№ 71 · RESTORATION

Clean a vintage portrait but keep the film grain

№ 71

№ The prompt

Clean this vintage portrait: remove dust spots, fine scratches, and surface fading. Keep a subtle film grain and the period colour palette so the result still reads as an old photograph rather than a modern render. Do not smooth faces into a plastic finish or invent detail that is not in the scan. The goal is a careful restoration that still feels like a photo of its era.

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№ How to use it

  • Input

    A dusty, scratched, or faded vintage print scanned at full resolution.

  • Preserve

    Faces, the era palette, subtle film grain, and the real composition.

  • Avoid

    Smoothing grain away, plastic skin, modernising the palette, or inventing missing detail.

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