Photo restoration

Restore a face in an old photo

Faces are the first thing people look at in an old picture, and the first thing that gets lost to fading and scratches. The restore mode repairs the damage around the face and keeps the person recognizable. If a face is badly gone, the AI has to rebuild it, and the result may not look like them.

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2 credits per image
Result in 1–2 minutes
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In short: Restore the face in an old photo: remove scratches and fading, bring back eyes and mouth. Honest about limits. 15 free credits, packs from 49 Stars.

Where: the VisuMate bot in Telegram, no app or sign-up.
Cost: 2 credits per image, 7 images free, then packs from 49 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 face in a family portrait is faded to a pale patch.
A crack or scratch runs across the cheek or the eyes.
You want a keepsake of a person you cannot photograph again.

How to do it

1
Press the button here, and when Telegram opens the bot, tap Start. The restore mode opens.
2
Send the scan or the phone picture as a file (document). In the caption write: "restore the face, remove scratches, keep the person recognizable".
3
In 1-2 minutes the result arrives. Look at the eyes, nose and mouth against any other photo of the person.

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

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What gets repaired

Light damage is handled well: scratches, creases, dust, stains and fading over a face. The mode removes them and keeps skin tone, expression and the way the person is posed. Black-and-white photos stay black-and-white in this mode. If you also want color, use the colorize mode after the repair, or the full mode that does both in one run for 2 credits.

When the face is mostly gone

Where the original has lost an eye, a mouth or a large part of the face, there is nothing to repair. The AI reconstructs those parts from what a face usually looks like. The picture will look natural and may not look like the person. This is a limit of the technology. Treat such a result as an artistic reconstruction and show it to someone who knew the person before you share or print it.

Checking the result

Open the result at full size and look at the features that carry likeness: the shape of the eyes, the line of the smile, the ears and the hairline. Compare with other photos if you have them. If something feels off, the original is still the truest record, and you can keep both files together in one folder, named so you never mix them up.

Tips

Crop to the person if the rest of the photo is fine, so the face gets more of the picture.
Scan at the highest setting you can. Details in the original help the AI stay close to the person.
If you have a second photo of the same person, keep it open to compare the shape of the eyes, smile and hairline.
Rerun once with a more specific caption if one feature looks wrong.

Questions and answers

Will the restored face look like the person?

For light damage, yes. For heavily damaged faces the AI reconstructs missing parts and the result may not look like them.

Does it retouch passport photos?

No. The bot does not retouch passport or ID photos.

Can I fix several faces in a group photo?

Yes, the whole picture is processed. Small faces are the riskiest, so check each one.

Is it free to try?

15 free credits on first launch cover 7 images. Then packs start from 49 Stars.

How long does it take?

Usually 1-2 minutes per image.

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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