Free AI Photo Restoration
Bring old, blurry, scratched, or low-resolution photos back to life. AI sharpens detail, repairs damage, and enlarges your images to high resolution — free, online, no software to install.
Available Restoration Tools
Combine upscaling and AI editing to repair and enhance your photos.
Image Upscaler
Upscale images to higher resolution and quality.
Qwen Image Edit
Edit images using a prompt. Extends Qwen-Image's unique text rendering capabilities to image editing tasks, enabling precise text editing.
Nano Banana 2 Edit (Gemini 3.1 Flash)
Google Nano Banana 2 Edit (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) enables advanced image editing with up to 14 reference images. Supports 1K–4K output, natural language instructions, text translation within images, and subject consistency.
Flux 2 Klein 9B Edit
High-quality 9B-parameter image editing model. Edit images using natural language prompts with up to 4 reference images for context-aware editing, style transfer, and element combination.
Why Restore Photos with ComfyUI Web
Repair & Restore
Fix scratches, tears, fading, and damage in old photographs. Describe what to repair and the AI reconstructs the missing or degraded areas naturally.
Sharpen & Enhance
Recover detail lost to blur, compression, or low resolution. Faces, textures, and fine features come back sharp and clear.
Upscale to High-Res
Enlarge small or low-resolution scans up to 4K — ideal for printing, framing, and digital archiving.
100% Cloud-Based
No software to download, no manual editing skills. Upload your photo and let the AI do the work. Works on any device.
Fast Results
Most photos are restored and enhanced in seconds on our cloud GPUs.
Free to Try
Start restoring photos with no credit card. Free accounts include refreshing credits. Paid plans available for higher volume.
How to Restore a Photo with AI
Repair and enhance any photo in three steps.
Upload Your Photo
Select the old, blurry, or low-resolution photo you want to restore. Scans of printed photos work well. JPG, PNG, and WebP supported.
Choose Restore or Upscale
Use the upscaler to sharpen and enlarge, or the AI editor to repair specific damage like scratches and tears, or to colorize a black-and-white photo.
Download the Result
Review the restored, high-resolution image and download it for printing, framing, sharing, or archiving.
What AI Restoration Improves
The kinds of damage and quality issues AI restoration handles.
| Issue | What AI Does | Speed | Quality | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Low ResolutionCore | Upscales and reconstructs detail | Up to 4K output | ||
Blur & Softness | Sharpens faces and textures | Best on mild-to-moderate blur | ||
Scratches & Damage | Repairs via AI editing | Describe the area to fix | ||
Black & White | Colorizes via prompt | Optional, edit model |
When to Use AI Photo Restoration
Common reasons to restore and enhance photos.
Family & Heirloom Photos
Revive old family photographs — sharpen faded faces, repair damage, and enlarge small prints for framing and sharing.
Scanned Prints
Clean up and enhance scans of printed photos that lost quality in digitization.
Old Digital Photos
Improve low-resolution images from early phones and cameras so they look good on modern high-resolution screens.
Archival & Genealogy
Restore historical and ancestry photos for family trees, memorials, and documentation projects.
Damaged Photos
Repair scratches, creases, and tears in photographs that have aged or been mishandled.
Reprint & Framing
Enlarge and sharpen photos to print-ready resolution for posters, canvases, and framed prints.
How AI Photo Restoration Works
AI photo restoration combines two technologies: super-resolution (intelligent upscaling that reconstructs detail) and image editing (repairing specific damage). Together they can turn a small, faded, or scratched photo into a sharp, high-resolution version that looks decades younger.
The upscaler analyzes your photo and predicts the fine detail that low resolution or compression stripped away — sharpening faces, textures, and edges rather than just enlarging blurry pixels. For damage like scratches, tears, or stains, an instruction-based edit model reconstructs the affected areas based on the surrounding content.
Because these tools are AI-driven, you don't need Photoshop skills or hours of manual retouching. Upload the photo, run the upscaler to sharpen and enlarge, and use the editor to fix specific problems or to colorize a black-and-white image.
Tips for the Best Restoration
Start with the highest-quality scan or copy you have. A clean, well-lit scan of a printed photo gives the AI more to work with than a phone snapshot of the print taken at an angle.
Work in steps. For a damaged, low-resolution photo, first repair major damage with the editor, then run the result through the upscaler to sharpen and enlarge. This staged approach produces cleaner results than trying to fix everything at once.
Manage expectations on severe damage. AI restoration excels at fading, mild blur, low resolution, and minor scratches. Photos that are almost entirely destroyed or missing large areas can be partially reconstructed, but the AI is inferring lost content rather than recovering the original.
AI Photo Restoration FAQ
- What is AI photo restoration?
- AI photo restoration uses artificial intelligence to repair and enhance old, damaged, blurry, or low-resolution photos. It sharpens detail, fixes damage like scratches and fading, and can enlarge images to high resolution — without manual editing skills.
- Is it free?
- Yes. ComfyUI Web offers a free tier with refreshing credits and no credit card. Each operation uses a set number of credits. Paid plans provide more for higher volume.
- Can it fix scratches and damage?
- Yes. Use the AI editor to describe and repair specific damage — scratches, creases, tears, and stains — and the AI reconstructs the affected areas based on the surrounding image.
- Can it colorize black-and-white photos?
- Yes. Our AI edit models can colorize black-and-white photos when you ask them to. Results are an AI interpretation of plausible colors rather than the historically exact ones.
- Will it sharpen a blurry photo?
- It significantly improves mild-to-moderate blur and low resolution by reconstructing detail. Extremely out-of-focus images can be improved but not perfectly restored.
- What photos work best?
- Clean, well-lit scans or copies give the best results. Higher-quality input means more for the AI to work with. JPG, PNG, and WebP are supported.
- How is this different from just upscaling?
- Upscaling sharpens and enlarges. Restoration also repairs damage (scratches, tears, fading) and can colorize. For simple enlargement, use the AI Image Upscaler; for damaged or old photos, restoration combines upscaling with AI editing.