Recover the headframe and the miners in a soot-dark town photo
Mining towns were photographed through smoke and dust, and the prints turned dark and muddy with coal particles in the air. Send a scan and the bot clears the murk and separates workers from the shacks behind them.
- 2 credits per image
- Result in 1–2 minutes
- No sign-up
In short: Recover the headframe, the timber shacks and the workers in a soot-dark photograph of a mining town. Send it to the Telegram bot, 7 free images to try.
- 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
- Smoke dulls the whole picture.
- Miners in dark clothes blend with the rock.
- Wooden shacks lose their lines.
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
Scan the photo at 600 dpi and send it as a file. In the caption write: 'restore a mining town, keep the headframe and the line of shacks, lighten the miners in dark coats'.
- 3
In 1-2 minutes the cleaned image arrives for 2 credits. Look at the lamps on the miners' caps and the rails in the foreground.
Try it on your own photo: 7 images are free, no sign-up.
Make it in TelegramDark clothes on dark ground
Miners wore thick canvas or wool in shades that sit close to the ground, so the bot separates figures through edge detail rather than brightness. It lifts only the shadows, otherwise the sky would burn out and the snow or dust on the ground would glare. Cap lamps, picks and lunch pails become visible again and tell their own story about the work.
The landscape around the shaft
A headframe, a spoil heap and a row of company houses are typical of the scene. The bot rebuilds their straight lines, which also helps date the photo, and the shape of a headframe differs between mines and decades. A town history society may identify the mine from the tower's shape, so share the cleaned image with a local group, with the permission of everyone who might be shown.
Tips
- Name the mineral, coal, copper or gold.
- Ask for a lighter midtone to show clothing.
- Describe the machinery if you recognize it.
- Check the number of workers in the group.
Questions and answers
Does the smoke look natural after the pass?
A little haze stays, because it belongs to the scene.
Can it colorize coal dust?
It colorizes on request, and dust takes a gray-brown tone.
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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