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Free Photo Restorer
Best image restorer tool.
Photo restorer
Upload an old or noisy photo, pick your enhancements, and download a cleaned-up version.
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Works best with JPG and PNG scans or digital photos.
Enhancement pipeline
Original
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Restored
Run the restoration to see the enhanced version.
Processing runs on your server using upscaling, denoising, scratch inpainting, face enhancement, and color tweaks—no third‑party APIs.
How this photo restorer works
Step 1
Upload your image
Choose a noisy scan, an old print, or a low‑resolution photo from your device.
Step 2
Select enhancements
Toggle denoising, scratch removal, super‑resolution, and face enhancement as needed.
Step 3
Compare and download
Review the restored preview and download the version that looks best for your use case.
Frequently asked questions
What does this AI photo restorer actually do?
It can clean up noise, reduce scratches and dust, upscale low‑resolution photos, sharpen faces, and gently enhance colors so old images look clearer and more usable.
You choose which steps to apply, so you can keep the restoration subtle or push it further for social media and presentations.
Are my photos sent to any third‑party AI service?
No. All processing happens on the AI Herald server using local models and OpenCV-based pipelines; your images are not sent to external APIs or cloud services.
Why can’t the tool perfectly recover every damaged photo?
Restoration is limited by the information left in the file. Heavy blur, strong compression, or missing detail cannot be fully reconstructed by any algorithm.
The goal is to remove distractions and enhance what’s already there, not invent a completely new scene.
How should I choose which options to enable?
For lightly noisy scans, start with denoising only. For scratched prints, add scratch removal, and for very small photos, enable super‑resolution as well.
Face enhancement is most useful for portraits and group photos; if it feels too strong, re‑run the pipeline with that option turned off.
Will the restored image always keep the original colors?
By default the tool preserves the original tones and only makes gentle adjustments to contrast and saturation.
If you enable color enhancement, the palette may shift slightly as the photo is made less flat or faded.
What kinds of images work best?
Scanned prints, slightly noisy digital photos, and images with fine scratches or dust specks respond best to these operations.
Can I run multiple versions and compare the results?
Yes. You can adjust the toggles, run the pipeline multiple times, and download different versions to compare before choosing the one to keep.