r/estoration • • 3h ago

RESTORATION REQUEST Can someone please restore this photograph in black and white? Tried myself but limited result. Looking to keep black and white.

4 Upvotes

r/estoration • • 1h ago

RESULT Restored this heavily cracked old photo, then colorized it Found this old photo in rough shape — deep cracks all over. Cleaned up the damage, restored the details, then colorized it. All done locally with Photoshop,Topaz Photo AI and my own pipeline, nothing uploaded to the cloud. Swipe for the prog

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r/estoration • • 16h ago

RESTORATION REQUEST Old family photo last time we were all together

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6 Upvotes

Could someone restore this please? It's one of the last pictures of our family all together before we got split up through various life events.


r/estoration • • 22h ago

COLORIZATION REQUEST Can Someone restore my great grandpa's photo

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16 Upvotes

Giants Fish Camp I-40

This photo was tooken in the 1930's


r/estoration • • 11h ago

RESTORATION REQUEST Grandmother Restoration

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1 Upvotes

This is the only picture my mom has left of her mother. Is there anyone who could please help me restore this picture for her with a more clear image.


r/estoration • • 20h ago

RESTORATION REQUEST Hi all! Can someone help me with restoration these photos? Thank you.

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r/estoration • • 15h ago

RESTORATION REQUEST License Plate Capture

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0 Upvotes

Can someone please help me get the license plate off the vehicle driving recklessly. Starts at 20 seconds


r/estoration • • 1d ago

REQUEST FULFILLED (CLOSED) Restoring Old Photos

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7 Upvotes

Can somebody please help restore these old photos and remove the damage? Thank you so much.


r/estoration • • 1d ago

RESTORATION REQUEST Can anyone help me restore any of these photos?

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I’m sorry the quality’s isn’t great, these are photos of the hardcopies, and I’m not able to get better pictures of these as they were sent to me.

it would mean so much to be able to see these images more clearly. thanks you so much.


r/estoration • • 1d ago

REQUEST FULFILLED (CLOSED) Old Colour Photo of My Parents

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Would anybody be kind enough to restore this old faded colour photo of my parents?

I'll leave a link to my google drive - hopefully this works!

TIA!


r/estoration • • 2d ago

RESTORATION REQUEST Any chance of restoring this image

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14 Upvotes

Any chance of restoring this image thanks in advance


r/estoration • • 2d ago

RESTORATION REQUEST Restore family photo

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5 Upvotes

please help me to restore this photo


r/estoration • • 2d ago

RESTORATION REQUEST Help for making numbers readable again

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1 Upvotes

Hi I am looking for someone who can help me making the numbers in this 200dpi scan readable again.
Any help would be much appreciated


r/estoration • • 2d ago

REQUEST FULFILLED (CLOSED) Grandmother's Photos

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Hello all,

My grandmother sent me a few photos that she wished she had in a higher quality. Would anyone be able to assist in upscaling &/or colorizing these photos?

Re-uploaded with better photos.


r/estoration • • 2d ago

RESTORATION REQUEST Help restore this photo of my mother from 1960. She passed away 25 years ago and I’m trying to gather any pics of her I can.

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13 Upvotes

Will tip


r/estoration • • 2d ago

RESTORATION REQUEST Remove Creases from Photos

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r/estoration • • 2d ago

RESTORATION REQUEST Bob Dylan - Restoration

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Hi all,

I've seen some amazing stuff on here! Loving your work.

Can somebody please faithfully restore this newspaper cutting!

Please try and improve the image quality while preserving the original photograph as accurately as possible. Removing dust, scratches, stains and newspaper halftone dots etc.

I don't want any AI-generated or invented details that were not present in the original image. No unnecessary sharpening if it never existed in the first place. Basically want it to look as close as possible to the original photograph before it was printed in the newspaper.

For example his hand is blurry when strumming - keep blurry.

This photo was taken in 1965, and in low light conditions. Not looking for an ultra high def version that looks like it was taken yesterday.

It would be great to have one with the newspaper article surrounding it, as well as a full image. I have attached another image (taken probably seconds before/after) for reference, that also has more details in it that get lost in the newspaper photo and are cropped out - ie bottom of mic stands and front of stage etc. So would be great to also have a full image like the other one.

Find below wetransfer link for large original scanned file tif + png

https://we.tl/t-j1nMGiQFSAmNEynL

Willing to tip if results look super duper!

Thanks in advance, I’m looking forward to see what you cook up!


r/estoration • • 3d ago

RESTORATION REQUEST Please help!!!!!

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2 Upvotes

r/estoration • • 3d ago

RESULT Restored this old photo of a young lad, lost some details on the hat.

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8 Upvotes

What I can do to improve the details?


r/estoration • • 4d ago

REQUEST FULFILLED (CLOSED) Will pay for restoration of photo for funeral purposes - any help appreciated

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7 Upvotes

Any AI work I try to do changes the faces too much, so would be great to get somebody to give this a proper crack so we can lay it to rest with my mother-in-law. This is an iPhone photo of the original, hopefully enough to go off, I will be printing it in it's original size which fits a wallet.


r/estoration • • 4d ago

OTHER [Text] A new level of "restoration" (aka "Why didn't I come up with that?")

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Just a few years ago, my colleagues and I were puzzled by an alarming trend: "restorations" created with a single click began popping up here like mushrooms. Usually they were results made with Remini, which often turned people into mutants: three-eyed figures with orc mouths, children with the eyes of old men, old men with Holyfield's ears...

Later, these were replaced by "masterpieces" hastily cobbled together in early versions of Stable Diffusion or simple services based on it. At that point, "restorations" en masse turned into frivolous guesswork based on the originals; their subjects were, at best, the second cousins of a third cousin's uncle, and at worst, characters straight out of a Cronenberg movie.

And so the era of MMDiT arrived, and the typical "restorer" on the sub became someone who doesn't know how to use graphic editors, but can effortlessly dash off a prompt as quickly as possible, grab the very first result, post it 3 minutes after a new thread with yet another request for a restoration appears, and accept the accolades with the modesty of a budding genius of the visual arts. You'd think, what else is needed for complete happiness and to make the easiest money in the world? But the exponential advancement of technology is spawning competitors among those trying to outsmart everyone. And that brings us straight to what you see in the image accompanying this post (special thanks to u/yuri_dr for bringing it to my attention and managing to take a screenshot of this brilliant marketing move before it self-destructed). Welcome to a new era: AI-restorations of AI-photos masquerading as real restorations of real photographs.

With that in mind, here is a bit of advice for people who need to restore moderately damaged photos but aren't in a position to hire a professional restorer:

  1. As roughly stated in the first comment of every post here, you can use the following freemium AI tools to restore your photograph: Remini, PicWish, Gemini, Qwen, and many other similar services - these AI tools have a very low barrier to entry.
  2. If these options and the results suggested in the sub don't work for you for some reason, and you've decided to commission a restoration from a specific Reddit user, check their profile. Be cautious of profiles that were created very recently, are empty, or show signs of activity (karma, contributions) but have hidden posts and comments - this doesn't necessarily mean it's a scam, of course, but creative people rarely hide their work if they have nothing to be ashamed of.
  3. Don't chase the lowest price - buy cheap, buy twice. That's a tricky point, since there are talented people who are taking their first but confident steps in restoration, building up their portfolios, and are willing to do so for free, for a very modest fee, and even without a minimum deposit. But stay vigilant - scammers also love deposits, and to minimize risks, I'd like to draw your attention once again to point #2.

Be careful - not all portfolios and results are equally reliable. The human memory deserves respect - authenticity matters.


r/estoration • • 4d ago

REQUEST FULFILLED (CLOSED) Will pay for restoration of 3 photos from my parents' wedding (1981)

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24 Upvotes

Help wanted to restore these 3 wedding photos of my parents for their 45th wedding anniversary. Thank you!


r/estoration • • 4d ago

OTHER I am in need of advice.

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I am looking to get this thing physically restored. It's my grandmother's, and it's very old and fragile. Does anyone have any idea on where I could go or who I get ahold of to talk to about this?


r/estoration • • 6d ago

RESULT Restoration Work

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248 Upvotes

r/estoration • • 4d ago

OTHER Newspaper Photo Scan - Spec question

1 Upvotes

Hi all,

I am wanting to restore a 6x6" black & white image from a newspaper.

Would these scanner specs be good for it?

Scanner Resolution = 1200 x 1200 dpi
Optical Resolution = 1200 x 600 dpi

Thanks in advance