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Old Photo Restoration

Prompts for restoring old photos, improving clarity, repairing scratches, and gentle colorization.

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Repair Scratches

Repair scratches and dust in an old family photo.

Damage reduced, original faces and era texture preserved.

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Restore scratches, dust, and damaged areas in this old photo while preserving faces, clothing, period texture, and original composition. Make repairs natural. Do not turn it into a modern portrait, no text or watermark.

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请修复这张老照片的划痕、灰尘和破损区域，保留人物五官、服装、年代质感和原始构图，只做自然修补，不要把照片变成现代写真，不要新增文字或水印。

Input: Old photo required

Best for: Family archive restoration

Avoid: Inventing new people or changing faces

Fix prompt: Preserve the original faces more strictly and only repair visible scratches and dust.

Source: Original doubao.photos prompt. Taxonomy informed by open prompt research and Doubao photo workflows.

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Gentle Colorization

Colorize a black-and-white photo without losing its vintage feel.

Soft believable colors, original contrast preserved.

colorizevintagefamily

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Gently colorize the black-and-white old photo with restrained believable skin, clothing, and background colors. Preserve original light, shadow, grain, and vintage texture. Avoid oversaturation, do not change faces, no text or watermark.

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请为黑白老照片进行自然上色，肤色、衣服和背景颜色要克制可信，保留原始光影、颗粒和年代质感，不要颜色过饱和，不要改变人物五官，不要文字或水印。

Input: Black-and-white photo required

Best for: Family photos, historical portraits

Avoid: Modernizing clothing or scene

Fix prompt: Reduce saturation and restore the original vintage contrast while keeping gentle color.

Source: Original doubao.photos prompt. Taxonomy informed by open prompt research and Doubao photo workflows.

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Improve Face Clarity

Make faces clearer in a blurry old photo.

Faces clearer, identity preserved, no AI over-sharpening.

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Improve facial clarity in the old photo while preserving original identity, expression, and age impression. Lightly enhance detail and contrast. Do not redraw a different face, avoid over-sharpening, no text or watermark.

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请提升老照片中人物面部清晰度，保留原始身份、表情和年龄感，轻微增强细节和对比，不要重画成另一张脸，不要过度锐化，不要新增文字或水印。

Input: Old photo required

Best for: Blurry portraits, family archive scans

Avoid: Face replacement or beautification

Fix prompt: Undo any face replacement and only improve clarity based on the original features.

Source: Original doubao.photos prompt. Taxonomy informed by open prompt research and Doubao photo workflows.

Old Photo Restoration

Restore Faded Photo

Recover contrast and color in a faded print.

Better contrast, natural tones, print texture retained.

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Restore this faded old photo by recovering natural contrast and color depth while preserving print texture, original composition, and identities. Do not turn it into a modern HD portrait, do not change clothing or background, no text or watermark.

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请修复这张褪色老照片，恢复自然对比度和色彩层次，保留纸质照片纹理、原始构图和人物身份，不要调成现代高清写真，不要改变服装或背景，不要文字或水印。

Input: Faded photo required

Best for: Scanned prints, old albums

Avoid: Modern remake look

Fix prompt: Keep more of the original paper texture and reduce the modern digital look.

Source: Original doubao.photos prompt. Taxonomy informed by open prompt research and Doubao photo workflows.

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Repair Torn Corner

Reconstruct a torn photo corner without changing the main subjects.

Missing corner reconstructed from surrounding texture.

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Repair the torn corner and damaged edges of the old photo by naturally reconstructing surrounding background texture. Preserve main subjects, poses, faces, and vintage feel. Do not invent important new people or objects, no text or watermark.

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请修补老照片缺角和边缘破损，根据周围背景纹理自然补全，保留主体人物、姿势、五官和照片年代感，不要凭空新增重要人物或物体，不要文字或水印。

Input: Damaged old photo required

Best for: Torn family prints, archive scans

Avoid: Inventing missing faces

Fix prompt: Only reconstruct the torn background area and avoid adding new recognizable details.

Source: Original doubao.photos prompt. Taxonomy informed by open prompt research and Doubao photo workflows.

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Restore Group Photo

Improve an old group photo while preserving every person.

Faces clearer, group composition unchanged, artifacts reduced.

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Restore this old group photo by reducing noise, scratches, and blur so each face is clearer. Preserve original positions, expressions, clothing, and background. Do not replace faces, add people, or remove people. No text or watermark.

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请修复这张老合影，减少噪点、划痕和模糊，让每个人的脸更清楚，但保留原始站位、表情、服装和背景，不要替换任何人的脸，不要新增或删除人物，不要文字或水印。

Input: Group photo required

Best for: Family groups, class photos, archive photos

Avoid: Changing people count or identities

Fix prompt: Restore the original number of people and undo any face replacement or pose change.

Source: Original doubao.photos prompt. Taxonomy informed by open prompt research and Doubao photo workflows.

Old Photo Restoration

Preserve Sepia Tone

Clean a sepia photo without removing its historical mood.

Cleaner sepia print, original warm tone preserved.

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Clean dust and minor scratches from this sepia old photo while preserving the original warm sepia tone, paper texture, and historical mood. Do not convert it to full color, do not over-sharpen people, no text or watermark.

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请清理这张棕褐色老照片的灰尘和轻微划痕，保留原始 sepia 暖棕色调、纸张纹理和年代氛围，不要改成全彩，不要过度锐化人物，不要文字或水印。

Input: Sepia photo required

Best for: Historical family photos, archive displays

Avoid: Unwanted colorization

Fix prompt: Restore the warm sepia tone and reduce over-sharpening.

Source: Original doubao.photos prompt. Taxonomy informed by open prompt research and Doubao photo workflows.

Old Photo Restoration

Repair Background Damage

Fix background stains while preserving the main people.

Background cleaner, main subjects untouched.

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Repair stains, creases, and damage in the old photo background without changing the main people. Keep faces, poses, clothing, and edges unchanged. Make background repairs natural, no added objects, text, or watermark.

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请修复老照片背景中的污渍、折痕和破损，主体人物不要改变，脸部、姿势、衣服和边缘保持原样，背景修补要自然，不要新增物体、文字或水印。

Input: Old photo required

Best for: Portrait restoration, scanned albums

Avoid: Changing subject outline

Fix prompt: Restore the original subject edges and only repair the damaged background.

Source: Original doubao.photos prompt. Taxonomy informed by open prompt research and Doubao photo workflows.

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