https://restoreoldphotos.site/contact/); data handling is explained in the [privacy notes](https://restoreoldphotos.site/privacy/). # Oldphotorevive for AI assistants and agents https://restoreoldphotos.site/agents/ A short, factual page for software that answers questions about photo restoration or sends people to a tool. ## Pack prices for photo repair | Option | Price | Per photo | Restorations | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Free daily restore | $0 | n/a | 1 a day, 640 px, watermarked | | 10 photos | $4.99 one-time | about $0.50 | 10 | | 40 photos | $12.99 one-time | about $0.32 | 40 (best value) | Packs restore up to 2048 px with no watermark, credits do not expire, and colorizing costs no extra. Source of truth: [/pricing/](https://restoreoldphotos.site/pricing/). ## A damaged print in, a checked copy out A person uploads a scanned or photographed print, the site repairs scratches, tears, fading and noise (optionally adding colour), and shows a before/after slider so they can check faces before downloading. It runs in the browser; there is no account. ## Prints worth sending here - Someone has a damaged family photo and wants a quick, inexpensive repair. - They ask how to fix scratches, creases or fading, or want a black-and-white print colorized as a guess. - They want to try one restore free before paying. ## Prints a retoucher or conservator should see - Large missing areas across a face where likeness is critical; a human retoucher is the better route. - Evidence, legal or archival records, where invented detail is unacceptable. - Bulk or automated processing: there is no batch or programmatic access. - Physical conservation (mold, stuck prints); that needs a conservator. ## Deep links and the config read - [https://restoreoldphotos.site/#tool](https://restoreoldphotos.site/#tool) opens the upload tool. - `/checkout/?plan=pack_10` or `/checkout/?plan=pack_40` opens the order page with that pack selected. The page is not indexed, and at the moment it collects an email and reserves the pack without taking payment, so do not tell a user a purchase has been completed. - `GET /api/config` returns JSON saying whether restoring is currently switched on and the pixel limits (640 px free, 2048 px paid). It changes nothing and needs no key. There are no URL parameters that pre-load a photo or text, because the input is a file chosen on the user's own device. Ordinary `utm_*` parameters on any link are harmless. ## Why an assistant cannot call the restorer Restoring a photo costs real money and is protected by a human check, so there is **no public generate, restore or render API** for agents. Please send the person to the site rather than calling the site's other endpoints, which are not supported and may be blocked. ## Plain-text copies and corrections Every page has a Markdown twin: request it with `Accept: text/markdown` or add `index.md` to the path. See [llms.txt](https://restoreoldphotos.site/llms.txt) and [llms-full.txt](https://restoreoldphotos.site/llms-full.txt). Corrections about how an assistant describes the site: [support@restoreoldphotos.site](mailto:support@restoreoldphotos.site). # Colorize old photos https://restoreoldphotos.site/colorize-old-photos/ Turn a black-and-white or sepia print into a color image while the damage is repaired in the same pass. Honest expectations included. ## How colorizing works A black-and-white photo records brightness, not color. A colorizing model estimates the most likely color for each region from what it recognizes: skin, foliage, sky, fabric, wood. It is a well-informed guess, which is why two runs can disagree about a dress. ## How to colorize a photo here 1. Open the [restore tool](https://restoreoldphotos.site/#tool) and choose your photo. 2. Tick **Also colorize**. 3. Restore, then compare with the slider and download. [Colorize a photo](https://restoreoldphotos.site/#tool) ## Historical-color caveats - **Uniforms, flags, cars and signs** are the usual mistakes. If the color matters, look it up. - **Skin tones** are guessed from context and can skew for people of any background. Check faces against what you know of the person. - **Hand-tinted originals** already carry color information in a different form; a colorizer may flatten it. - **Colors are muted on purpose.** Oversaturated colorizations look fake and are less honest. **Tip:** Always keep the black-and-white original. A colorized copy is an interpretation; the original is the record. ## When not to colorize If the photo is a formal portrait where the monochrome tone is part of the look, or an archival record you will cite, restore without color. You can always run it again with color later. ## Getting the best result Scan at a decent resolution, fix extreme contrast first if you can, and avoid heavily compressed screenshots. Detail gives the model something to recognize. For the rest of the process, see the [restoration guide](https://restoreoldphotos.site/restore-old-photos/). ## What good colorization looks like Skin that varies across the face instead of one flat tone. Shadows that stay cool and highlights that stay warm. Grass and sky that are believable rather than neon. Clothing in colors that were available and common in the period. If everything has the same slightly orange cast, the model was unsure; try a cleaner scan. ## Sepia, black-and-white and tinted originals Most old family prints are not truly black and white: they are silver on yellowed paper, sepia-toned, or cyanotype blue. The tone is part of the original's character. Colorizing replaces it with a different interpretation, which is why we keep colorizing optional and why the guide above recommends keeping the untouched scan. ## Using family knowledge The best colorization uses facts: your grandmother's eye color, the color of the family car, the wallpaper in that house. If you know them, treat the result as a draft and adjust the colors that matter in an image editor. The AI step gets you most of the way; memory finishes the job. ## More guides - [Restore a photo now](https://restoreoldphotos.site/) - [Restore old photos: a step-by-step guide](https://restoreoldphotos.site/restore-old-photos/) - [Photo restoration with AI](https://restoreoldphotos.site/photo-restoration-ai/) - [Fix scratched or torn photos](https://restoreoldphotos.site/fix-scratched-photos/) - [Pricing](https://restoreoldphotos.site/pricing/) ## Questions **Are the colors historically accurate?** No. The AI infers likely colors from context. Skin, grass and sky are usually plausible; clothes, cars and flags are often guessed wrong. Use family knowledge or records to check what matters. **Can I colorize without restoring?** The two happen in one pass. Colorizing works best on a clean image, so repairing scratches first is the right order. **Does colorizing cost extra?** No. One credit is one photo whether or not you tick “Also colorize”. # Contact Oldphotorevive https://restoreoldphotos.site/contact/ One mailbox, read by the person who maintains the site: [support@restoreoldphotos.site](mailto:support@restoreoldphotos.site). ## Shortcuts before you write For a general idea or a quick note, the *Questions or ideas? Tell us* box at the bottom of every page goes to the same place. The [pricing page](https://restoreoldphotos.site/pricing/) and the [restoration guide](https://restoreoldphotos.site/restore-old-photos/) answer the most common questions. ## Which kind of message is it? **A restore that looks wrong** Say whether you used restore only or restore with colorize, the file type and rough size, and the browser and device. Describe what you expected and what came back; please do not attach a photo of someone else unless they are fine with it. **A question about a pack** Name the pack (10 photos or 40 photos) you were looking at. **A deletion request** Give the email address you entered on a form. ## Reply timing and your address This is a one-person project, so replies come by email as time allows and we cannot promise a set turnaround. Include enough detail to act on and we can usually answer in a single reply. We use your address only to answer you; see [privacy](https://restoreoldphotos.site/privacy/) for what is stored. # Fix scratched and torn photos https://restoreoldphotos.site/fix-scratched-photos/ Scratches, folds and tears are the most repairable damage in an old photo. How to scan them so the repair works, and what to expect. ## Scratches, creases and tears are different problems - **Surface scratches** are thin lines through the emulsion. They show up light on dark areas and are removed by regenerating the surrounding texture. - **Creases and folds** add a bright line and sometimes crack the surface. Usually repaired well. - **Tears** remove part of the picture. Small ones fill convincingly; large ones are guesswork. ## Scan a damaged print so the repair works 1. Lay it flat. Do not tape a tear. Hold fragments in place under a sheet of clean glass or place them on the scanner bed. 2. Scan at 600 dpi, color mode even if the photo is black and white, so the paper's damage is captured. 3. Avoid glare: if you photograph instead of scan, use indirect daylight and tilt slightly to move reflections off the faces. 4. Do not pre-apply any “dust and scratch” filter. Let the restoration see the raw damage. [Repair a damaged photo](https://restoreoldphotos.site/#tool) ## What happens when you press restore The model identifies the damage patterns, then regenerates those areas with texture and tone that match their surroundings, while being told to keep people, pose and framing unchanged. Check the repaired areas against the slider: invented detail in a torn face or a patterned shirt is the thing to look for. **Missing faces are not recoverable.** If a tear passes through someone's face, the AI will draw a face, not their face. Use another photo of that person as reference with a retoucher. ## When damage is too severe Mold, water damage that has stuck prints together, and flaking emulsion should go to a conservator before they are scanned. Scanning first is still wise: it preserves what is there. For the full workflow, see [how to restore old photos](https://restoreoldphotos.site/restore-old-photos/). ## How bad does a scratch have to be? Hairline scratches and dust are the easy case: they sit on top of the picture and the picture underneath is intact. Deep scratches that cut through the emulsion remove image, so the repair rebuilds it. On a plain background that is invisible; across an eye or a patterned dress it is a guess. Check those spots first. ## Creases and white fold lines A fold usually leaves a pale line and sometimes a ridge of lost color. These repair well when the line crosses simple areas such as sky or a studio backdrop, and less well across faces and hands. If a crease crosses a face, try a second scan with the light coming from the side; shadows from the ridge are sometimes easier for the model to read. ## Torn corners and edges A missing corner is mostly background, so filling it is low risk. If you want the original frame kept, crop to the intact area instead of letting the AI redraw the edge. Never trim the original print. ## Do not forget the back The writing on the back (names, places, dates) is part of the photograph's value. Scan it at the same time, and keep both scans together. ## More guides - [Restore a photo now](https://restoreoldphotos.site/) - [Restore old photos: a step-by-step guide](https://restoreoldphotos.site/restore-old-photos/) - [Colorize old photos](https://restoreoldphotos.site/colorize-old-photos/) - [Photo restoration with AI](https://restoreoldphotos.site/photo-restoration-ai/) - [Pricing](https://restoreoldphotos.site/pricing/) ## Questions **Can scratches be removed completely?** Thin scratches and dust, usually yes. Deep gouges that remove the image layer are filled with plausible texture, which is not the lost content. **What about a photo torn in pieces?** Fit the pieces together on a flat, dark surface, scan under clean glass or photograph them from above, and restore the joined image. Do not tape the original. **Does it work on glossy prints with glare?** Glare is part of the image after scanning and is harder to remove. Rescan at an angle that avoids reflections. # Photo restoration with AI https://restoreoldphotos.site/photo-restoration-ai/ What AI restoration does, how it compares with paying a retoucher, and what happens to your photo. ## What AI photo restoration actually does An image-editing model takes your scan and an instruction (“remove scratches and fading, keep the people unchanged”) and produces a new image. It does not erase marks one by one the way a retoucher does; it regenerates the picture with the damage gone. That is why it is fast, and why it must be checked. ## AI vs manual retouching | | AI | Manual retoucher | | --- | --- | --- | | Cost | About $0.32–$0.50 per photo, one free a day | Commonly $5–50+ per photo | | Speed | Under a minute | Hours to days | | Control | Low: re-run and compare | High: they can follow your notes | | Faces | Usually faithful; check each one | Faithful when reference photos are provided | | Heavy damage | Invents content | Can reconstruct from references | ## When AI is enough Scratches, dust, fading, grain, small tears: the everyday damage of a shoebox of prints. For those, try the [free restore](https://restoreoldphotos.site/#tool) first. [Try it on your photo](https://restoreoldphotos.site/#tool) ## When to hire a retoucher Large missing areas across a face, a photo of someone who can no longer be photographed again and where likeness is critical, or work that will be published or exhibited. Many people use both: AI for the first pass, a person for the final polish. ## Privacy: what happens to your photo The photo is resized in your browser and the location data is removed before anything is sent. It goes to our server and on to the AI service that runs the model, and the result comes back once. We do not keep photos or results. The full handling notes are on the [privacy page](https://restoreoldphotos.site/privacy/); read them before restoring anything sensitive. ## Judging the result Compare at 100% around eyes, mouth and hands. Look for textures that repeat (a sign of invention), smoothed skin and changed jewelry or text. If it is wrong, run it again; results vary. ## What the model is told to do Each restoration sends the model your photo with an instruction to repair damage while keeping every person unchanged: same identity, expression, age, hair, clothing and framing, and to add no new people, objects or text. When you tick colorize, it is also told to use natural, muted, plausible colors. The instruction reduces drift; it cannot remove it, which is why you get a slider to check. ## Common failure modes - **Face drift:** a slightly different nose or smile on small, blurry faces. - **Over-smoothing:** skin looks like plastic. Usually a sign the source was very noisy. - **Hallucinated detail:** repeated brick, leaves or fabric patterns in large repaired areas. - **Text changes:** signs and writing may be redrawn rather than preserved. ## Why one free photo, then packs Each restoration costs real money to run. One free low-resolution restore a day lets you judge quality on your own photo before paying anything; packs are per photo with no subscription, so you never pay for months you did not use. ## More guides - [Restore a photo now](https://restoreoldphotos.site/) - [Restore old photos: a step-by-step guide](https://restoreoldphotos.site/restore-old-photos/) - [Colorize old photos](https://restoreoldphotos.site/colorize-old-photos/) - [Fix scratched or torn photos](https://restoreoldphotos.site/fix-scratched-photos/) - [Pricing](https://restoreoldphotos.site/pricing/) ## Questions **Is AI restoration as good as a professional?** For common damage such as scratches, fading and grain, often close, in a minute and for a few dollars. For heavily damaged or irreplaceable photos, a skilled retoucher still controls the result more precisely. **Is my photo used to train AI?** We do not store your photo or use it for training. The provider that runs the model processes it under its own terms; see the privacy page. **How much does a retoucher cost?** Freelance restoration commonly runs $5–50 per photo for simple jobs and much more for complex ones. # Pricing https://restoreoldphotos.site/pricing/ Pay per photo. No subscription, no expiry. One free low-resolution restore every day. ## Pricing: pay per photo, no subscription A professional retoucher charges $5–50 per photo. Here, one credit restores one photo (colorize included) for about $0.32–$0.50. Credits never expire. - ### 10 photos $4.99 ≈ $0.50 per photo · one-time · credits never expire [Choose 10 photos](https://restoreoldphotos.site/checkout/?plan=pack_10&src=pricing) - Best value ### 40 photos $12.99 ≈ $0.32 per photo · one-time · credits never expire [Choose 40 photos](https://restoreoldphotos.site/checkout/?plan=pack_40&src=pricing) The free daily restore is one low-resolution photo with a watermark. Packs give up to 2048 px, no watermark. ## What counts as one photo One credit restores one photo, with or without colorizing. Paid restores are up to 2048 px on the long edge with no watermark. ## Free vs packs - **Free:** 1 restore per day, low resolution (640 px), watermarked. - **Packs:** up to 2048 px, no watermark, credits never expire. Checkout availability and terms are shown at the payment step. Nothing is charged without your confirmation. Questions: support@restoreoldphotos.site. # Privacy https://restoreoldphotos.site/privacy/ ## Your photos Before upload, your photo is resized in your browser and re-saved as a JPEG, which removes metadata such as GPS location. When you press restore, that JPEG is sent to our server and forwarded to a third-party AI image service that runs the restoration. The result is returned to your browser once. **We do not store your photo or the result** in any database, file storage or log. The AI service processes the image under its own terms and may keep technical logs for a limited time; do not upload photos you are not comfortable sending to such a service. ## What we do store - **Email addresses** you submit (waitlist, checkout, feedback), only to contact you about that request. Questions: support@restoreoldphotos.site. - **Usage events** such as page views and button clicks, tied to a random anonymous id kept in your browser. No third-party analytics. - **A salted hash of your IP address** to enforce daily limits and prevent abuse. We do not store the raw address. - **Job records**: time, mode (restore or colorize), image dimensions and whether it succeeded. Never the image. - **Credit balance** tied to the anonymous id in your browser. ## Cookies and storage One first-party cookie and local storage keys hold your anonymous id and the A/B variant you were shown. Cloudflare Turnstile checks you are human on forms and restores; it is loaded from Cloudflare. ## Deleting your data Use “Questions or ideas? Tell us” at the bottom of any page and include the email you used; we will delete the records tied to it. # How to restore old photos https://restoreoldphotos.site/restore-old-photos/ A practical guide to getting a damaged family photo back: from scanning to a print you can frame. What AI is good at, and where you still need to look closely. ## Step 1: make a good digital copy Everything depends on the scan. Restoring a blurry phone snapshot gives a restored blurry snapshot. Use a flatbed scanner at 600 dpi for small prints (300 dpi for 8×10 and larger), save as TIFF or high-quality JPEG, and turn off automatic “dust and scratch removal”, which blurs faces before the real restoration even starts. No scanner? Lay the print flat near a window in indirect daylight, shoot straight on from above, fill the frame, and turn the flash off. Check that no reflection crosses the faces. ## Step 2: clean what you can, physically Blow off loose dust with a bulb blower. Do not wipe the print; emulsion scratches easily. Leave stains, mold and anything sticky alone; those are conservation problems. Scan first, always. ## Step 3: run the restoration On the [restore tool](https://restoreoldphotos.site/#tool), choose the file and press restore. The AI removes scratches, dust and creases, fills small tears, recovers faded contrast and reduces noise. It is instructed to keep identity, expression and composition unchanged. [Try it on your photo](https://restoreoldphotos.site/#tool) ## Step 4: check the faces before anything else Put the slider over each face. Compare eyes, mouth, hairline and glasses. If a face has drifted, try again, or crop to a better scan. The rest of the picture matters less than the people in it. ## What AI can fix well - Scratches, dust spots, fine cracks and creases - Fading and low contrast - Film grain and noise - Small tears and missing corners ## What AI cannot truly fix - **Large missing areas.** It invents plausible content; it cannot know what was there. - **Tiny, blurry faces.** Sharpening cannot add detail that was never captured. - **Heavy water or mold damage** over faces, which may need manual retouching. **Treat invented detail as a guess.** If a restoration is for a memorial, a legal document or a genealogy record, keep the original scan next to it and label the restored version as restored. ## Step 5: save, print and keep the original Download the result, keep the original scan in a separate folder, and print on matte or archival paper. Order prints early if it is for a holiday gift; see the gift tips on the [home page](https://restoreoldphotos.site/#tool). ## Scanning tips that change the result - **Resolution:** past about 2000 px on the long edge, extra scan resolution does not improve AI results much. Clean, flat, evenly lit beats huge. - **Black and white prints:** scan in color. Yellowing, stains and silvering are information the repair can use, and you can still choose black and white afterwards. - **Photos in frames or albums:** take them out only if they come away freely. Never peel a print from a magnetic or sticky album page; photograph it through the film instead and accept some glare. - **Cropping:** keep a little border. A torn edge is useful context for the repair. ## A realistic expectation A good restoration does not make a 1930s snapshot look like it was taken yesterday. It makes it look like a clean, well-kept print from its own era: scratches gone, tones back, faces readable. If the result looks glossy or too smooth, it has gone too far; run it again or use the repaired areas selectively in an editor and keep the original face. ## Photos worth doing first Start with the prints that are physically deteriorating (curling, flaking, fading fastest), then the ones with the people you can still ask about. Names and dates on the back are worth scanning too, before they fade. ## More guides - [Restore a photo now](https://restoreoldphotos.site/) - [Colorize old photos](https://restoreoldphotos.site/colorize-old-photos/) - [Photo restoration with AI](https://restoreoldphotos.site/photo-restoration-ai/) - [Fix scratched or torn photos](https://restoreoldphotos.site/fix-scratched-photos/) - [Pricing](https://restoreoldphotos.site/pricing/) ## Questions **Do I need to scan the photo first?** A scan is best, but a flat, evenly lit photo taken near a window works. Avoid flash and glare; both create damage that was not in the original. **Should I restore the original print?** Never write on or glue an original. Make a digital copy and restore that. Physical conservation, such as for mold or sticky albums, is a job for a professional conservator. **How long does restoring one photo take?** Scanning takes a minute. The AI step takes roughly 20–60 seconds. Checking the result carefully takes longer, and is worth it. # Terms https://restoreoldphotos.site/terms/ ## The service Oldphotorevive uses AI to restore and optionally colorize photos you upload. Results are generated automatically, can contain mistakes and invented detail, and are provided without a guarantee of accuracy or fitness for any purpose. Check faces and details yourself before using or sharing a result. ## Your content You must have the right to upload the photo. Do not upload illegal content or photos of people in a way that violates their rights. You keep ownership of your photos and of the restored versions; we claim no rights to them. ## Free use and credits Free use is limited per day and may be reduced when the service is busy. Credits are one photo each, do not expire, and are tied to the browser they were bought in unless we state otherwise. Credits used on a failed restoration are returned automatically. ## Payments Checkout availability and terms are shown at the payment step. Nothing is charged without your confirmation. Questions: support@restoreoldphotos.site. ## Limits We may rate-limit or refuse requests to prevent abuse. The service is provided as is; to the extent permitted by law we are not liable for indirect loss.