Photo restoration

Clean tiny white dots scattered across an old print

Small white pits are scattered across the sky and the faces of many old prints, often a sign of bubbles or dust in the emulsion. Send a scan and the bot fills each pit with the tone around it and keeps real detail like freckles.

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: Clean the tiny white dots and pits scattered over an old print or negative scan by dust, bubbles or emulsion flaws. Telegram bot, 7 images free.

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

Dozens of tiny white dots cover the picture.
The dots stand out against dark clothing.
A manual retouch would take hours.

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 at the highest resolution. In the caption write: 'remove the small white dots, keep skin pores, freckles and fabric texture'.
3
In 1-2 minutes the cleaned image arrives for 2 credits. Zoom into dark areas such as hair and coats where the dots show most.

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

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Dots versus detail

Freckles, earrings, stars and sparkling water look much like pinholes at a small scale. The bot judges by shape, size and context, and it can mistake a real feature for a flaw. Name features that matter, such as freckles or buttons, in the caption, then compare the result with the scan in those areas. Dark backgrounds show the most dots and also clean up well.

Where they come from

Pinholes in negatives and prints can come from dust or bubbles at the time of development, or from small flakes of emulsion that came away later. They often cover the whole picture evenly, which makes manual spotting very slow. Cleaning the scanner glass before each session removes dust that adds to them. If a negative exists, rescan it, since a print of a flawed negative usually inherits all the dots.

Tips

Say whether the dots are white on a dark picture.
Name features that must stay, such as freckles.
Scan at a high resolution so dots are separated from detail.
Clean the glass before scanning.

Questions and answers

Is this different from dust removal?

Dust is usually irregular. Pinholes are small and round and follow a pattern.

Will fine grain stay?

It aims to keep grain and remove only the dots.

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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