Photo restoration

Restore a carte de visite portrait

A carte de visite is about the size of a playing card, and the face on it can be smaller than your thumbnail. Every flaw looks large. Scan it at a high setting, send the file, and the bot rebuilds a readable face from the small image.

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: Restore a small carte de visite card with a faded albumen portrait and a stained mount. Scan it large, send it to the Telegram bot, 7 images free to start.

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

The portrait is a fingernail-sized blur on a big card.
Yellow patches have spread from the edge of the mount.
The back stamp is faded and you cannot read the studio name.

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: 'carte de visite portrait, enlarge the face, clean yellowing and spots, sharpen eyes and collar, leave the card border as it is'.
3
In 1-2 minutes the restored image arrives for 2 credits. Check the face against the tiny original under a magnifier.

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

Make it in Telegram

Tiny faces

When a face fills only a small part of the image, the bot has fewer pixels to work with, and it begins to invent. Cropping the portrait from the card and sending that crop gives better likeness than sending the whole card. Run the full card too, for the border and the lettering. Then compare both. If features differ between the two, trust the crop for the face and the card version for the surroundings.

The back of the card

Studios printed their name, address and sometimes a coat of arms on the reverse. That detail can help you narrow down where and roughly when it was taken. Scan the back before you restore anything. Do not run it through the bot unless the print is damaged, since fresh lettering could change words. Keep both scans in one folder with the same file name plus 'front' and 'back'.

Tips

Scan at the top resolution your scanner allows.
Scan the back as a separate file and keep the studio stamp.
Crop the face and run it as a second image for more detail.
Skip filters on your phone camera if you have a scanner.

Questions and answers

Can I print it at wallet size again?

Yes. The restored file can be printed at the original card size.

Should I remove the card from the album?

Only if a conservator suggests it. A flat scan on the page is often enough.

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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