Old Photo Restoration
Restore scratches, fading, stains, and missing detail in an uploaded old photograph while preserving identity and composition.
Restore the uploaded old photo. Focus on [restoration focus: scratches, creases, stains, fading, missing detail, and natural color recovery]. - Remove surface scratches, creases, mold spots, water stains, yellow blemishes, dust, and noise. - Repair blurred or missing facial, hair, clothing, and background detail only where it can be reasonably inferred from surrounding content. - Correct yellowing, color casts, and fading. Use [color treatment: natural era-appropriate color, or preserve the original monochrome treatment]. - Improve clarity and dynamic range while preserving realistic film grain and printed-photo texture. Important: keep every person's identity, age, expression, hairstyle, facial proportions, pose, and the original composition unchanged. Do not beautify, smooth skin, swap faces, modernize styling, or add people or objects. Restore only; do not re-create the photograph.
- Model
- GPT-Image-2
- Aspect ratio
- auto
- Resolution
- 2K
- Best for
- Old photo restoration and colorization
How this prompt is composed — each chip is one phrase. Mix, swap, or remove chips to make the look your own.
- Restore the uploaded old photo. Focus on [restoration focus: scratches
- creases
- stains
- fading
- missing detail
- and natural color recovery]. - Remove surface scratches
- mold spots
- water stains
- yellow blemishes
- dust
- and noise. - Repair blurred or missing facial
- hair
One click to remix this prompt with a different look or aspect ratio.
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Frequently asked questions
Which AI model is used?
All templates on this page are designed for and tested with GPT-Image-2. You can copy the prompt and run it elsewhere, but quality and text rendering may vary on other models.
How does the Remix button work?
Clicking Remix opens our generator with the prompt, aspect ratio, and resolution prefilled. You can edit any part of the prompt, swap the size, or rerun the generation as many times as you like.
Why does my generation look different from the preview?
Every run is a fresh generation — variations in composition, lighting, and detail are expected. To stay closer to the preview, keep the prompt verbatim, lock the same aspect ratio, and run a few seeds.
Can I tweak the prompt?
Absolutely — that's the point. Use the Prompt structure card below to see how the prompt is composed, then add, remove, or swap phrases to dial in your own look.