№ 78 · RESTORATION

Carefully colorize a black-and-white landscape or scene

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№ The prompt

Colorize this black-and-white scene with restrained, period-plausible color. Keep the tonal contrast and grain of the original intact, and choose muted, era-appropriate hues for landscape, sky, buildings, and foliage rather than vivid modern tones. Where the correct color of something is genuinely uncertain, leave it neutral rather than guessing boldly. The colors are an interpretation, not recovered fact — the result should look like a color photo from the era, not a saturated modern edit.

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№ How to use it

  • Input

    A black-and-white scene or landscape scan, as sharp as you can get it.

  • Preserve

    Contrast and grain; colors stay restrained and period-plausible.

  • Avoid

    Over-saturation, anachronistic hues, flattening the contrast, or guessing boldly on uncertain colors.

№ 03

Repair scratches and creases, recover faded detail, add period-accurate color while keeping the original grain.

Restore and colorize a damaged old family photo

RESTORATION

Repair scratches and creases, recover faded detail, add period-accurate color while keeping the original grain.

№ 07

Recover edge detail from a blurred capture, sharpen the face that is already there, suppress noise without plastic skin.

Sharpen and deblur a motion-blurred snapshot

RESTORATIONAI

Recover edge detail from a blurred capture, sharpen the face that is already there, suppress noise without plastic skin.

№ 12

Neutralize the aged yellow cast, rebalance contrast, recover shadow detail, keep the photo's original character.

Remove yellow tint and fading from a scanned print

RESTORATION

Neutralize the aged yellow cast, rebalance contrast, recover shadow detail, keep the photo's original character.