AI Photo Restoration

Restore old, faded, and damaged photos in one click — repair scratches, recover lost detail, and bring colors back to life.

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What you can do

Repair scratches, tears, and creases

Cracks, missing corners, and folds are reconstructed to match the surrounding texture, so a damaged print reads as whole again. Restore a photo now.

Colorize black-and-white photos

Turn monochrome portraits and historical shots into natural color — skin tones, fabrics, and skies are inferred from context, not painted flat. Toggle colorize on before you restore.

Fix fading, stains, and water damage

Recover washed-out contrast and clear yellowing, foxing, and water marks from aged prints, bringing back the tones the original capture had.

Recover detail and sharpen resolution

Soft, low-resolution scans get genuine detail back. For pure resolution gains afterward, pair this with the AI image upscaler to reach print-ready size.

Restore faces without the plastic look

Eyes, skin texture, and hair are rebuilt with care so restored portraits stay believable — the person's identity is preserved, not smoothed into a waxy mask.

No install — runs in your browser

Upload a JPG or PNG of a scan or a phone photo of an old print; everything renders on cloud GPUs, so it works on Mac, Windows, Chromebook, or tablet.

Who it's for

Use cases

Revive family photo archives

Bring shoeboxes of faded prints into modern, shareable quality for reunions, albums, and gifts.

Genealogy and ancestry research

Restore and colorize ancestor portraits so family-tree records feel present instead of distant.

Memorials and tributes

Repair a damaged photo of a loved one for a clear, dignified keepsake or printed tribute.

Digitize scanned negatives and prints

Clean up dust, scratches, and color shifts introduced by old film and flatbed scans.

Community

Loved by creators worldwide

Join thousands of creators, agencies, and brands who use Sunra every day.

Rescued my grandparents' only wedding photo

The print was cracked down the middle and badly faded. One pass repaired the crease and brought the contrast back — my mom cried when she saw it. Printed it for her birthday.

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Diego Martín
Personal project

Colorized a 1950s family portrait

I toggled colorize on and the skin tones and clothing came out genuinely natural, not the usual flat tint. It made a 70-year-old photo feel like it was taken yesterday.

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Hannah Brooks
Family historian

Cleaned up decades of scanned prints in an afternoon

I'm digitizing my parents' albums. The scratch and stain removal saved me hours of manual healing in Photoshop, and faces stayed sharp instead of going waxy.

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Aiko Yamamoto
Archivist
FAQ

Questions & answers

Is the AI photo restoration free?
Yes — every Sunra account gets free daily credits, enough to restore several photos at no cost, with no credit card to sign up. For higher volume, paid plans add more credits.
How do I restore an old photo?
Upload a scan or phone photo of the print, run a one-click restore (or turn on colorize first), then download the result. You can restore a photo here.
How do I restore old photos that are badly damaged or torn?
Upload the photo and run the restore — the AI reconstructs tears, missing corners, and heavy fading from the surrounding detail. Severely damaged photos may take a second pass.
Can AI colorize black and white photos?
Yes. Toggle colorize before restoring and the AI infers natural color for skin, clothing, and backgrounds from context, so monochrome photos gain believable color rather than a flat wash.
What is the best AI photo restoration tool?
The best result depends on the photo — fading, scratches, and low resolution each need different handling. Sunra combines repair, colorize, and detail recovery in one step, and pairs with the image upscaler when you also need resolution.
Can I increase the resolution of a restored photo?
Yes — restore first to fix the damage, then upscale the result to 2× or 4× for sharp, print-ready output.

Ready to create?

Start with free daily credits. No credit card required.