A 3-pass workflow for restoring old photos with AI: repair, colorize, then sharpen

xiaohu · x · 2026-10-02

xiaohu shares a practical multi-pass workflow for AI old-photo restoration: pass one removes scratches and stains, pass two colorizes, pass three refines the result into a crisp modern photo look. Doing one goal per round makes failures easy to isolate — if the colorization disappoints, you can re-run just that step while keeping the already-completed damage repair.

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