Can I reprint the restored group photo large?

After restoring, send group photos through the Image Upscaler. The output keeps the shape of the group photo upload and gains the pixels a wall print or an enlargement needs.

Will the people in my group photo still look like themselves?

The prompts instruct the restoration to keep every face, age and expression in a group photo as photographed. Where a face in group photos was tiny or badly blurred the result is a plausible reconstruction, so check it against other photos and family memory before printing.

Can I colorize group photos?

Yes. Run the Photo Colorizer after the repair. Colors on a group photo are inferred from the era and the materials, so if anyone remembers a dress or a car color, type it into the known-colors field.

Subjects

Restore old group photos

Q: Which tool should I start with for group photos?

Face Restoration is the usual first step for a group photo; it addresses small faces, a fold through the middle row and one person half lost to a tear. Chain a second tool in the Studio if the print needs more.

A group photo carries a whole family, club or congregation arranged in rows, and the copy in the shoebox is often the only one there is. Prints of group photos from the 1900s to 1990s typically show small faces, a fold through the middle row and one person half lost to a tear.

The AI-powered restoration works on a scan or a phone photo of the group photo and returns the repaired image in seconds, keeping every face, the row order and the banner as they were photographed. Nothing in group photos is redrawn for effect; the tools repair the damage and leave the rest alone.

For most group photos the order is damage first, faces second, upscale last, and each step in the Studio takes the previous result as its input. The first Standard group photo restoration is covered by the 4 free credits every new account starts with.

Open with these settings Face Restoration

Restore old group photos, the original print

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

Color casts on group photos from the 1900s to 1990s that hide the real skin tones
Every face, the row order and the banner, which must stay as photographed while the damage is repaired
One surviving group photo that every relative wants a clean copy of
Group photos scanned years ago at low resolution and never reprinted

Suggested order of passes

01
Run Face Restoration on the group photo
The first pass for group photos: it takes on small faces, a fold through the middle row and one person half lost to a tear while keeping every face, the row order and the banner as photographed.
Face Restoration
02
Repair what the first pass left on the group photo
Photo Restoration picks up the remaining marks on group photos without touching the tone or grain elsewhere.
Photo Restoration
03
Sharpen the faces of a whole family, club or congregation arranged in rows
Recovers eye and skin detail in group photos; keep it at natural strength unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration
04
Upscale the group photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a framed print or enlargement of group photos needs, with the shape of the upload unchanged.
Image Upscaler