Will the repaired yellowed photo look retouched?

The prompts ask for a real photographic print of its era, with grain and natural tonality, so the yellowing repair should read as the same photograph in better condition. Heavily rebuilt areas of a yellowed print are inferred, so look them over before printing.

Which tool do I use for yellowing?

Faded Photo Fixer first. If the yellowed print also has fading, blur or small faces, chain Faded Photo Fixer, Unblur Old Photos or Face Restoration in the Studio on the result.

How much does fixing a yellowed photo cost?

A new account has 4 free credits, enough for one Standard run on a yellowed print. Pro and Max use more credits and recover more texture under the yellowing; the pricing page has the current numbers.

Can I colorize a photo after repairing the yellowing?

Yes, and the order matters: repair the yellowed print first, then colorize the clean result so the inferred colors are not confused by whites turned cream or brown and a warm cast lying over the whole image.

Damage

Fix yellowed photos

Yellowing is one of the most common reasons a print reaches this site, and the cause is usually acidic paper and album pages, cigarette smoke and the slow chemistry of fixer left in the print. Look closely at a yellowed print and you will see whites turned cream or brown and a warm cast lying over the whole image.

The AI-powered repair for yellowed photographs treats whites turned cream or brown and a warm cast lying over the whole image as something to remove, not something to paint over. Faces the yellowing destroyed come back as plausible reconstructions, so compare them with other photographs of the same people.

Below are the subjects people most often bring in yellowed: each page describes what yellowing does to that kind of print and the order of tools to run. The 4 free credits on a new account cover one Standard pass at yellowing.

Open with these settings Faded Photo Fixer

OriginalRestored

Original on the left, restored on the right; hover to see more of the repair. Made in the Studio from a scan of the print.

What matters for these photos

Whites turned cream or brown and a warm cast lying over the whole image
Yellowing caused by acidic paper and album pages, cigarette smoke and the slow chemistry of fixer left in the print
Faces and clothing under the yellowing that need rebuilding from what survives
Yellowed prints that are the only copy in the family

Suggested order of passes

01
Remove the yellowing
Faded Photo Fixer is written for whites turned cream or brown and a warm cast lying over the whole image and rebuilds the area beneath from the surrounding image.
Faded Photo Fixer
02
Run a full restoration on the yellowed print
Picks up the fading, scratches and softness that usually travel with yellowing.
Photo Restoration
03
Restore the faces
Recovers eye and skin detail where the yellowing had softened it; use strong only for tiny faces.
Face Restoration
04
Upscale for reprinting
Adds the pixels a reprint of the yellowed photo needs, with the shape of the upload unchanged.
Image Upscaler