Old Photo Restoration
Repair a scanned family photo — scratches, fading, and creases — without the AI quietly inventing new faces or changing who is in the picture.
The prompt
Restore the attached old photo. Remove scratches, dust, creases, and fading, correct the colour cast, and recover contrast. Do not alter facial features, expressions, hairlines, clothing, or the number of people — no beautifying and nothing invented where detail is missing. If an area is too damaged to restore honestly, leave it and tell me where:
{{photo_notes}}Works in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and other assistants. Replace the highlighted placeholders with your own content.
How to use it
Attach the scan and add any notes at {{photo_notes}}. The prompt asks for scratch, fade and crease repair without inventing faces or details that are not there.
Tips for better results
- Scan at the highest resolution you can.
- Keep the original file. Compare the result to it.
- Where detail is lost, accept some softness rather than made-up features.
Save this prompt in Promta
Keep it in your library and paste it from the menu bar, a hotkey or your iPhone keyboard, without leaving the app you're in.
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