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Fotor Photo Restoration
One-click repair for scanned old photos: scratches, fading, blur and optional colorization.
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Overview
Fotor's photo restoration repairs scanned old photos automatically. The AI fixes scratches, folds, tears and stains in one pass, along with fading, yellowing and soft focus. A colorization step can then turn black and white photos into color, and it also corrects tones on faded color prints. Batch mode restores up to 50 scans in one run, on a paid plan.
It runs in the browser and in Fotor's Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android apps. New accounts do not get free credits. Fotor's Standard mode needs a Pro+ subscription to preview and download, and its Advanced mode runs on credits. Credits are earned through tasks in Fotor's Rewards Center or bought with a plan.
Key features
✓One-click repair of scratches, tears & stains
✓Fixes fading, yellowing & soft focus
✓Colorizes black & white photos
✓Corrects tones on faded color prints
✓Batch restores up to 50 photos, on a paid plan
✓Uploads deleted within 24 hours, per Fotor
✓Vendor states encrypted processing, no training use
When to use
Fotor's restoration fits family archive rescue. Use it if:
- You scanned old prints with scratches, creases or stains and want them repaired without learning an editor.
- Your color photos from past decades have faded or yellowed and need their tones brought back.
- You want black and white family photos colorized after repair, in the same tool.
- You are digitizing an album and want up to 50 scans restored in one run. Batch mode needs a paid plan.
- You already use Fotor and want restoration inside the same account.
When NOT to use
Skip it if any of these describe you:
- You want restoration as a dedicated craft, with damage-specific control or processing that stays on your own machine. VanceAI Photo Restorer offers a Windows local mode.
- Historical fidelity matters. AI repairs and colors are plausible inventions, not recovered fact.
- Large regions of the photo are missing. One-click AI cannot reliably rebuild what is gone. Manual reconstruction in Adobe Photoshop is the alternative.
Frequently asked questions
No. New accounts do not get free credits. Fotor's Standard restoration mode needs a Pro+ subscription to preview and download the result. Its Advanced mode runs on credits, which you earn through tasks in Fotor's Rewards Center or buy with a plan. Fotor's paid plans are Pro, Pro+ and Max subscriptions.
Surface scratches, folds, tears and stains, plus faded or yellowed tones and general softness, all detected automatically in one pass. The more of the image that is missing entirely, the less reliable the repair.
Yes. Restore first, then colorize in the same workspace. The colors are the AI's plausible guess at the scene, not historical record.
Yes. Fotor states batch mode restores up to 50 photos at once. Batch editing is not included in the free Basic plan.
Fotor states that files are processed over encrypted connections and are not used to train public AI models. It also states uploaded images are deleted from its servers within 24 hours.
Flat, in even light, at the highest practical resolution, without glare. The AI can only repair what the scan captures, so the scan quality sets the limit.
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