Clean highlighter strokes from a photo
Highlighters were made for text, and they ended up on printed photos, newspaper clippings and family trees. The stroke leaves a bright band over the picture. Send a photo of the page and the bot lifts the color and rebuilds the area beneath.
- 2 credits per image
- Result in 1–2 minutes
- No sign-up
In short: Remove yellow, pink or green highlighter strokes that landed on a photo or a printed page. Keep the faces and the writing natural. 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
- A neon yellow stroke runs across a face.
- A printed page with a photo has pink bands over the caption.
- Standard erasing tools lighten the image along with the color.
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
Photograph the page in daylight, straight on, and send it as a file. In the caption write: 'remove the yellow highlighter bands, keep the faces and the printed text readable'.
- 3
In 1-2 minutes the cleaned image arrives for 2 credits. Check any text that sat under the stroke.
Try it on your own photo: 7 images are free, no sign-up.
Make it in TelegramWhat can be recovered
A light highlighter band lets the picture show through, so the bot mostly needs to remove the color and restore contrast. Darker markers hide more and the area under them is a guess. Printed text under a stroke is usually readable after cleaning. Handwritten notes in the margin are left alone unless you ask for them to go. Check names and dates twice, as they matter more than the neat look.
Records, clippings and old projects
People often highlight family trees, obituary clippings and class lists. Cleaning the scan gives you a copy for sharing or printing that looks tidy, while the marked original keeps the history of who studied it. Name the files so you know which one is which. If the clipping is brittle, scan it once in good light and handle it no more after that.
Tips
- Say which color the highlighter is.
- Photograph the page flat without curl.
- Send single photographs in separate messages for the best detail.
- Keep the marked page if the notes themselves matter.
Questions and answers
Will the printed text stay the same?
The bot keeps the text and cleans around it. Always check names and dates against the source.
Does this work on a magazine page?
Yes. Send a flat photo of the page and name what to keep.
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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