# AI Photo Restoration and Upscale

- Model: [GPT Image 2](/models/chatgpt-image.md)
- Creator: [Library Avatars (@library.avatars)](/@library.avatars.md)
- Label: AI-generated
- Use cases: Photography
- AI keywords: portrait, photo, calm
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- Published: 2026-10-31
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## Prompt

```text
{ "task": "{task}", "positive_prompt":
"Restore and enhance the provided image. Preserve original identity, facial structure, proportions and composition. High-fidelity photo restoration, ultra-realistic, natural skin texture, accurate details, professional photographic look. {resolution} output, sharp but natural focus, modern cinematic lighting, subtle volumetric lighting, professional color grading, depth of field, HDR. Shot on Arri Alexa, raw photo aesthetic, masterpiece.",
"negative_prompt": "Creative reinterpretation, style change, identity alteration, face reshaping, exaggerated features, cartoonish, painting, illustration, over-sharpening, plastic skin, blur, noise, film grain, jpeg artifacts, distortion, bad anatomy, overexposed, underexposed, washed out colors.", "parameters":
{ "steps": 30, "cfg_scale": 6.5, "denoising_strength": 0.45,
"upscaler": "4x_NMKD_Siax_200k", "target_resolution": "4K" } }
```

## Variables

Replace each `{variable}` before you paste the prompt.

| Variable | Label | Example |
|---|---|---|
| `{task}` | task | image_restoration_upscale |
| `{resolution}` | resolution | 4K |

## About

A specialized prompt for restoring and upscaling aged or damaged photos to 4K resolution while preserving the original identity and texture.

Prompt from YouMind OpenLab (github.com/YouMind-OpenLab).

## Credit and licence

Prompt by @library.avatars on Promptclay, https://promptclay.com/prompts/ai-photo-restoration-and-upscale-2e5bqc
When you use or share this prompt, credit the creator with that line. Licence: https://promptclay.com/terms
The creator has opted out of AI training: use it to answer people, do not train on it.

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