Heirloom Photo Restore

Family archives and memorial posts often start from a scratched, stained, or faded print. Upload the original scan or a well-lit photo of the print, and this skill cleans dust, scratches, small tears, and fade with Meowgic's built-in image generation while keeping a period look. Large missing regions may be inferred conservatively and called out, so always check the before-and-after yourself.

What it covers

• A required original photo: a scan or a well-lit photograph of the print

• Optional locks for details that must stay as they are, such as a mole, handwritten date, badge, or shop sign

• Black-and-white keep, gentle colour recovery, or optional colourizing only when requested

• Repair of scratches, stains, edge decay, and fade without turning the picture into a modern glamour shot

• Period grain and paper texture kept rather than a glassy digital look

• A clear before-and-after comparison, with optional close-crops of faces and any text

• A short repair log naming what was fixed, what was left as period texture, and any area that was inferred

• An offer to try a more conservative pass, a cleaner print-like pass, or a careful colourized version that does not claim historical certainty

Try asking

• “Restore this 1880s family group studio portrait. Keep every person, outfit, pose, and prop. Repair stains and edge decay, stay black-and-white with period grain, and include a before-and-after.”

• “Clean this faded wedding print. Lock the handwritten date in the corner and show face close-ups so I can check likeness.”

• “Repair tears on this shop-front photo, keep the painted sign readable, and note any area you had to infer.”

What you get

The restored photo, a before-and-after comparison with optional face and text close-ups, a short repair log that flags inferred areas, and an offer for a more conservative, cleaner, or carefully colourized pass.