Old Photo Restoration

Yes — ask for colorization and the tool adds plausible, natural-looking colors for skin tones, clothing, and backgrounds. Since the original colors aren't known, the result is a tasteful estimate rather than historically exact.

The goal is to preserve everyone's natural appearance while fixing damage — not to alter faces. For heavily damaged areas covering part of a face, the model has to estimate what was likely there, so some difference from the original is possible in severely damaged spots.

It can attempt to reconstruct small missing areas (like a torn corner) based on the surrounding image, but large missing sections are estimated rather than recovered — the model can't know exactly what was in a piece that's completely gone.

Describing specific issues — 'crease across the middle,' 'faded left side,' 'torn top-right corner' — helps the model focus on those exact problems rather than guessing what needs fixing.

It aims for a natural look, but heavy restoration can sometimes soften fine texture like skin or fabric detail. If that happens, ask for a more subtle restoration or to preserve texture, and try again.

A good-quality scan or photo of the original works well — in fact, a higher-resolution scan usually gives a better restoration than a low-quality phone photo of the print.