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Restore old photos with AI precision.

Upload a faded, cracked, or damaged photo and bring it back to life with Firefly. Repair color, detail, and clarity in seconds.

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Anyone can restore old photos online.

Repair and revive old, damaged, or low-quality photographs without any manual retouching skills. Use Adobe Firefly AI photo restoration tools to recover a cracked family portrait, restore faded color to a vintage print, or repair physical damage with Generative Fill. Firefly reads the full context of your image to reconstruct missing detail.

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Repair cracks, tears, and physical damage.

Upload a damaged photo and use Generative Fill to paint over cracks, tears, water stains, or missing areas. Firefly analyzes surrounding content, texture, and tone, and uses that information to automatically repair flaws. You can use it on black-and-white portraits, sepia prints, and color photographs alike.

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Revive faded color and restore tonal depth.

Decades of fading rob photos of their original vibrancy. Firefly AI restoration tools recover color depth and tonal balance, returning warm skin tones, rich backgrounds, and natural contrast to prints that have gone flat or desaturated over time. The result feels true to the original moment, not artificially enhanced.

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Sharpen detail with realistic results.

Old photos often lose sharpness through scanning, compression, or age. Firefly enhances resolution and recovers fine detail, including facial features, fabric texture, and background elements, using AI that understands image context. Add clean, natural clarity that holds up at larger print sizes without looking artificial.

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Send restored photos to Photoshop on the web or Adobe Express.

Once you've restored it, take your photos seamlessly into Photoshop on the web or Adobe Express. Adjust color grading, remove remaining blemishes, or quickly add your image to a template for social and beyond, all within the Adobe Creative Cloud ecosystem. Non-destructive editing means your original is always preserved.

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How to restore old photos with Adobe Firefly.

Step 1

Log in to Adobe Firefly.

Log in to Adobe Firefly with your Adobe ID, or create a free account. Open the Firefly image editor by clicking the Edit an Image button.

Step 2

Upload your photo.

Drag and drop your photo, browse your device or Adobe Creative Cloud storage to upload the image you want to restore. Adobe Firefly accepts JPEG, PNG, and WEBP files up to 100MB.

Step 3

Paint over damaged areas.

Use the brush tool to paint over damaged areas, cracks, tears, stains, or faded regions. Then choose Generative Remove or Generative Fill from the left side menu. Use Generative Remove to let Firefly automatically repair the area, or use Generative Fill to guide the generation with a text prompt.

Step 4

Generate the restoration.

Click Generate and watch Adobe Firefly repair the selected area using AI that reads surrounding content, texture, and tone, and uses that information to automatically repair flaws. Review the results and generate variations if needed.

Step 5

Download or send to Creative Cloud.

You can one-click send your generated image to Photoshop on the web or Adobe Express from Adobe Firefly, or download your image and keep editing with Creative Cloud apps.

How to restore old photos with Adobe Firefly.

Steps on how to restore old photos using Adobe Firefly AI photo restoration tools.

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Why use Adobe Firefly for AI photo restoration?

Firefly image editing tools use artificial intelligence to repair and revive old photographs with results that look natural, not processed. Learn more about what sets Firefly apart for photo restoration.

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Context-aware repair

Firefly analyzes the entire image, not just the damaged area, to reconstruct missing detail in a way that matches surrounding tone, texture, and lighting. Repairs blend invisibly into the original.

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Non-destructive editing

Your original image is always preserved in the History Panel. The non-destructive workflow means you can experiment with repairs and restorations without overwriting the original file.

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Built for professional projects

Use restored and enhanced images with confidence in any project. Firefly is part of the Adobe Creative Cloud ecosystem, giving you a seamless path from restoration to final output across Photoshop on the web, Adobe Express, and beyond.

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Results in seconds

What once required hours of careful manual retouching now takes seconds. Paint the damaged area, click Generate, and Firefly handles the reconstruction automatically.

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See what else you can do in Adobe Firefly.

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A sleek white sports car is centered in a dimly lit, industrial setting...

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A photo of a mountain lion from behind on a mountain peak at sunrise. Soft pastels, peaceful, awe-inspiring, thin mist.

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Questions? We have answers.

What types of photo damage can Adobe Firefly AI restore?

Adobe Firefly photo restoration can address a wide range of issues in scanned or digitized images including cracks, tears, water stains, missing areas, dust, scratches, blur, low resolution, and color fading.

How does AI photo restoration differ from manual retouching?

Traditional retouching is a time-consuming process that involves manual cloning, patching, and painting damaged areas. Photo restoration in Adobe Firefly automates this process by analyzing the full image and reconstructing damaged regions intelligently, delivering results in seconds.

Will restoring a photo reduce its original resolution or quality?

No. The restoration tools in Adobe Firefly are non-destructive and work to enhance, not degrade, your original image. When you repair or upscale a photo in Adobe Firefly, AI adds clarity and reconstructs detail rather than simply stretching or compressing existing pixels. Your original file is always preserved separately.

Can I use AI-restored photos in professional projects?

Yes. Adobe Firefly is designed for professional creative workflows. You can use restored photos across personal and professional projects. Review the Adobe Generative AI User Guidelines for full details on usage.

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