# Professional Old Photo Restoration

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

```text
Using the provided reference image, perform a professional old-photo restoration and realistic colorization. Keep the original composition, the single standing person, pose, clothing shape, body proportions, and background layout unchanged. Remove all visible aging damage: mold-like white patches, peeling emulsion, scratches, stains, cracks, creases, faded contrast, and worn borders. Reconstruct missing image areas naturally without inventing new objects or changing the subject's identity. Convert the black-and-white damaged photo into a clean natural-color photograph from the {photo_era}: green outdoor foliage, a white long-sleeve shirt, dark trousers, natural skin tones, and soft daylight. Improve clarity, exposure, and texture while preserving the original documentary look; do not beautify, slim, reshape facial features, alter clothing, change the pose, add modern effects, or make it look like a newly staged portrait.
```

## Variables

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

| Variable | Label | Example |
|---|---|---|
| `{photo_era}` | photo era | 1970s |

## About

Restores and realistically colorizes a damaged vintage portrait while preserving the original person, pose, and composition.

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

## Credit and licence

Prompt by @library.avatars on Promptclay, https://promptclay.com/prompts/professional-old-photo-restoration-tz9a18
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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