# Restore old photo

- Human page: https://happytails.ai/en/image-tools/restore-old-photo/
- Markdown: https://happytails.ai/en/image-tools/restore-old-photo.md
- Structured JSON: https://happytails.ai/agents/en/image-tools/restore-old-photo/index.json
- Visibility: public

## Tool capabilities

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tool ID | `restore-old-photo` |
| Category | image-tools |
| Implementation | Registered implementation. Registration alone is not a production-quality guarantee. |
| Browser execution | Use the visible action or interactive controls. |
| Browser processing | Server required |
| HTTP API | /api/v1/tools/restore-old-photo/run |
| Browser-agent interface | run_current_tool |

### Implementation notes

Processed locally on this website’s server without an external conversion API. Classical denoising and optional contrast correction. Does not reconstruct faces, colourise, or remove large scratches.

### Inputs and settings

No free-text input is required. Use the file inputs and/or settings below.

Accepted browser files: `.png,.jpg,.jpeg,.webp`. Choose one file.

Browser file-input limit: 20971520 bytes in total. HTTP limits can differ.

| Setting | Meaning | Control type | Default | Constraints |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `strength` | Denoising strength | number | 7 | min=1 max=20 |
| `contrast` | Improve tonal contrast | checkbox | true |  |

### HTTP contract

API calls process supplied data on the server. The website origin is `https://happytails.ai`. Server API hosting is not connected on the public website yet. Use your local server origin to test these requests.

```http
POST https://happytails.ai/api/v1/tools/restore-old-photo/run
Content-Type: application/json
```

[Detailed operation reference](https://happytails.ai/en/api/tools/restore-old-photo.md) · [Shared API guide](https://happytails.ai/en/api.md)

#### Limits

| Limit | Value |
| --- | --- |
| request_bytes | 31457280 |
| input_characters | 1000000 |
| files_bytes | 20971520 |
| max_files | 1 |
| timeout_seconds | 90 |

#### Complete input schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "input": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 1000000,
      "default": "",
      "description": "Plain text input. File tools use files instead unless otherwise documented."
    },
    "options": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "strength": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Denoising strength",
          "default": 7.0,
          "minimum": 1,
          "maximum": 20
        },
        "contrast": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "description": "Improve tonal contrast",
          "default": true
        }
      }
    },
    "files": {
      "type": "array",
      "maxItems": 1,
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "name",
          "base64"
        ],
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "properties": {
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 200,
            "description": "Filename only, no path."
          },
          "mime": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 150
          },
          "bytes": {
            "type": "integer",
            "minimum": 0,
            "description": "Optional decoded byte count; must match content if supplied."
          },
          "base64": {
            "type": "string",
            "contentEncoding": "base64",
            "description": "File bytes as padded base64. Use the tool-specific limits.files_bytes value for the total decoded input size."
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

#### Complete output schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "tool",
    "result"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "tool": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "result": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "text",
        "files"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "text": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "data": {
          "description": "Parsed JSON when the textual result is JSON."
        },
        "name": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "mime": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "files": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "required": [
              "name",
              "mime",
              "bytes",
              "base64"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "name": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "mime": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "bytes": {
                "type": "integer"
              },
              "base64": {
                "type": "string",
                "contentEncoding": "base64"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

#### Error and retry handling

Failures return a non-200 status and `error.code` plus `error.message`. Correct invalid input before retrying; retry server-busy responses with bounded backoff. Returned files contain Base64 data, not persistent download URLs. Decode and inspect the output before treating conversion as successful. See the shared API guide for the complete status and timeout rules.

### Browser-agent workflow

1. Open the human page in a browser that supports WebMCP.
2. Discover the interface exposed by that page; use its actual schema.
3. Select files on the page first when the tool requires files.
4. Call `run_current_tool` with valid input and settings.
5. Inspect the returned result or error and the displayed output. Retrieve files from the displayed download links.

Calls do not automatically copy or download results. Browser permissions still apply. Interface availability alone is not proof of successful execution.

### Planning specification

Combine scratch masking, denoising and optional restoration with independent controls; preserve original; never present invented facial detail as recovered fact.

This describes intended requirements. Use the implementation notes, interface schema and observed output to determine current support.

### Complete machine-readable capability record

```json
{
  "id": "restore-old-photo",
  "category": "image-tools",
  "built": true,
  "requirements": "Combine scratch masking, denoising and optional restoration with independent controls; preserve original; never present invented facial detail as recovered fact.",
  "implementation": {
    "fields": [
      {
        "key": "strength",
        "label": "Denoising strength",
        "value": 7,
        "type": "number",
        "min": 1,
        "max": 20
      },
      {
        "key": "contrast",
        "label": "Improve tonal contrast",
        "value": true,
        "type": "checkbox"
      }
    ],
    "files": true,
    "accept": ".png,.jpg,.jpeg,.webp",
    "multiple": false,
    "input": false,
    "processing": "Server required",
    "native": true,
    "extra": true,
    "maxFileBytes": 20971520,
    "note": "Processed locally on this website’s server without an external conversion API. Classical denoising and optional contrast correction. Does not reconstruct faces, colourise, or remove large scratches.",
    "experience": {
      "automatic": false,
      "single": false,
      "label": "Your text",
      "placeholder": "Type or paste your input…",
      "help": "Up to 1,000,000 characters. Review the settings before running.",
      "action": null
    },
    "mode": "explicit",
    "interactive": false
  },
  "execution": "POST /api/v1/tools/restore-old-photo/run",
  "api": {
    "id": "restore-old-photo",
    "name": "Restore old photo",
    "category": "image-tools",
    "description": "Reduce noise and improve contrast in an old photo.",
    "notes": "Processed locally on this website’s server without an external conversion API. Classical denoising and optional contrast correction. Does not reconstruct faces, colourise, or remove large scratches.",
    "human_path": "/en/image-tools/restore-old-photo/",
    "method": "POST",
    "endpoint": "/api/v1/tools/restore-old-photo/run",
    "schema_url": "/api/v1/tools/restore-old-photo",
    "input_schema": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "input": {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 1000000,
          "default": "",
          "description": "Plain text input. File tools use files instead unless otherwise documented."
        },
        "options": {
          "type": "object",
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "properties": {
            "strength": {
              "type": "number",
              "description": "Denoising strength",
              "default": 7.0,
              "minimum": 1,
              "maximum": 20
            },
            "contrast": {
              "type": "boolean",
              "description": "Improve tonal contrast",
              "default": true
            }
          }
        },
        "files": {
          "type": "array",
          "maxItems": 1,
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "required": [
              "name",
              "base64"
            ],
            "additionalProperties": false,
            "properties": {
              "name": {
                "type": "string",
                "maxLength": 200,
                "description": "Filename only, no path."
              },
              "mime": {
                "type": "string",
                "maxLength": 150
              },
              "bytes": {
                "type": "integer",
                "minimum": 0,
                "description": "Optional decoded byte count; must match content if supplied."
              },
              "base64": {
                "type": "string",
                "contentEncoding": "base64",
                "description": "File bytes as padded base64. Use the tool-specific limits.files_bytes value for the total decoded input size."
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "output_schema": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "tool",
        "result"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "tool": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "result": {
          "type": "object",
          "required": [
            "text",
            "files"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "text": {
              "type": [
                "string",
                "null"
              ]
            },
            "data": {
              "description": "Parsed JSON when the textual result is JSON."
            },
            "name": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "mime": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "files": {
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                  "name",
                  "mime",
                  "bytes",
                  "base64"
                ],
                "properties": {
                  "name": {
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "mime": {
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "bytes": {
                    "type": "integer"
                  },
                  "base64": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "contentEncoding": "base64"
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "processing": "Server; self-hosted native engine, no external conversion service",
    "limits": {
      "request_bytes": 31457280,
      "input_characters": 1000000,
      "files_bytes": 20971520,
      "max_files": 1,
      "timeout_seconds": 90
    }
  },
  "agent_processing": "Server; self-hosted native engine, no external conversion service",
  "browser_agent": {
    "supported": true,
    "name": "run_current_tool",
    "discovery": "WebMCP on the human page in a supporting browser",
    "verification": "See audit/API-AUDIT.md; availability is not verification"
  }
}
```

## Page guide

Reduce noise and improve contrast in an old photo.

## Useful next steps

- [Remove object](https://happytails.ai/en/image-tools/remove-object/): Fill a selected rectangular image area using nearby pixels. ([Markdown](https://happytails.ai/en/image-tools/remove-object.md))

## How to use Restore old photo

1. Choose a file in PNG, JPEG or WEBP.
2. Review the settings, then choose Run Restore old photo.
3. Review the result, then use Copy result or a download link when available.

## What to expect

Reduce noise and improve contrast in an old photo. Processed locally on this website’s server without an external conversion API. Classical denoising and optional contrast correction. Does not reconstruct faces, colourise, or remove large scratches.