Prepare old school photos for a reunion slideshow
Reunions run on pictures. The slides on the wall have to be clear enough for people at the back of the room to recognize friends from forty years ago. Send the class photos, trip snapshots and team shots one by one and the bot readies them for the screen.
- 2 credits per image
- Result in 1–2 minutes
- No sign-up
In short: Restore class photos, trips and team shots for a reunion slideshow: fix faded colors, clear marks and sharpen faces. 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 class photo is faded and the faces are tiny.
- Snapshots from a school trip are blurry and yellow.
- Pictures from different people have different looks.
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 each picture or photograph it flat and send it as a file. In the caption write: 'restore for a reunion slideshow, fix color, clean marks and sharpen faces so friends can be recognized'.
- 3
In 1-2 minutes each restored image arrives for 2 credits. Check the faces in the back rows first.
Try it on your own photo: 7 images are free, no sign-up.
Make it in TelegramGroup photos on a big screen
On a projector, a class photo of thirty people turns into faces only a few pixels wide. Restoration helps, and a crop on a row or a corner often works better than the whole picture. Show the wide shot first, then zoom into sections. Ask classmates to point out who is who and make a list. The result is a game that gets the room talking.
Collecting and sorting
Ask each classmate for three or four pictures, and request the highest resolution they can find. Rename files by year and event. Restore the best and leave out duplicates. Check the show on the same projector before the day. A short slideshow of five minutes beats a long one. Keep the originals with their owners and share the restored files back to everybody.
Tips
- Collect pictures from classmates in a shared folder.
- Ask for names to be written on the back or in a list.
- Use a 16 by 9 crop only after the restoration, not before.
- Limit the show to the pictures people will enjoy.
Questions and answers
Can the bot add names to the picture?
No. Add captions in your slideshow software.
What about pictures with red eyes?
Mention it in the caption and the bot will fix the eyes as part of the restoration.
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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