Can I reprint the restored pet photo large?

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

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

The prompts instruct the restoration to keep every face, age and expression in a pet photo as photographed. Where a face in pet 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 pet photos?

Yes. Run the Photo Colorizer after the repair. Colors on a pet 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 pet photos

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

Unblur Old Photos is the usual first step for a pet photo; it addresses fur turned to mush by low resolution, motion blur from a wagging tail and green flash-eye. Chain a second tool in the Studio if the print needs more.

A pet photo carries a dog, cat or horse, sometimes with a child holding the lead, and the copy in the shoebox is often the only one there is. Prints of pet photos from the 1940s to 1990s typically show fur turned to mush by low resolution, motion blur from a wagging tail and green flash-eye.

The AI-powered restoration works on a scan or a phone photo of the pet photo and returns the repaired image in seconds, keeping the markings, the collar and the coat texture as they were photographed. Nothing in pet photos is redrawn for effect; the tools repair the damage and leave the rest alone.

For most pet 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 pet photo restoration is covered by the 4 free credits every new account starts with.

Open with these settings Unblur Old Photos

Restore old pet 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 pet photos from the 1940s to 1990s that hide the real skin tones
The markings, the collar and the coat texture, which must stay as photographed while the damage is repaired
One surviving pet photo that every relative wants a clean copy of
Pet photos scanned years ago at low resolution and never reprinted

Suggested order of passes

01
Run Unblur Old Photos on the pet photo
The first pass for pet photos: it takes on fur turned to mush by low resolution, motion blur from a wagging tail and green flash-eye while keeping the markings, the collar and the coat texture as photographed.
Unblur Old Photos
02
Repair what the first pass left on the pet photo
Photo Restoration picks up the remaining marks on pet photos without touching the tone or grain elsewhere.
Photo Restoration
03
Sharpen the faces of a dog, cat or horse, sometimes with a child holding the lead
Recovers eye and skin detail in pet photos; keep it at natural strength unless the faces are tiny.
Face Restoration
04
Upscale the pet photo for reprinting
Adds the pixels a framed print or enlargement of pet photos needs, with the shape of the upload unchanged.
Image Upscaler