How to Enhance Old Photos? (Manually and Automatically)

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Apr 17, 2023

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Back in the day, there were no good cameras or mobiles that provide high-resolution, sharp, colorful, and clear images like now.

However, over time, these photos may become faded, yellow, or damaged. But don't worry we got some piece of good news for you.

Fortunately, there are some ways to enhance old photos and bring them back to life.

In this guide, we’ll show you how you can enhance and restore your old photos manually and automatically

This can be done by anyone so keep reading.

Enhance old photos using AI

There was a time when people need to have design skills and years of experience to make any blurry images clearer and sharpen like never before.

But as going through, technology became advanced and our working process turned from manual to automotive.

Considering this problem Pics Enhancer has created the ultimate solution for everyone with the help of artificial intelligence (AI).

With our powerful AI photo enhancer tool, you can enhance and unblur your images instantly, enhance colors, reduce blurriness and haze, and most importantly, increase the sharpness that you want to get with just a few easy steps.

Here are the steps that you can follow to enhance your old photos easily in a minute

Step 1:- Simply, open your preferred web browser on your mobile phone or desktop and just open up Pics Enhancer to enhance the quality of your photos.

Step 2:- Now click on the try now button and once you get redirected to the next page, simply hit the upload button and choose the old faded images that you want to enhance and upscale.

Step 3:- Your work is done, now let the AI work on your image and make it the outstanding that you ever want to get.

Step 4:- The wait is over! You can download your sharpen and clear photo on your device and live your old moments again watching your old photo.

In the below image, you will be able to see a clear result between the before and after images.

No design skill and experience are required, not time-consuming, and not any professional retouching is needed.

There are many tools out there that can enhance your photos but some are not as effective as they’re claiming and some are not free at all.

Advantages

Easy-to-use
Advanced AI image quality enhancer and sharpener
Unblur image in a click of an eye
Free to use
No installation required
No limitation

Disadvantages

Requires internet connection
The user can’t control the settings of the quality
Sometimes not workable to enhance product images
As you can see, unblurring an image is quite fast and easy with the right tools. All of the ways described are great,
Let’s move to the second technique

Make your old pictures sharper using Photoshop

Photoshop is the father of all photo editing tools. Photoshop contains many micro-tools to make your image from good to mind-blowing. It can help you remove unwanted blurriness and enhance various aspects of visual composition.

Let’s break down each step that you can use.

Step 1: Scan the photo that needs to get enhanced

Scan your photos library and find out which photo needs enhancement work.

Step 2: Duplicate the Layer

Open the image in Photoshop and duplicate the layer by right-clicking on the layer and selecting “Duplicate Layer.” This will create a backup copy of the original image in case anything goes wrong during the editing process.

Step 3: Adjust the Levels of photos

Go to Image > Adjustments > Levels or use the shortcut “Ctrl + L” to open the Levels panel. Adjust the levels by moving the black and white sliders to increase the contrast and brighten the image. This will help to bring out the details and make the photo look sharper.

Step 4: Remove Scratches and Dust

Use the Clone Stamp or Healing Brush tool to remove any scratches, dust, or blemishes on the photo. Zoom in to get a closer look at the areas that need editing and be careful not to overdo it.

Step 5: Fix Faded Colors

Old photos tend to fade over time, so use the Hue/Saturation tool to fix the colors. Go to Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation or use the shortcut “Ctrl + U” to open the panel. Increase the saturation to bring back the colors and adjust the hue to make the colors look more natural.

Step 6: Sharpen the Image

Use the Unsharp Mask filter to sharpen the image. Go to Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask or use the shortcut “Ctrl + Shift + Alt + U” to open the panel. Adjust the settings to sharpen the image without making it look too artificial.

Step 7: Crop and Resize

Use the Crop tool to crop the image if necessary and resize it to the desired dimensions. Go to Image > Image Size or use the shortcut “Alt + Ctrl + I” to open the panel. Make sure to choose a high resolution to maintain the quality of the image.

Step 8: Save the Image

Save the edited image by going to File > Save or use the shortcut “Ctrl + S”. Choose a high-quality file format such as JPEG or TIFF to preserve the details and colors of the image.

Using Photoshop for image editing is not as easy as you think. It needs skill, experience, and time to reduce blurriness from your old pictures.

Conclusion

Now you know how you can enhance your old blurry images online and using the software.

We have presented you with two methods to improve old photos - one involves using Photoshop, while the other utilizes AI technology.

In conclusion, we recommend that you should use an AI tool for old photo restoration as it doesn’t lose any details from the images and help to deal with severe blur.

We can’t fix the mistake we made in the past as we can’t go back to the past again but we can improve the mistakes that we made while taking pictures in the past.