Photobooth Photo Enhancer — Restore Old Strips Free

No. Upload a photo or scan of your photobooth strip, then describe what needs fixing: 'restore this photobooth strip — fix fading, sharpen faces, repair scratches.' The AI processes the full strip from your text description. No selection tools or masking required.

Photograph or scan your strip, upload the image to EditThisPic (JPG, PNG, WebP, or HEIC up to 7MB), type 'restore this photobooth strip — sharpen faces, fix fading and scratches,' and click Generate. The AI restores it in about 20 seconds. Free with no account required — one free edit per week, additional edits from $1.99 for a 3-pack.

Yes, for most fading and yellowing. The AI corrects color casts and restores contrast effectively on strips with typical age-related discoloration. Very heavily degraded strips — where faces are nearly invisible through the damage — may need a second enhancement pass or individual frame crops for the best face detail recovery.

Lay the strip flat on a plain white or neutral surface. Use natural daylight or a desk lamp positioned to one side (not directly overhead) to avoid flash glare. Clean the strip surface gently with a soft cloth before photographing. A flatbed scanner at 600 DPI or higher gives the sharpest input for heavily damaged strips — more detail in the scan means more detail the AI can recover.

Yes. Upload the black-and-white strip and type: 'restore and colorize this black-and-white photobooth strip — add natural realistic skin tones, hair color, and clothing colors, keep the strip layout intact.' The AI adds color while preserving the strip format. If you know specific colors in the original, include them in the prompt for a more accurate colorization.

Prompt: 'repair this photobooth strip — remove the scratches and surface spots, fill with matching background, sharpen the images in each frame.' For a prominent scratch that runs through a face, add 'reconstruct the face features obscured by the scratch' to guide the fill. Very deep scratches that cut through important facial features may produce approximate reconstructions — the AI infers what was there based on surrounding image context.

Yes. EditThisPic gives one free Fast edit per week with no account and no watermark on the output. For older family strips with multiple damage types that need several enhancement passes, additional edits start at $1.99 for a 3-pack or $4.99/month for 15 credits on the Lite plan.

Yes, and this is the best approach for small frames or heavy damage. Crop your strip photo to a single frame before uploading — the larger the face in the image, the more detail the AI can recover. Run the full-strip enhancement first for overall fading and scratches, then crop and run per-frame sharpening on any frames where faces are still blurry.

Yes. Download the restored image as PNG (best for print quality) and take it to any photo printing service — ask for the original strip dimensions (typically 2×6 inches) or print to standard photo strip paper at home. The restored image is a standard digital file, so any printer or service that handles digital photos can reproduce it.

Photoshop gives full manual control — layer adjustments, healing brush, frequency separation for fine face work — and is the best tool for archival-quality restoration of irreplaceable prints. EditThisPic is faster for a clean keepsake result: describe the damage, get a restored image in 20 seconds, no software to install. For a family photobooth strip you want to re-share or reprint, EditThisPic is sufficient. For museum-quality archival restoration, a professional tool with manual control is more appropriate.

Yes. The AI handles color and black-and-white prints from various decades. 1950s–1970s black-and-white strips typically benefit most from combined sharpening + colorization. 1980s–1990s color strips often have yellow or orange color casts from chemical aging that the AI corrects well. 2000s digital-era strips typically need sharpening and minor contrast work rather than color correction.

You get 1 free edit per week — no account needed. After that, credit packs start at $1.99 for 3 edits. Monthly plans start at $4.99/mo for 20 edits with unused credits rolling over. All edits are full resolution with no watermark.