Bringing Old Photos Back to Life
old-photo-restoreMicrosoft Research pipeline by Ziyu Wan et al. that restores scanned old photos, removing scratches, dust and fading and optionally enhancing faces in one pass.
- Price
- ≈ $0.010/run
- Input → output
- Text + Image → Image
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Updated
- September 23, 2026
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About Bringing Old Photos Back to Life
Bringing Old Photos Back to Life is a model by Microsoft in the Image generation category. On Railwail, Bringing Old Photos Back to Life costs ≈ $0.010 per run.
Pricing
| Typical run (≈ 37 s on T4) | $0.010 per run |
|---|---|
| GPU time (T4) | $0.00027 per GPU second |
- Billed by the GPU time the run actually takes. When the run starts, 3× the typical price is reserved from your balance and settled afterwards.
- 1 credit = $0.01
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Typical according to the provider: about 36.9 s
Total
$1.00
100 credits
Per run
$0.01 · 1 credits
Billed by the actual GPU time; this is an estimate.
API
No verified API example
The public API passes a different input format than this model needs. Use the playground above.
Specifications
- Model ID
old-photo-restore- Developer
- Microsoft
- Category
- Image generation
- Input
- Text, Image
- Output
- Image
- Billing
- By usage (tokens or GPU time)
- Catalog entry updated
- September 23, 2026
Input parameters
Inputs and settings from the model's input schema. The example in the API section shows which of them the API accepts.
imagerequiredOld or damaged photo to restore
Type: TextDefault: –Allowed values: –HRUse high-resolution mode
Type: Yes/noDefault:falseAllowed values: –with_scratchDetect and inpaint scratches
Type: Yes/noDefault:falseAllowed values: –
Tags
- restore
- old-photo
- scratch-removal
- denoise
- face-restoration
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Frequently asked questions
What is Bringing Old Photos Back to Life?
Bringing Old Photos Back to Life is a model by Microsoft in the Image generation category.
How much does Bringing Old Photos Back to Life cost on Railwail?
On Railwail, Bringing Old Photos Back to Life costs ≈ $0.010 per run. You are charged for what each request actually uses. Usage is paid from prepaid credits; 1 credit equals $0.01.
Which settings does Bringing Old Photos Back to Life support?
According to its input schema, Bringing Old Photos Back to Life knows these parameters: image, HR, and with_scratch.
How fast is Bringing Old Photos Back to Life?
There are not enough measured runs of Bringing Old Photos Back to Life on Railwail yet to state a run time. It depends on the input, the settings and the load at the provider.
Is Bringing Old Photos Back to Life better than FLUX 1.1 Pro?
That depends on the task. Bringing Old Photos Back to Life (Microsoft) and FLUX 1.1 Pro (Black Forest Labs) are both models in the Image generation category. The comparison page shows their prices and specifications side by side.
Compare Bringing Old Photos Back to Life and FLUX 1.1 ProCan Bringing Old Photos Back to Life use an image as input?
Yes. Send the image in the image parameter.
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