# Photo Restoration and Clarity Enhancement

- 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, bright, avatar
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- Published: 2026-11-01
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## Prompt

```text
Restore this {item}. Reduce and correct the overexposed areas, recover highlight and shadow details, sharpen the {subject} naturally, balance the colors and skin tones, enhance overall clarity, and restore fine details without making the image look artificial or overprocessed.
```

## Variables

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

| Variable | Label | Example |
|---|---|---|
| `{item}` | item | photo |
| `{subject}` | subject | faces |

## About

A precise prompt for restoring damaged or old photos, focusing on overexposure correction, detail recovery in shadows and highlights, and natural face sharpening.

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

## Credit and licence

Prompt by @library.avatars on Promptclay, https://promptclay.com/prompts/photo-restoration-and-clarity-enhancement-m8gq0e
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.

## In collections

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- [AI Photo Enhancement Prompts](/ai-photo-enhancement-prompts.md): Photo enhancement prompts: sharpen, relight, denoise, upscale and colour-correct existing pictures (https://promptclay.com/ai-photo-enhancement-prompts)
- [AI Portrait Prompts](/ai-portrait-prompts.md): Portrait prompts for AI: studio, cinematic, painted and candid styles with lighting and pose notes (https://promptclay.com/ai-portrait-prompts)
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