How to Use Enhance Old Photo Quality
- Drop your old or damaged photo onto the restoration tool
- Click Process — the AI restores faces and cleans up the rest of the image in one pass
- Download the restored PNG — 2× the input resolution, faces sharpened, background denoised
Features
- Sharpens detail without ringing artefacts
- Removes scan grain, JPEG blocking, dust
- Reconstructs faces — gentle enough that subjects still look like themselves
- Doesn't oversharpen — skin texture and eye highlights stay natural
Frequently Asked Questions
- How is this different from a regular upscaler?
- Regular upscalers (see /tools/upscale-image) increase resolution and add plausible detail. This tool runs a face-specific reconstruction model first — much better on portraits, lower-res input. For non-portrait photos (landscapes, products), the regular upscaler is better.