Photo restoration

Remove moire from a scanned photo

Moire shows up when a scanner's grid meets the fine dots or texture of a printed picture. It looks like waves or a woven fabric laid over the face. Scan once at a different setting, send the best file, and the bot flattens the ripple.

Make it in Telegram 7 images free, then from 129 Stars

2 credits per image
Result in 1–2 minutes
No sign-up

In short: Remove moire and rainbow ripple from a scan of a printed photo, magazine page or textured paper. Telegram bot, 7 images free for new users, no sign-up.

Where: the VisuMate bot in Telegram, no app or sign-up.
Cost: 2 credits per image, 7 images free, then packs from 129 Telegram Stars.
Time: 1 to 2 minutes per image, rerun with a new instruction at the same price.
Credits never expire, there is no subscription and no auto-renew. You pay once for a pack inside Telegram with Stars.

When you need this

Rainbow ripples cross the cheeks and shoulders.
A linen-textured print leaves a checkerboard on the scan.
A magazine photo shows a coarse dot pattern.

How to do it

1
Press the button to open @visumate_ai_bot in Telegram. No sign-up, and new users get 15 free credits, which is 7 images.
2
Send the scan as a file. In the caption write: 'remove moire and halftone dot pattern, keep faces smooth and detail in hair and clothing, no added sharpening halos'.
3
In 1-2 minutes the cleaned image arrives for 2 credits. View it at 100 percent, where moire is easiest to spot.

Try it on your own photo: 7 images are free, no sign-up.

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Why it appears

Printed photos from books and magazines are made of tiny dots. When a scanner samples a grid over a grid, the two patterns interfere and produce waves. A slight twist of the print usually moves the waves around, and one angle may be cleaner than others. Do three scans at different angles and choose the one with the least pattern. The bot works better on a milder starting point than on a heavy one.

Textured papers

Some family prints were made on linen or pebbled paper. The texture is pleasant in hand and awful on a scan. Gentle side light from a phone, with a flat dark cover around, can hide it better than a scanner can. Whatever source you use, look at the face and the hair first. If skin has turned plasticky, ask for 'keep natural skin texture' and run again.

Tips

Rotate the print a few degrees on the glass and rescan.
Try a lower scan resolution as an experiment.
Turn off your scanner's built-in sharpening.
Use the descreen option if your scanner has one.

Questions and answers

Is moire the same as noise?

No. Moire has a regular wave pattern. Noise is random grain.

Can it fix a photo of a screen?

Photos of screens show a similar pattern. Try the same caption.

What does it cost?

2 credits per image. New users get 15 free credits, so 7 images cost nothing. After that packs start at 129 Telegram Stars, about $2.6 and credits do not expire.

Does the bot work in English?

Yes. It picks up your Telegram language on first launch. You can switch it any time with /lang.

What the bot does not do

Does not print photos and does not retouch passport or ID photos.
Does not promise a fixed pixel size. Check the result at full size before printing.
Heavily damaged faces are reconstructed by AI and may not look like the person. Compare with another photo.
Does not make video or animate the photo.

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