Photograph an old print with your phone. Nano Revive Pix straightens it, crops the border, fixes scratches and tears, and colorizes it while keeping every face the same. Photo tips before you spend a credit. First 2 free, then $5 for 20.
Hi Product Hunt, I'm Patrick.
Every family has the box of old prints: grandparents at a wedding, a great-aunt on a bicycle, all grey, creased, sometimes torn right through a face. I built Nano Revive Pix so anyone can put the color back using the phone in their pocket.
A few things that turned out to matter:
- The hard part is the photo of the photo. Almost nobody scans anymore, so what arrives is a print shot at an angle, with a white border and a lamp reflection. Before you spend a credit, a second model looks at your upload and gives you 2-3 plain tips: straighten it, get a bit closer, your lens looks smudged.
- It straightens, de-skews and crops before it restores, and it is told to keep the exact likeness of every person. You get your family back, not a stranger.
- One line has been in the prompt since day one: "rather add a tad too much color than too little." Muted restorations look fake; slightly generous ones look like a memory.
- It works in 10 languages, because the people with the shoeboxes often don't want an English-only site.
The first 2 restorations are free, no card. I'd genuinely like to hear where it gets things wrong: faces, uniforms, skin tones, anything.
(Longer write-up of how it's built: https://patrickreinbold.com/days...)