Restore Old Photos Free: Photo Restoration for Scratches & Faces

Old Photo Restoration Software Made Simple

AI models change quickly, and none is flawless on its own. SoftOrbits Photo Retoucher bundles the repair stack, presets, and guardrails so you don't have to adjust every slider. Installation is simple, requirements are modest, and most current AMD, NVIDIA, and Intel GPUs (including integrated graphics) are supported (expect slower renders on chip graphics). We tested the photo restoration app flow on 12 MP photos without crashes.

Over time, old photos can fade, accumulate scratches, and suffer all kinds of damage. SoftOrbits photo restoration program employs innovative artificial intelligence to restore your old photos, utilizing a neural network technology to automatically remove imperfections, clear noise and blurriness, and even add color to black-and-white photos.

Photo Retoucher is a Windows desktop program. Prefer to skip installation? The upload button at the top of this page sends your photo to SoftOrbits AI, our web app. Use it to fix old photos: its Old Photo Restoration tool repairs scratches and faces and can colorize a black-and-white shot.

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Quick Steps to Restore Old Photos in Photo Retoucher

Use SoftOrbits Photo Retoucher to restore your old photographs.

1. Upload Your Photo

Simply drag and drop your scanned photo onto the main window. If you have more than one, drop all of them or the whole folder.

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2. Hit the Right Button

After each upload you choose what happens first. Use AI to hunt scratches, calm blur, denoise fabric, upscale detail up to 8x, or colorize monochrome frames, all inside the same photo restoration software workspace.

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3. Add Manual Enhancements

Use dedicated brushes and cleanup layers alongside automated AI repairs to adjust skin tone, remove stray objects, or paint corrections where you need them.

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4. Save and Share

Export the finished file or share it instantly with friends and family.

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Features That Repair Old Photos

Scratch Removal That Leaves Photo Quality Unchanged

The engine finds scratches, dust and print damage and fills only those pixels. The rest of the original photo stays as scanned, preserving film grain and keeping portraits free of an artificial plastic sheen.

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Photo Restoration for Blurry Faces

We trained an AI model to automatically restore and enhance faces on blurry, scratched, or low-resolution photos.

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AI Powered Noise and Blur Reduction

Reduces film grain and digital noise while correcting blurriness. The specially trained AI model produces natural looks.

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AI Powered Black-and-White Colorization

Adds color to old monochrome images with a specially trained AI model.

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AI Powered Black-and-White Colorization.

AI Photo Upscale

Enlarge a small print scan up to 8x before printing. Your wallet-size snapshot still looks sharp in a bigger frame.

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AI Object Removal

Remove unwanted objects from your photos using the editing tools. Generative AI restores the background.

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Manual Tools to Restore Old Photos

AI missed a crease across an eye or a date stamp in the corner? Fix it by hand with the Clone Stamp and Object Remover tools.

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Photo Retoucher

Price

from $ 19.99 / month

Version

14.2

File Size

66.8 Mb

Last updated on

21/09/26

System Requirements

Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7 (32/64 bit)
Intel i3, AMD Ryzen 5 or above
4 GB of RAM or above
NVIDIA® GeForce® series 8 and 8M, Intel® HD Graphics 2000, Quadro FX 4800, Quadro FX 5600, AMD Radeon™ R600, Mobility Radeon™ HD 4330, Mobility FirePro™ series, Radeon™ R5 M230 or higher graphics card with up-to-date drivers
1280 × 768 screen resolution, 32-bit color
1 GB of free hard disk space or above

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you offer old photo restoration software for MAC?

SoftOrbits Photo Retoucher is a Windows program. On a Mac, use the online tool at the top of this page to upload photos from any browser. SoftOrbits AI repairs scratches and faces and can colorize black-and-white shots.

I am looking for a program to restore old photos damaged by water? Can you help?

SoftOrbits Photo Retoucher repairs most types of damage, from scratches and dust to water stains and fading. Very severe damage or missing areas may still need a few manual touch-ups, which the built-in brush tools let you do by hand.

Can I scan and restore old photos using your software?

While SoftOrbits Photo Retoucher doesn't directly control your scanner, you can easily scan them and then use SoftOrbits Photo Retoucher.

Can you restore old photos for free?

Try Photo Retoucher free before you buy. The trial runs the full restoration so you can see the result; saving needs a license. Many free web services limit image counts or add a watermark.

Does AI photo restoration work offline without an internet connection?

Yes. The desktop program restores photos on your computer, so no connection is needed and your photos stay on your disk. The online tool at the top of this page works through SoftOrbits AI and needs a connection.

Is it safer to restore private family photos on the desktop than online?

For personal archives, yes. Free online tools upload your images to their servers, while Photo Retoucher keeps every photo on your own machine, so sensitive family pictures never leave your computer.

Can I colorize black-and-white photos?

Yes. Photo Retoucher includes automatic colorization that adds realistic, natural color tones to a grayscale image, with manual controls to fine-tune specific areas when you need more precision.

Can I restore many old photos at once?

Yes. Batch processing applies the same photo restoration to a whole scanned album in one run. That's the main reason to install the desktop program over one-at-a-time online tools.

What is the best software to restore old photos on a Windows PC?

A dedicated tool gets there faster than a general editor like Photoshop. Photo Retoucher is built for old photo restoration. It cleans up scratches and noise and restores faces. It can also colorize black-and-white shots and upscale them, all on Windows.

Can old photos really be restored, or is the damage permanent?

Most vintage photos can. A sharp, high-resolution scan gives the program the most detail to bring the photo back to life. Faded colors and scratches on a damaged photo clean up well; large torn or missing areas are the hardest and need manual retouching.

How do I fix old photos with scratches and dust?

Scan or photograph your print and open it in Photo Retoucher. Automatic scratch and dust removal fills damaged spots from surrounding pixels. Paint out stubborn marks with the manual healing brush, or apply the same fix to a whole album with batch mode.

How much does it cost to restore old photos?

The online tool at the top of this page uses credits: you pay per photo. Buy a Photo Retoucher for Windows license and restore as many scans as you like.

What does the online tool at the top of this page do?

It passes the photo to SoftOrbits AI, our web app, and opens the Old Photo Restoration tool. Use One Click Recovery for a damaged photo in a single step, or run separate steps such as Remove Scratches or Colorize. It works on credits.