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Every photo holds a story.

Open an old family photo or scan to restore its tones and repair small marks. Your original stays untouched.

JPEG, PNG, WebP · Max 30 MB · Up to 16 megapixels
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Restore your photo safely

1. Open a scan. JPG, PNG, or WebP up to 30 MB and 16 MP. Files stay local. The original is retained unmodified.

2. Restore its tones. Start with Balanced tone or Faded color, then adjust exposure, contrast, shadows and warmth. Black & white and sepia are creative looks, not AI colorization.

3. Repair marks. Select Heal and paint over narrow scratches. It interpolates nearby pixels and can blur complex details. Select Clone, Alt/Option-click or choose a sample source and tap a clean reference area, then paint over damage. Painting is nondestructive and undoable.

4. Frame and straighten. Select Crop and drag the desired area while straightening is at 0°. Rotate by 90° steps, flip horizontally, or straighten up to 15°. Edits remain reversible in saved projects.

5. Compare and export. The divider shows original on the left, restored on the right. Toggle Show original to compare. Export PNG (lossless), JPEG, or WebP at full resolution. Small previews may differ slightly from final high-resolution restoration.

6. Save a project. Download a .pkr file containing the source image and edits. Browser autosave is best effort and may be unavailable in private browsing. Always keep a backup.

V3 controls. Vibrance adjusts less-saturated colors more selectively, neutral balance estimates a starting correction, and brush softness/strength are saved with each retouch stroke. Crop ratio buttons keep the editable source intact.

Limits. No AI reconstruction, automatic colorization, face enhancement, batch processing, TIFF/HEIC import, cloud storage, or promises of archival color accuracy. Manual healing is suitable only for relatively narrow damage. Browser output typically discards original metadata.

Privacy. PixelOkay performs image processing in your browser. No server upload is performed by this tool.

Processing photo

Rendering your changes locally…

Using Photo Restoration Studio

Open a supported photo, adjust tone and detail, and use the manual repair brushes for small imperfections. Compare the result, adjust framing and export an image while keeping a PKR project backup.

Repair uses local heuristics rather than AI inpainting, automatic colorization or facial enhancement. Exported images normally omit metadata; PKR projects retain the original image. Large full-resolution edits need memory, and browser draft storage is best effort.

Choose a restored image or an editable PKR project

Practice: a small manual photo repair

  1. Open a photo you own and adjust tone gently before repairing a small imperfection.
  2. Try the manual heal or clone brush and compare the result with the original.
  3. Save PKR before exporting a viewing copy. Inspect the full-resolution result rather than judging it only from a reduced preview.

This is an authored editing exercise, not a supplied restoration or a quality benchmark.

Photo restoration questions

Does this tool generate missing detail or automatically colorize a photo with AI?

No. It uses local tone/detail operations and manual repair heuristics. It does not provide AI inpainting, automatic colorization or facial enhancement.

Is a project safe to share when I have covered part of the photo?

PKR retains the original source image. Do not assume that the visible edit removes source information from the project. Review the file type and its purpose before sharing; keep an independent source backup.

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