Free, Open-Source AI Tool Repairs Old Photos Of Relatives Instantly

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Most photos today don’t succumb to the wrath of time. You could be looking at a picture from 20 years ago and it’d still have its full color, since it’s most likely stored digitally. Of course, those in your old family albums aren’t so lucky.

Generative Facial Prior (GFP-GAN) is just one of numerous photo restoration tools that have made their way online, but it does the job remarkably and—even better—it’s open-source and free for all to use.

Created by researchers at the Tencent Applied Research Center, the app is able to bring definition to old, low-resolution photos of loved ones, removing their flaws and sharpening them to appear closer to portraits of today. All it takes is a simple upload, and the results are almost instantaneous.

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