AI Photo Restorer
Restore and enhance old or damaged photos using advanced AI. Remove imperfections, add color, and preserve original details.
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Supports: JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, AVIF
Higher values stick closer to the restoration goal
More steps = better quality but slower
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AI-Powered Restoration
Advanced AI removes damage, scratches, and imperfections automatically
Color Enhancement
Add natural colors to black & white photos while preserving authenticity
Detail Preservation
Maintains original character and fine details of your precious memories
What is the AI Photo Restorer?
The AI Photo Restorer by Nano Banana is an advanced photo restoration tool that uses cutting-edge artificial intelligence to restore old and damaged photos. Whether you have vintage family photos with scratches, faded colors, tears, or creases, our AI can automatically remove imperfections, enhance details, and even add color to black and white images while preserving the original character and authenticity of your precious memories.
Perfect for restoring family heritage photos, fixing damaged vintage photographs, enhancing old portraits, and bringing new life to faded memories. Our AI-powered restoration technology handles everything automatically - from scratch removal to color enhancement - requiring no manual editing skills. Simply upload your old photo, adjust restoration settings, and let our AI work its magic. Completely free, works in your browser, and your photos never leave your device for maximum privacy.
How to Restore Old Photos with AI
Upload Your Old Photo
Click to upload or drag and drop your damaged, faded, or old photograph. Supports JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, and AVIF formats. Works with scanned photos, smartphone captures of printed photos, or digital copies of vintage images.
Adjust Restoration Settings
Fine-tune the restoration with guidance scale (how closely AI follows restoration goals), inference steps (quality vs speed), and optional aspect ratio adjustment. Default settings work great for most photos, or customize for specific needs.
Restore & Download
Click "Restore Photo" and let our AI analyze and repair your image. The AI automatically removes scratches, fixes damage, enhances details, and can add natural colors to black & white photos. Download your beautifully restored photo in high quality JPEG or PNG format.
✨AI Photo Restoration Features
Automatic Damage Removal
AI intelligently detects and removes scratches, tears, creases, water damage, and other physical imperfections from your old photos automatically.
Color Enhancement & Colorization
Add natural, realistic colors to black & white photos or enhance faded colors in vintage images while maintaining historical authenticity.
Detail Preservation
Advanced AI maintains original facial features, textures, and fine details while removing damage, ensuring your restored photo looks authentic.
Fast AI Processing
Restore photos in seconds with powerful AI models. Adjust inference steps for balance between speed (faster) and quality (better details).
Adjustable Restoration Strength
Control how aggressively the AI restores your photo with guidance scale. Higher values for heavily damaged photos, lower for subtle enhancements.
Privacy-First Processing
Your photos are processed securely and never stored. We respect the privacy of your family memories and personal photos.
Perfect for Every Photo Restoration Need
Family Heritage Photos
Restore old family portraits, wedding photos, and childhood memories. Bring grandparents' photos back to life for future generations.
Vintage Photography
Restore antique photographs, historical images, and vintage portraits. Perfect for collectors and historians preserving the past.
Wedding & Events
Fix damaged wedding photos, restore faded event pictures, and enhance special occasion memories from decades past.
School & Yearbook Photos
Restore old school pictures, class photos, and yearbook images. Relive educational milestones with enhanced clarity.
Historical Archives
Preserve historical documents, architectural photos, and cultural heritage images for museums, libraries, and archives.
Gift Creation
Create meaningful gifts by restoring family photos for prints, canvases, photo books, and digital displays.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does AI photo restoration work?
Our AI analyzes your old photo pixel-by-pixel, identifying damage patterns (scratches, tears, fading) and comparing them with millions of restored photos in its training data. It then intelligently fills in damaged areas, removes imperfections, enhances details, and can even add realistic colors to black & white images while preserving the original character and authentic appearance of your photograph.
Can the AI restore severely damaged photos?
Yes! Our AI can restore photos with significant damage including large scratches, tears, water damage, fading, and missing sections. For best results with heavily damaged photos, use higher guidance scale settings (7-15) and more inference steps (40-50). While the AI is very powerful, extremely damaged areas may be reconstructed based on surrounding context rather than being perfectly accurate to the original.
Will the AI add color to black and white photos?
Yes, our AI can automatically colorize black and white photos with realistic, natural-looking colors. The AI uses contextual information (skin tones, clothing, backgrounds, lighting) to apply appropriate colors. While colorization is intelligent, it's interpretive - the exact original colors can't be perfectly recreated. The results typically look very natural and authentic for photos from the 1940s-1970s era.
What's the difference between guidance scale and inference steps?
Guidance Scale (0-20) controls how closely the AI follows the restoration goal. Higher values (7-15) = more aggressive restoration for heavily damaged photos. Lower values (2-5) = subtle enhancement for lightly damaged images. Inference Steps (1-50) determines processing iterations. More steps (30-50) = better quality but slower. Fewer steps (10-20) = faster but may miss fine details. Default settings (3.5 scale, 30 steps) work well for most photos.
Is my photo data secure and private?
Absolutely. Your photos are processed securely and are NOT permanently stored on our servers. Images are temporarily uploaded for AI processing and automatically deleted after restoration is complete. We never use your personal photos for AI training or any other purpose. Your family memories remain completely private.
What file formats are supported for restoration?
You can upload photos in JPG/JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF, and AVIF formats. The restored photo can be downloaded in either JPEG (smaller file size, good for sharing) or PNG (higher quality, better for printing). For best restoration results, use the highest quality scan or photo of your original image - higher resolution inputs produce better outputs.
Can I restore multiple photos at once?
Currently, the tool processes one photo at a time to ensure best quality and fastest processing for each image. After restoring one photo, simply upload the next one. This allows you to customize restoration settings for each photo's specific needs (some may need more aggressive restoration than others).
What should I do if the restored photo doesn't look right?
Try adjusting the settings: (1) Too much change? Lower guidance scale to 2-3. (2) Not enough restoration? Increase guidance scale to 7-10 and inference steps to 40-50. (3) Strange colors? Adjust safety tolerance. (4) Faces look different? Use lower guidance scale (2-4) to preserve original features. You can restore the same photo multiple times with different settings until you get the perfect result.
How much does photo restoration cost?
Our AI Photo Restorer is completely FREE to use with unlimited restorations. There are no hidden fees, no watermarks on restored photos, and no subscription required. We believe everyone should have access to tools that help preserve precious family memories and historical photographs.
Can I use restored photos commercially or for printing?
Yes! You retain full rights to your restored photos and can use them for any purpose including printing (photo books, canvases, framed prints), commercial projects, social media, websites, or family sharing. We recommend downloading in PNG format at original resolution for the highest quality prints. For large format printing (16x20" or bigger), start with the highest resolution original scan possible.
Start Restoring Your Precious Photos Today
Bring your old family photos back to life with AI-powered restoration. Remove damage, enhance details, and preserve memories for generations to come.