Photo restoration guides

Everything PicFix can do to an old photo, one guide at a time. Each one shows the result and lets you try it in your browser.

Repair, sharpen, fix fading, and colorize, all in your browser with no download. The fastest way to try PicFix on a real photo.

Add natural, lifelike color to monochrome and faded pictures with one tap, while keeping your original intact.

Remove scratches, creases, tears, and spots from damaged prints, then sharpen and correct faded lighting in the same step.

Sharpen soft, out-of-focus, and age-softened photos to bring back detail in faces and edges, with honest expectations about what AI can recover.

The 48-hour salvage protocol for wet prints, then one-tap cleanup of tide marks, staining, silt, and mold spots from the capture.

Why prints from the 60s to the 90s drift orange, how to slow the fading, and the one-tap recovery of color, contrast, and detail.

Why tape is the one repair to avoid, how to capture loose fragments, and the one-tap close of tears, creases, and folds.

What apps, human retouchers, and conservators charge, the per-photo arithmetic, and how to pick the right one for your photo.

The magnet test, capturing the dark plate past its sheen, and one-tap recovery of contrast and detail from the only copy that exists.

Service portraits repaired in one tap, with an honest check on insignia and uniform detail near damage before you share.

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