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Photo restoration
Keep the photograph. Recover the detail.

Explore restoration for faded family photographs and damaged prints. Compare a curated original and restored example, with colorization and creative tools close at hand.

Photo restoration: curated visual direction
Fokato lookbook · Curated studio demonstration

See the possibilities.

Compare the original scan and curated restoration below.

Before / Original scan
Before / Original scan
After / Restoration demo
After / Restoration demo

Restore · Colorize · Rediscover

A little closer to the memory.

Curated demonstrations from the project archive. Restoration and colorization are preview tools.

Historical portrait colorization: After / Color study
Historical portrait colorization: Before / Monochrome
Before / MonochromeAfter / Color study
A color interpretation of the same portrait
Project archive illustration of a restored family photograph in color
Family archive / Restoration & color direction
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Explore repaired damage and clearer detail

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Compare an original scan with a restoration example

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Continue into colorization or creative portraits

How it works

Keep the photograph. Recover the detail.

  1. 01Start with a scan or evenly lit photograph
  2. 02Open the restoration preview
  3. 03Compare the original and curated result

Before you begin

Will the preview restore my upload?

The restoration Studio currently displays curated examples, rather than processing your photo. Your selected photo remains local in this preview.

Can I add color to a black-and-white image?

Explore the separate Colorize tool for a curated example of this direction. Colors are interpretations, not historical evidence.

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your next image.

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